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Australia

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Set against the scenic backdrop of pre-World War II Australia, Baz Luhrmann's romantic period adventure stars Nicole Kidman as an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch, and Hugh Jackman as the rough-and-tumble cattle driver who helps protect her property from greedy English cattle barons. As the pair attempt to herd 2,000 head of cattle hundreds of miles across the treacherous Australian outback, they are stunned to bear witness to the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces -- who just a few...more

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...triple-espresso-shot extreme romance

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Australia falls in line with Baz's stunning past films by theatersaurus
I was already excited to see Australia because I love Nicole Kidman, and Baz- especially after seeing his 2001 "Moulin Rouge!" . Trying not to get my hopes up...

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Ranks With the Epoch Movies of Our Time by BalancedCritic
This is Grand Cinema to the scale we rarely see these days. A comparison with the scope and depth of Gone With The Wind comes to mind. Beautifully crafted and...

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