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Australia is a 2008 epic adventure drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan. The film is a character story, set between 1939 and 1942 against a dramatised backdrop of events across northern Australia at the time, such as the bombing of Darwin during World War II, and government policies of seizing half-caste Aboriginal children then in effect.

Creators

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Baz Luhrmann

director

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Richard Flanagan

writer

Stuart Beattie

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Ronald Harwood

writer

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Baz Luhrmann

writer

Cast

Nicole Kidman actor Ray Barrett actor David Wenham actor Jack Thompson actor Bryan Brown actor Essie Davis actor John Jarratt actor Bruce Spence actor David Gulpilil actor Barry Otto actor Ben Mendelsohn actor Bill Hunter actor Brandon Walters actor Jacek Koman actor David Ngoombujarra actor Tony Barry actor