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Film Details - Bazmark Films , 2008
Producers:
Baz Luhrmann (Producer)
Paul Watters (Associate Producer)
Catherine Martin (Co-Producer)
G. Mac Brown (Producer)
Catherine Knapman (Producer)
Production Companies:
Bazmark Films
Twentieth Century Fox
ScreenWest (in association with Lotterywest)
Dune Entertainment III
Ingenious Film Partners
Director of Photography:
Mandy Walker
Editors:
Dody Dorn
Michael McCusker
Production Designers:
Catherine Martin
Composer:
David Hirschfelder
Music:
In addition to the motif, "Over the Rainbow," are a number of interpolated musical numbers including the jazz standards "Begin the Beguine," "Tuxedo Junction," "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)," and "Brazil." Edward Elgar's "Nimrod" from the "Enigma Variations" is heard in the final scene of the film. Baz Luhrmann also hired Rolf Harris to record his wobble board for the opening credits, while Elton John composed and performed a song called "The Drover's Ballad" (lyrics by Luhrmann) for the end credits. Also used in the end credits is "By the Boab Tree" (lyrics by Luhrmann) which is performed by Sydney singer Angela Little. Little's rendition of "Waltzing Matilda" completes the end credits in some versions of the film.
Cast:
Incl. Nicole Kidman (Lady Sarah Ashley), Hugh Jackman (Drover), Bryan Brown (King Carney), Jack Thompson (Kipling Flynn), David Wenham (Neil Fletcher), Ben Mendelsohn (Captain Dutton), Barry Otto (Administrator Allsop), Max Cullen (Old Drunk), Ray Barrett (Ramsden), Arthur Dignam (Father Benedict), David Gulpilil (King George), Peter Gwynne (Lady Sarah's Butler), Bill Hunter (Skipper), John Jarratt (Sergeant), Bruce Spence (Dr. Barker), Kerry Walker (Myrtle Allsop), Brandon Walters (Nullah), Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo, Tony Barry, Jamal Bednarz-Metallah, Damian Bradford, Nathin Butler, Tara Carpenter, Rebecca Chatfield, lillian Crombie, Essie Davis, Michelle Dyzla, Haidee Gaudry, Sandy Gore, Terence Gregory, Jamie Gulpilil, Sean Hall, Nigel Harbach, Joy Hilditch, Matthew Hills, Jimmy Hong, Jarwyn Irvin-Collins, Robert Jago, Eugene Kang, Jack Koman, Crusoe Kurddal, Liam Lannigan, Siena Larsson, Nathan Lawson, Cody Lea, Jack Leech, Charles Leung, Jacob Linger, Mark Malabirr, John Martin, Logan Mattingley, Adam McMonigal, Dylan Minggun, Phillippe Moon, Nyalik Munungurr, Patrick Mylott, David Ngoombujarra, Angus Pilakui, Robin Queree, Mark Rathbone, Garry Scott, John Sheerin, Wah Yuen, Elaine Walker, John Walton, Neil Fletcher, Matthew Whittet, Ursula Yovich.
Release Dates:
1. Australian premiere on 18 November 2008 (Sydney). US premiere held in New York on 24 November 2008. Also screened at the 2008 Stockholm International Film Festival (Sweden). Commercial release dates for 2008 include: Australia (26 November), USA (26 November), South Korea (10 December), London premiere (10 December) Belgium (17 December), Netherlands (18 December), Egypt (24 December), France (24 December), Indonesia (24 December), Switzerland (24 December), Taiwan (24 December), Croatia (25 December), Czech Republic (25 December), Denmark (25 December), Germany (25 December), Greece (25 December), Hong Kong (25 December), Hungary (25 December), Mexico (25 December), Panama (25 December), Peru (25 December), Portugal (25 December), Singapore (25 December), Slovakia (25 December), Spain (25 December), Sweden (25 December), Switzerland (25 December), Thailand (25 December), United Arab Emirates (25 December), Austria (26 December), Bulgaria (26 December), Estonia (26 December), Finland (26 December), Iceland (26 December), Latvia (26 December), New Zealand (26 December), Norway (26 December), Poland (26 December), Turkey (26 December), UK (26 December), Venezuela (26 December). Following releases are 2009: Israel (1 January), India (2 January), Argentina (8 January), Italy (16 January), Brazil (23 January), China (28 January), Philippines (28 January), Kazakhstan (12 February), Russia (12 February), Ukraine (12 February), Japan (28 February).
1. Released on DVD format in 2009 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Location:
- Filmed on location in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, and in Sydney studios.
Post Production:
EFilm Australia
Awards:
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, USA (2009) Best Achievement in Costume Design - Catherine Martin (nomination)
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA (2009) Saturn Award, Best Costume Catherine Martin (nomination)
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA (2009) Saturn Award, Best Performance by a Younger Actor - Brandon Walters (nomination)
- Australian Screen Sound Guild (2009) Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year - Wayne Pashley (winner)
- Australian Screen Sound Guild (2009) Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Design (nomination)
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, USA (2009) Best Young Actor/Actress (Under 21) Brandon Walters
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, USA (2009) Best Cinematography - Mandy Walker (nomination)
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, USA (2009) Most Promising Performer - Brandon Walters (nomination)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2009) Best Cinematography - Mandy Walker (winner)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2009) Best Supporting Actor - Brandon Walters (winner)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2009) Best Film - G. Mac Brown, Catherine Martin, Baz Luhrmann (nomination)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2009) Best Music Score - David Hirschfelder (nomination)
- Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA (2009) Golden Reel Award, Best Sound Editing, Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Foreign Feature Film (nomination)
- Online Film Critics Society Awards, USA (2009) Breakthrough Performance - Brandon Walters (nomination)
- Satellite Awards, USA (2009) Best Art Direction and Production Design - Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy and Beverley Dunn (winners)
- Satellite Awards, USA (2009) Best Cinematography - Mandy Walker (winner)
- Satellite Awards, USA (2009) Best Visual Effects - Chris Godfrey, James E. Price and Diana Giorgiutti (winners)
- Satellite Awards, USA (2009) Best Costume Design - Catherine Martin (nomination)
- Satellite Awards, USA (2009) Best Film Editing - Dody Dorn and Michael McCusker (nomination)
- Satellite Awards, USA (2009) Best Original Score - David Hirschfelder (nomination)
- Satellite Awards, USA (2009) Best Original Song - Angela Little, Felix Meagher, Baz Luhrmann and Anton Monsted ["By the Boab Tree"] (nomination)
- Satellite Awards, USA (2009) Best Sound, Mixing and Editing - Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Anna Behlmer (nomination)
- Teen Choice Awards, USA (2009) Choice Movie Actor: Drama - Hugh Jackman (nomination)
- Teen Choice Awards, USA (2009) Choice Movie Actress: Drama - Nicole Kidman (nomination)
- Teen Choice Awards, USA (2009) Choice Movie, Romance (nomination)
- Young Artist Awards, USA (2009) Best Performance in an International Feature Film, Leading Young Performers - Brandon Walters (winner)
Notes:
1. Also known as: Austrália (Brazil/Portugal/Slovakia), Austrálie (Czech Republic), Austraalia (Estonia) Australie (Canada - French title), Australija (Croatia), Ausztrália (Hungary), Avustralya (Turkey)
Settings:
- Darwin, Darwin area, Northern Territory,
- Northern Territory,
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,
