Australia

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.

About

A woman travels from Britain to Australia to inspect a cattle ranch she inherited amidst the outbreak of the second World War. She reluctantly enlists the help of a local man to drive cattle across hundred of miles to save her property. The film was directed by Baz Luhrmann.

Trivia

Original music for the picture was composed by David Hirschfelder. The film was nominated for nine Satellite Awards and took home three.