Australia 2008  PG-13, 165 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Brandon Walters, David Ngoombujarra, Jacek Koman, Ben Mendelsohn, Bruce Spence, John Jarratt, Bill Hunter, Essie Davis, Barry Otto
During World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) sets out to meet her husband at the cattle station they own in the Australian outback. She is escorted on a three-day trek through the desert by a man nicknamed The Drover (Hugh Jackman) and puts up with his swaggering style. They arrive at the cattle station and find that Sarah's husband has been murdered, and the overseer Neil Fletcher (David Wenham) is suspected because he is in cahoots with King Carney (Bryan Brown) to achieve a beef monopoly. If Sarah can transport her cattle to Darwin, Fletcher and Carney's plot will be foiled. Sarah appeals to The Drover to help her on the cattle drive. Despite good moments and bad, they fall in love and do arrive in Darwin–just in time for the Japanese attack. Fletcher's son Nullah (Brandon Walters), who has magical powers, narrates most of the story. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.
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Summer City 1977  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Coast of Terror
Director: Christopher Fraser
Cast: John Jarratt, Mel Gibson, Phillip Avalon, Steve Bisley, James Elliott, Debbie Forman, Abigail, Ward "Pally" Austin, Judith Woodroffe, Carl Rorke
Mel Gibson made his film debut in this movie about four Australians who leave the city in search of good waves, but their surfing weekend does not turn out quite the way they planned.
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Wolf Creek 2005 R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Greg McLean
Cast: John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, Nathan Phillips, Andy McPhee, Aaron Sterns, Gordon Poole, Guy Petersen, Jenny Starwall, Peter Alchin
Three backpackers–Ben (Nathan Phillips), Liz (Cassandra Magrath), and Kristy (Kestie Morassi)–are enjoying a road trip through the Australian Outback when they unwisely accept help from Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) and end up victims of his ensuing torture.
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| 1. Australia (2008)
2. Summer City (1977)
aka: Coast of Terror
3. Wolf Creek (2005)
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