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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 by Japanese forces firsthand.
Theatrical
Nov 26, 2008
Box Office
$211.8M
Budget
$130.0M
Return
1.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 3, 2009
Director
Writers
Producers
Catherine Martin, Paul Watters, G. Mac Brown
Music
Studio
Bazmark, 20th Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners
Quotes
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Lady Sarah Ashley
Let's go home.
Drover
There's no place like it.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Exploring Masculinity and Relationships in Australia
Nullah
You a man, Drover?
Drover
Yeah, I try to be.
Nullah
Sometimes man got to get away from woman.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Nicole Kidman
Lady Sarah Ashley
Hugh Jackman
The Drover
E
Essie Davis
Katherine
D
David Wenham
Neil Fletcher
B
Bryan Brown
King Carney
D
David Gulpilil
King George
J
John Jarratt
Sergeant
S
Shea Adams
Carney Boy
N
Nathin Art Butler
Carney Boy
J
John Walton
Carney Boy
N
Nigel Harbach
Carney Boy
E
Eddie Baroo
Bull
A
Arthur Dignam
Father Benedict
S
Sandy Gore
Gloria Carney
B
Bill Hunter
Skipper (Qantas Sloop)
J
Jacek Koman
Ivan
B
Ben Mendelsohn
Captain Dutton
B
Barry Otto
Administrator Allsop
D
David Ngoombujarra
Magarri
B
Bruce Spence
Dr. Barker
