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8:57 pm - 11:20 pm, Monday, December 29 on Great! TV (34)

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About this Broadcast

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An aristocratic Englishwoman inherits a vast cattle station in the Australian Outback in the 1930s. When her land comes under threat from a rival farmer aiming to build a monopoly, she is forced to lead her herd across the wilderness to secure the farm's future, falling for a tough stock-man and forming a friendship with a half-Aboriginal boy along the way. However, as they make their journey, the country becomes drawn into the Second World War. Baz Luhrmann's romantic drama, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman


2008 continued
Adventure Epic Historical/Period Drama Movie/Drama Romance

Cast & Crew

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Nicole Kidman (Actor) .. Lady Sarah Ashley
Hugh Jackman (Actor) .. Drover
Brandon Walters (Actor) .. Nullah
David Wenham (Actor) .. Neil Fletcher
Bryan Brown (Actor) .. King Carney
David Gulpilil (Actor) .. King George
Jack Thompson (Actor) .. Kipling Flynn
David Ngoombujarra (Actor) .. Magarri
Baz Luhrmann (Director)

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Did You Know..

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Nicole Kidman (Actor) .. Lady Sarah Ashley
Born: June 20, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Best Known For: A string of Hollywood movies.
Early-life: Nicole Mary Kidman was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 20, 1967, but spent three years in Washington DC before her parents moved to their native Sydney, Australia. Her father was a biochemist and clinical psychologist, her mother a nursing instructor. Her younger sister, Antonia, is a TV presenter in Australia. Nicole took ballet lessons, but eventually turned to acting, and received a letter of praise and encouragement from Jane Campion, who saw her in a play and later directed her in The Portrait of a Lady in 1996.
Career: At 16, Kidman made her TV and film debuts in Young Talent Time and BMX Bandits respectively. Roles in Bush Christmas and A Country Practice followed. In 1989, Dead Calm and miniseries Bangkok Hilton brought her international acclaim, and launched her career in America. Future husband Tom Cruise cast her in Days of Thunder, while To Die For proved she was more than just a pretty face. Since then, she's appeared in a number of Hollywood movies, including Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge!, The Others and The Hours (for which she won an Oscar). More recent films include Rabbit Hole, The Paperboy, The Railway Man, Grace of Monaco, Before I Go to Sleep and Paddington.
Quote: "I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much."
Trivia: In 1994, Kidman was appointed a goodwill ambassador for Unicef.
Hugh Jackman (Actor) .. Drover
Born: October 12, 1968 in Sydney, Australia
Best Known For: Being Wolverine in X-Men.
Early-life: Hugh Michael Jackman was born on October 12, 1968, in Sydney, Australia. He's the youngest of five children. His parents are English. They split up when Hugh was eight. His mother returned to England, leaving him and his siblings to be raised by their father in Australia. He has a younger half-sister from his mother's remarriage. After leaving school, he gained a degree in communications from the University of Technology in Sydney. He used an inheritance from his grandmother to pay for further studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
Career: Jackman's first TV appearance was in Australian show Law of the Land. He then appeared in several more series before making his movie debut in 1999's Paperback Hero. He took over the role of Wolverine in 2000's X-Men after Dougray Scott dropped out, and has been a star ever since. He's played the character several more times since, but admits he will soon be too old for the role. Other movies include Van Helsing, Swordfish, The Prestige, The Fountain and Australia. Jackman has also maintained a musical theatre career, gaining acclaim for his roles in Oklahoma at London's National Theatre and on Broadway in The Boy from Oz. More recently he's appeared in sci-fi movie Real Steel, the Oscar-winning Les Miserables and drama Prisoners.
Quote: "I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people. So I've always said 'yes' to the thing I'm most scared about."
Trivia: He hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009.
Brandon Walters (Actor) .. Nullah
David Wenham (Actor) .. Neil Fletcher
Bryan Brown (Actor) .. King Carney
David Gulpilil (Actor) .. King George
Jack Thompson (Actor) .. Kipling Flynn
David Ngoombujarra (Actor) .. Magarri
Baz Luhrmann (Director)

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