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AUSTRALIA (2008) 1ST RELEASE TRAILER INCLUDED

May 17th 2008 08:56
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UPDATED - 19TH MAY 2008
SEE TRAILER HERE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I screened a film "Love in the Time of Cholera" this morning (review later) and prior to this film I had one of my projectionists place a copy of the trailer of the new Baz Lurhmann film Australia starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman prior to the feature. I was standing out of my seat half way through it with a tear of joy and wonderment in my eye at how stellar this film looks.



It literally blew my mind - the colors and cinematography and literally how Baz has captured Australia, the culture, the aboriginals, the bombing of Darwin, the heat, the feel and the country. OMG

I have attached a couple of images - unfortunately I cannot locate a copy of the trailer online but as soon as I do I will place online - you have to see it!!! It is going to be a BIG screen movie and I can already feel Oscar itching to throw some golden clones towards this film. I mean like, all of them!! I am dubbing this to win more Oscars than Titanic and that's a MASSIVE call. Titanic is my all time favorite film.

Australia is the story of Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an English, aristocratic woman who leaves England to follow her husband to Australia. He is in Australia with the intention of selling his cattle station the size of Belgium. However, Lady Ashley believes he is having an affair and travels out there to confront him. The property is in the north of Australia, and she embarks on an African Queen type journey, accompanied by a rough, hewn cattle drover (Hugh Jackman). Ultimately, Lady Ashley finds herself inheriting the cattle station and, in order to save it, she and the drover must undertake an epic cattle drive to Darwin. In the course of that journey, she falls in love with the drover, and the Australian landscape, and realises that her life is not over, and there’s always a new life to be had. The title Australia is intended to sum up the story of her life - her journey, the landscape, and the people she meets - all of which transform her life forever.



I am thinking Gone with the Wind mixed with a better Pearl Harbour and sprinkled with The Man from Snowy River and Maestro'd by the master of visual, The Baz.













I am SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep u posted!




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Comment by Morgan Bell

May 17th 2008 10:06
hey this looks really interesting . . . the pics are quite beautiful!

Comment by Jason King

May 17th 2008 10:15
Best trailer I have seen for years Morgan - I just know this film is going to be out of this world brilliant. I know you hated it - but I think this could match my love for Titanic! It just has EPIC written all over it with the best cinematography seen for years. Not hard to do in country Oz if done properly but it is just beautiful. As soon as the trailer is online I will post it.

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 17th 2008 10:19
hey you down have to like Titanic to realise what a blockbuster it was . . . from the pics of Australia is looks like the cinematography is crystal clear and spectacular . . . i hope nicole doesnt ruin it haha

i look forward to seeing a trailer!

Comment by Jason King

May 17th 2008 10:24
I am so with you on that. Nicole is normally great in films I watch but I just can't seem to like her as a person.

Comment by Jason King

May 19th 2008 07:50
UPDATED WITH TRAILER 19TH MAY!! Enjoy!!!
This trailer is slightly shorter than CINEMA version but just as great!!!

Comment by Morgan Bell

May 19th 2008 13:08
wow the trailer looks awesome . . . if not a little bit gay, oh well it is baz lurhmann flick! lol

Comment by Vez

May 20th 2008 01:20
Thanks Jase, i was searching everywhere yesterday to try and find it - youtube has some pretty clever offshoots. It looks amazing!! Goosebumps and everything, cant wait for it! Thanks for posting it movie man. Big hugs xoxo

Comment by Jason King

May 20th 2008 07:25
YAY - Viva La Vez
Thanks for the comment and glad u liked.
You tube has a lot of fake trailers pretending to be from Australia - very annoying!!
But this is the whole kit.
I am SO excited for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Catcha soon!!!
Hugs

Comment by toni

June 1st 2008 10:08
Even if the movie isnt great the scenes of the australian outback look great cant wait to see it.

Comment by Jason King

June 1st 2008 11:59
Trust me Toni - the movie will be insanely great!!!

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