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Australia is a 2008 epic adventure drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann [3] and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan.
Australia director Baz Luhrmann had been searching for a young aboriginal boy to fill the role of "Nullah" for over 12 months when one of the film's casting directors saw Walters with his father at a Broome swimming pool in 2007; [3] he also responded to an Australia-wide radio callout for auditions. [4]
Magpie had its world premiere on 9 March 2024 at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. [4] [1] In May 2024, Signature Entertainment acquired the UK distribution rights. [5] In August 2024, Shout! Studios acquired the North American distribution rights. [6] The film was released in the United States on October 25, 2024. [7]
Back home in Australia, Sam, an avid surfer, struggles to adjust to life in a wheelchair, but is supported by her husband Cameron, their three sons Noah, Rueben, and Oli, and Sam's overbearing mother Jan. One afternoon, the three boys find and bring home an injured magpie chick who they name Penguin.
Australian filmmakers were at the forefront of cinema and film, having created what is considered the first feature-length narrative film with the release of The Story of the Kelly Gang and other early films by directors John Gavin, W. J. Lincoln and Alfred Rolfe. Notable Australian films of the 1890s:
Magpie was a British children's television programme shown on ITV from 30 July 1968 to 6 June 1980. It was a magazine format show, intended to compete with the BBC 's Blue Peter , but it attempted to be more "hip", focusing more on popular culture . [ 1 ]
Crime / Drama / Family TV film: IMDb: Departmental: Keith Wilkes: Ray Barrett, Martin Vaughan, Gary Day, Rod Williams: Drama ABC TV film: Screened as Australian Theatre Festival: The Department: Brian Bell: Richard Moir, Peter Sumner, Barbara Stephens, John Ewart, Anne Tenney: Drama ABC TV film: Screened as Australian Theatre Festival: The ...
This is a chronological list of Australian films by decade and year for years 1980s. For a complete alphabetical list, see Category:Australian films. A list of films produced in Australia by year during the 1980s, in the List of Australian films.