‘Australia’ Movie Stills — FIRST PICTURE

baz is a great director. looks like a good movie. funny how they all have last names with man. ironic huh?

Oh my god. I am so excited for this movie I can’t even speak. HUGH JACKMAN IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

It better not. All hail Baz the Great!!!

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She was already in trouble, Invasion bomb, Golden compass flop domestically, and I don’t thiink this new film can save her career.
beside, long epic movie is not the choice of moviegoer right now.

I’d like to see this because of Hugh. He’s a good lookin’ man. I’ve never really been a big fan of Nicole Kidman. Maybe it’s just me but she seems like she could be a cold person at times.

she looks diffrent but she is still beautiful,thank god natash & sasha didnt comment .

hopefully, this wil be a good luck charm for nicole. she seems like a good person.

Regarding the subject of the movie, Mrs. K. and Mr. J. are the perfect choice…
….although I have to admit that it´s the prospect of Mr. J. ( maybe shirtless ) in the Australian outback that leaves me waiting impatiently like a little teenage girl for the movie to start in our country ;-)

Nicole looks gorgeous!

this sounds like a pretty cool film. nicole looks beautiful on the cover- without any make up, literally. as for hugh, i dont really know him that well.

why people are so stupid to say when films bomk at box office, it’s Ncole’s fault?is she the director too?is she the unique actor in the film?please i know it’s hard to Nicole haters too admit she is a great actress but try to afind other arguments!

and as LULU said, GG flop at USA, but aamrica isn’t the unique country in the world!try to be lee egocentric please!

hey yeah moohoo…never thought of that!
DYING to see this movie, hope hugh’s beard and nic’s crap acting dont spoil it. baz is brilliant

people Nicole is a great actress. she did fantastic performances in may films: The Others, Fur, Moulin Rouge, Dogville, To Die For, Margot at the weeding, Portrait of a Lady, Birth, The Hours,…it’s ok for you???

i’m sure many people didn’t see the majority of this films, because people don’t like diffrent and refined scripts they prefer the commercial ones like The Invasion or Bewicthed, where Nicole is not so good!

Baz is a amazing director, love all his films, and he works with Nicole better than anyone. I still have my doubts about Hugh, but let’s hope they work together!

Moulin Rouge is my favorite film ever! I know Australia will never be better than this but i hope it’s a good film.
I think Nicole can’t be better with Baz, he understands her as no one!
I like Hugh, but i would prefer Russel for the role!

@Matt:
I know what you mean, as a German I am always expected to be running around in a “Dirndl Dress” “yodelling” and drinking lots of beer.

Nevertheless I went to see most parts of my country ( including castle “Neuschwanstein”, the “Reeperbahn” and the “Lorelei” ;-) )

And you have to admit that the Australian outback has something of the secret call of adventure and the spirit of freedom ( at least for Europeans I guess ).

I always thought that every Australian tries at least to visit the Outback once in his life and to caress a Koala and look out for a Kangaroo. Your nature is one of the most special, rare, precious and beautiful in the world.
Although your cities are also worth a movies for sure….

Looks like a good movie.HUGH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL EYES!!! He really is too handsome,I love him!!!

Oh! So freakin excited, Moulin Rouge is like my favorite movie ever, although I’m going to miss McGregor, seeing as that Lurhmann & Kidman are together once more…But Jackman’s a worthy alternative, lol.

Funny that people call The Golden Compass a flop when it is not!! It has only been out 2 weeks world wide & has made over $135 million dollars & is not even open everywhere in the world yet.

The His Dark Materials books are not that well known in the US. Plus the stupid boycotts of a movie before it was even shown. So arguements that the movie is a “”bomb” at the box office are a bust.

About the movie, “Australia.” It isn’t just about the outback it is about the bombing of Darwin, Australia by the Japanese. It will help give some Australians a history lesson, at least a background into what a lot of people forget the farther away from that history they get. Just as Americans have trouble with Pearl Harbor & how important that day is in history.

yaaaaaaaaaaay! Thank you Jared! I love Nicole Kidman and CanNOT wait to see this film!

weeeee! :D

And 2007 has been a very good year for Nicole! Margot At The Wedding is also doing wonderfully!

I LOVE NICOLE!!!!! SHE´S A AWESOME ACTRESS!!!!! TBDT :)

She reminds me of Grace Kelly on that picture.

fauxmance alert!

What a beautiful (natural) picture of Nicole!

Im SOOOO excited for this movie!!!

I haven’t seen “Simply Ballroom,” I didn’t like “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet” very much (talented as they are Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes just are NOT Shakesperiean actors). “Moulan Rouge” is a film I appreciate more every time I see it. So Baz Luhrman is 1-1 with me, so I’ll hold off on getting too enthusasitic until I see previews and hear the buzz. But I give the man credit for his ambition and Nicole and Hugh look very nice in that picture.

I hear you Alex, Its really frustrating. haha

OMG Nicole looks so gorgeous in this photo. Classically beautiful in this particular shot.

O0000H 36 you sound like a kidman publicity person if this movie does not flop it will be because of Hugh Jackman not nicole kidman

hugh jack….clint eastwood?

I’ve noticed a few comments about some wishing that Russell Crowe was playing the drover. Well…he was. He and Nicole and Baz had worked on this story for several years; shaping it, wanting to tell a story about Australia that hadn’t been told before. Then inexplicably, Russell abandoned the project saying…”I don’t work for charity.” Meaning, he wanted more money. I thought it odd that he would walk away from something that he said meant so much to him just because of dollars and cents. But not another minute was wasted on him. They rang Jackman almost immediately and that was that.

This is just an opinion, but I think maybe Mr. Crowe thought he could bargain for a bigger paycheck by walking away. Well sir…Australia has two extrodinary male film stars; yourself and Mr. Jackman. And word has it, you’re a pain in the ass to be around and Hugh has the reputation of being the nicest guy in the business.

As talented an actor as Russell Crowe is -and in my opinion, he is arguably the greatest screen actor in the world…at the moment- his off screen antics and personality are starting to hurt him professionally. He should have won back to back Oscars with his performance in “A Beautiful Mind” and he should have been nominated for “Cinderella Man.” But neither happened. He even had the nerve to berate the movie going audience for not supporting “Cinderella Man.” He said he’s done enough great work on the screen that they should have shown up and supported it. I couldn’t believe that he is that deluded. He just doesn’t get it. Alot of them don’t. And what they don’t get is…the way a performer behaves in his/her private life, does affect how audiences react to them. Maybe it shouldn’t. Maybe we should be able to seperate the “work” from their “private lives.” But we don’t. I think when we “fall in love” with actors it’s not only because of their looks or their talent, but because of who we perceive them to be as people. Maybe I’m wrong. But if Hugh Jackman were just another Hollywood jerk and had dumped his wife the minute he hit town and was ******** his way through the ranks of Hollywood and was treating people like sh*t just because he was a movie star, I don’t care how good looking he is or how talented an actor, I wouldn’t waste five minutes of my time on him. Yes, he’s beautiful beyond description and has more all around talent than any other actor of his generation (he can do anything in front of a camera that the Clooneys, the Pitts, the Depps, etc. can do, but none of them can do on a stage in front of a live audience what Jackman can do. NONE OF THEM), but it’s who he is, that has enamored me; the devoted husband and father and the kindness he displays to whomever he meets.

Mr. Crowe and a few others ought to start paying a little attention to way Mr. Jackman conducts himself.

Wow I cant wait for Hugh Jackmans’ movie to come out and buy it so I can watch it over and over again.

This pretentious indulgent movie is destined for critical acclaim but huge financial losses. No way will overseas theatre goers recoup the $100 million + cost of the movie. Nicole will now be viewed as toxic for any future movies takings.