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The July 2008 edition of Vogue magazine has hit American stands already and fans of Australia should be flocking to the newstands.
The latest issue features a glamorous Nicole Kidman on the cover (as seen left), a sixteen page feature on the upcoming Luhrmann film Australia, including a wealth of 8 large glossy images by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz.
A substantial extract of the feature, Days of Heaven, can be read in our transcript archive, with the corresponding official stills to be found in our site gallery and full scans here.
As if we weren’t spoiled enough, the spread comes complete with a Vogue Diary video, to be found on the style.com site, or download to your computer from our media section, and view the screencaps here.
The article candidly details an on set visit by Vogue reporter John Powers, and combines with an intimate interview many months later with, a heavily pregnant, Nicole Kidman discussing child baring, the Australian heat, her amazing co-star Hugh Jackman and crew visionary crew Baz Luhrmann and CM.
As mentioned previously, the dress featured on the cover is made by designer Catherine Martin and will be exlusively available to purchase from Bergdorfs in NYC.
June 18th, 2008
Thanks to the insane demand for Keira Knightley’s green dress in Atonement (created for the movie but not available for purchase) costume designers learned their lesson.
To coincide with the release of Vogue’s July issue featuring covergirl Nicole Kidman, a recreation of the limited-edition dress the actress wears on the cover and in her new Baz Luhrmann film Australia will be available exclusively beginning June 24th at Bergdorf Goodman.
The long dress is described as a “green firebird organza silk gown.” The frock was custom made by two-time Oscar-winning costume designer Catherine Martin, who also created the costumes for Moulin Rouge!. On the cover, Kidman wears leather riding boots by Salvatore Ferragamo. The Florentine fashion house designed a collection of shoes for the epic that will hit stores this fall.
To mark the occasion, Bergdorf will display the dress in a window on Fifth Avenue, complete with an Australian-esque background filled with July Vogue covers. Four of the gowns will be available for $9,850 each in a range of select sizes. Special orders will be taken upon request.
If anyone in the New York area can take a photo of the display and send it to australiamovie.net we’d be delighted to see it!
sources: news.com.au and FashonWeekDaily
June 12th, 2008
Popular entertainment news show Entertainment Tonight has yet again shown its interest and support behind Australia. In its latest of many stories, ET went behind the scenes of Australia and spoke to Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and Baz Luhrmann on location.
Get some sneak peeks at new footage from the film, in addition to brief interview tidbits with Nicole, Hugh and of course, Baz himself.
View 43 screencaps from the appearance in our gallery and the video is available for download in our media section!
Also, while you’re wandering the site perhaps check out our latest desktop wallpaper creations!?
June 6th, 2008
Set your clocks and VCRs for the Tuesday May 27th edition of Entertainment Tonight!
On the tail end of Monday’s show we were told to expect some movie news from none other than Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
EDIT: the Australia feature wasn’t screened due to the untimely death of director Sydney Pollack. Keep watching ET for the on set footage.
May 26th, 2008
Tomorrow the first trailer for Australia will be released online! Though the movie’s release date is still six months away, the trailer will be available free on BigPond TV from 9am (AEST), ahead of a wider public release on Tuesday.
We’re told that Nicole Kidman has even recorded a special message to introduce the trailer.
“The trailer presents all the elements of a truly epic movie, in the hands of one of the world’s most visionary directors and two of the world’s biggest movie stars,” said Marcos Oliveira, managing director of 20th Century Fox Australia. “We couldn’t be more excited.”
The video can be accessed by broadband users via BigPond.com and by Telstra Next G mobile phone users. Shortly after you’ll also be able to download it from australiamovie.net
To find out when you’ll be able to view the trailer in your timezone, click here to convert the time difference. Visit our forum for follow up discussion, chats, images etc.
source: thewest.com.au
May 18th, 2008
Just as things were quiet an overwhelming wave of promotional footage, images and competitions are sprung upon us. Read the details below to discover a fantastic series of podcast videos for students and film buffs alike. Unrolled with this series of podcasts came the official Australia website, australiamovie.COM, and a whole bundle of new press shots. Our gallery has been updated to include not only press stills, but almost 100 quality screen caps from the first two Set To Screen Videos!
The current competition for photography is due May 5th, so get cracking!
Learn moviemaking from a master. Great movies are full of adventure, and Australia, the next film from Oscar-nominated director Baz Luhrmann is no exception. But making a movie is an even bigger adventure – an adventure in creativity – and with the Apple Set to Screen Series, you can be a part of it.
Every few weeks through to October, a new podcast episode from Baz and his production team will introduce you to another aspect of moviemaking, starting with on-set still photography, then moving on to costume design, cinematography, scoring, and more. You’ll get insights from the artists at work on Australia, watch them in action, view footage the rest of the world hasn’t seen yet, and follow along as the movie comes together.
Here’s where you come in. Five of the episodes arrive with something extra: a creative challenge for you. Each time one of these episodes is released, you’ll have three weeks to complete the challenge and post it to the Apple Student Gallery. If your project is one of the best (10 from high schoolers and 10 from college students), you’ll win an iPod shuffle, iPod nano, iPod touch, or a MacBook Pro. And if your work is chosen as the most creative of all, you’ll be going on yet another kind of adventure—a trip for two to Australia. Five challenges mean you’ve got five chances to win.
Oh, and one more thing. Submit the top project for the final challenge, and Baz himself will plan your trip to Oz, meet you there, and take you along on the promotional tour for the film in the U.S. Your project will even be included on the DVD release of Australia.
Start your journey now. Subscribe to the Set to Screen Series, and iTunes will automatically download each new episode that’s posted. Once you’ve watched an episode, come back here to check out the notes about the featured member of the production team, and – if there’s a challenge for that episode – get all the details you’ll need to participate. So start exploring your creativity. You could wind up anywhere, even Down Under.
April 17th, 2008
With the new baby she’s expecting due in a few months’ time, Nicole Kidman spent Easter Sunday dusting off her parenting skills. Juggling the care of her sister Antonia’s two eldest children, Lucia and Hamish Hawley, and her Australia co-star Brandon Walters, the mum-to-be certainly had her hands full, guiding the youngsters to an early morning church service yesterday.
After beating leukaemia at the age of seven, the 11-year-old will make his big-screen debut in Baz Luhrmann’s epic. Hand-picked by the Moulin Rouge director for a pivotal role in the outback drama, he has charmed his celebrity co-stars, especially Kidman.
“She’s really taken Brandon under her wing. She and Hugh (Jackman) have looked out for him and eased him through the whole film-making process,” a set source said.
After church, the West Australian boy was welcomed back to the leading lady’s Darling Point home for lunch. On Saturday, the lucky lad was shown the Harbour sights during a cruise aboard the Oscar-winner’s luxury boat.
source: Article by Sydney Confidential’s Holly Byrnes
March 24th, 2008
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