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The August 22nd issue of Entertainment Weekly is a special 2008 Fall Preview edition. As one of the major films being released this year, Australia is of course featured as one of the major releases.
The four page spread includes a two page article with behind the scenes info from Luhrmann, Kidman and Jackman (pictured right).
Jackman discusses his national pride and enthusiasm to become a part of this film, regardless of the controversial departure of Russell Crowe who was previously attached as the lead. “I don’t mind if I’m off-the-bench second, third, reserve-doesn’t matter,” said Jackman. “I just didn’t want to miss out on being part of the film.”
“Baz makes very few films, but when he does, he puts his heart and soul into it,” says Kidman, who earned her first Oscar nomination for Moulin Rouge! “He’s not churning anything out. It’s vert much coming from within his blood.”
You can read Baz and the rest of his devoted cast talk about their unique movie making experience in our transcript archive. Additionally, the article, along with new images, has been scanned and uploaded to our gallery.
August 16th, 2008
Plenty of multimedia bouncing about in this our first week of August! Only four months until release!
Entertainment Weekly have set the internet on fire with two new promotional stills taken by photographer James Fisher for Australia. One in particular causing a lot of overheating is a glimpse at the steamy onscreen chemistry shared between Jackman and Kidman (as seen right). If there was any doubt that they could pull it off, let it be cast aside. The new images can be found in our gallery.
Also in our gallery are 64 new fantastic screencaps from the 7th installation of the Set to Screen podcast series. This time director of photography Mandy Walker takes us behind the scenes of her job, and we get to see a cheeky scene shared between The Drover and Lady Sarah Ashley. Be sure to check it out!
In terms of site updates we have two more videos in our multimedia section, Hugh at Comic-Con and Baz at the Tourism Australia press conference. We also have added more shiny new desktop wallpapers to decorate your computers!
For the latest breaking news, join us at the Australia Discussion Forum!
source: EW, James Fisher
August 1st, 2008
British edition of the EMPIRE film magazine has a great four page feature on ‘Australia’.
The magazine has four glossy pages with a great on set encounter from one of the writers at Empire. We get to hear from Baz Luhrmann, about the scale of the epic he’s taken on and the expectations involved in that. CM and Nicole Kidman have their say and Mr Hugh Jackman even gets a peek in towards the end.
“This is a land far, far away,” trills Luhrmann. “Metaphorically speaking, it has a sense of fairy tale about it.”
“This is the last of a dying breed, this kind of movie,” Kidman enthuses, harking back to those days before CGI, when you make your epic - African Queen, Doctor Zhivago - you had to drag your production lock, stock and barrel into the wilds. “I mean, they don’t build stuff like this anymore. To feel that air and see people ravaged by the elements, as hard as it is, it’s exquisite.”
For those wishing to purchase the magazine, Empire’s August 2008 edition is currently available at news stands in the UK and via vendors carrying international magazines. Thanks to Hengist from the Australia Forum you can view scans of the magazine in our gallery, or if you’d like to read the article you can do so in our transcripts archive here.
July 6th, 2008
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
The February 2008 edition of Vanity Fair magazine features a two page spread on Australia. The issue (on some news stands now) includes a beautiful new photograph by James Fisher and a small summary of the film to wet the appetite of cinemagoers for the new year.
Luhrmann tells us to expect a film with, “big emotion, big comedy, big stars, big stories and big landscapes.”
The Vanity Fair article goes on to say, this journey through Australia’s enchanting topography brings about Lady Sarah Ashley’s gradual renewal, as does the scorching romance between her and her fellow rider. If the image attached is any indication of the heat, we’re in for something special!
If you visit our gallery you can view several new scans and stills, including the aforementioned spread in Vanity Fair.
Many thanks to Narrows101, Olivia and ProjectMugetsu for donating images.
image: James Fisher
January 8th, 2008
Veteran actor and supporting cast member Jack Thompson is featured in a three page spread of the Women’s Weekly magazine, January 2008 edition. The article gives an overview of his works and Jack discusses how he’s built a career not only in Australia, but now in the American industry.
Though he’s recently been working in America, Jack returned to Australia and walked straight into a major supporting role on the set of Baz Luhrmann’s latest movie. He has just completed studio work on the film in which he plays cattle station book keeper Kipling Flynn. “He’s very different to anything you have seen me play in the past,” Jack said. “Baz has pushed me a little here and a little there, and we have created this extraordinary book keeper, a drinker who is somewhere between a total tragedy and a struggling spirit. There’s a comic edge to him, too. It’s been very exciting.”
When listening to Jack or anyone involved in the making of Australia, you sense this immense feeling of pride and accomplishment to be a part of the film. Jack added, “Baz is attacking this film on a fabulous scale. Perhaps it will see a revival for the Australian film industry. I was talking to Hugh Jackman and I said I was amazed at the scale of the production and that I thought it would be a landmark Australian film. And he leaned over and whispered, ‘Yeah. And you know what? We’re in it’. “
To read the entire article, you can view scans at the Australia discussion forum here
source: Women’s Weekly
December 18th, 2007
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