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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
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
The film has not yet been completed in post-production, let alone hit our cinema screens, but one of the actors involved, Jack Thompson, has so much faith in the project that he’s declared it one of Australia’s best films ever.
Though the film remains tightly underwraps, and we’re yet to see so much as a trailer, the cast and crew have been privy to a special 12 minute preview. From this sneak peak, it’s clear to have had a profound affect on Jack,
“They are breathtaking. I cried, I laughed,” Thompson said.
“I was knocked out by it. I am so proud of it and I know we’re involved in a major Australian film, one of the great Australian films.”
“You can never tell until a film is released what people may or may not like about it, but it is no doubt that it is one of the most significant Australian films ever made.”
“Just the very scope of it, the heart of it.”
Thompson was in Brisbane on Wednesday for the launch of the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, to be held on the Gold Coast in November, where he was named patron.
source: Courier Mail
May 10th, 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
Recently celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz, famous for portraits gracing various magazine covers including a heavily pregnant Demi Moore and John Lennon wrapped around a naked Yoko Ono, had the chance to create her special form of magic with Nicole Kidman.
Once again Kidman was taken away to a bush location. However this time it was only a small trip to the west of Sydney where a secret photo shoot took place. The session was shot on a paddock near the suburb of Richmond and appears to recreate the Faraway Downs homestead from ‘Australia’.
In footage captured by a National Nine News helicopter, Nicole can be seen standing on a wooden pavilion looking over her shoulder at the camera with her back balanced against a rail. She wears an elegant long blue dress – typical of her character’s pre-WWII English aristocrat – with a long split in the middle that runs down her leg.
Around 50 workers including make-up artists, set builders and a behind-the-scenes film crew can be seen working on the set.
Four screencaps from the helicopter footage can be viewed in the australiamovie.net gallery.
source: ninemsn.com.au
February 23rd, 2008
20th Century Fox has set an American release date for Australia – 14 November 2008.
So far it does not appear that Australia will undergo a simultaneous worldwide release in all countries. As with all dates, it may be subject to change. However, with this confirmation from the studio the countdown (for USA release) can begin!
Sources: Box Office Mojo, Coming Soon
February 8th, 2008
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