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AUSTRALIAN MOVIES
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Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, 2008, stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The movie was filmed in Kununurra and the Kimberley, Western Australia; Darwin, Northern Territory; Bowen, Queensland; Sydney at Vaucluse and Camden, New South Wales.
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Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 1994, stars Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce and Terrance Stamp was set in Sydney (Imperial Hotel), Broken Hill (Mario’s Palace Hotel), Coober Pedy, Alice Springs (Lasseter’s Casino), Erns Giles Road and Kings Canyon.
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Crocodile Dundee, 1986, stars Paul Hogan was set in the Australian Outback of the Northern Territory. There were other Crocodile Dundee movies that followed the original one.
Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course stars Steve Irwin.
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Other films by Baz Luhrmann:
Romeo and Juliet, 1996
Strictly Ballroom, 1982, reignited interest in ballroom dancing around the world.
Moulin Rouge, 1996, starring Nicole Kidman
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Ten Canoes, 2006, was the first full-length feature made entirely in an Indigenous Australian language. It was set in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.
Yolngu Boy, 2001, was also set in Arhhem Land, NT.
Rogue, 2007, a horror film set in Kakadu National Park, NT.
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Rabbit Proof Fence, 2002, tells the story about three aboriginal girls who escape after being taken away from their families. It was filmed at Nipena Station and Lake Torrens in South Australia. The story gives you some insight into “The Stolen Generation”.
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Cry in the Dark, 1988, about the Chamberlain court case. Their child was stolen by a dingo at Ayers Rock, Northern Territory.
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Opal Dreams was set in Coober Pedy.
The Alice was set in the Northern Territory and Alice Springs and is a story about converging on Alice Springs to witness an eclipse.
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Walkabout, 1971, stars aboriginal actor David Guilpilil. The story is about the aboriginal rite of passage by which a boy becomes a man of the tribe and is set in the Northern Territory.
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The Tracker, 2002, was filmed in the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in the Flinders Rangers of South Australia.
Japanese Story, 2003, starred Toni Collette and was filmed in Western Australia in the Pilbara region.
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Mad Max 2, 1981, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, 1985, starred Mel Gibson and was filmed around Broken Hill.
Dirty Deeds, 2002, was also filmed at Silverton, “Hollywood of the Outback” which is outside of Broken Hill, New South Wales. The film starred Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, Sam Neill and Sam Worthington.
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A Town Like Alice, 1981, was a television mini-series and stars Bryan Brown and was filmed around Silverton outside of Broken Hill.
The Thornbirds, 1983, a television mini-series and starred Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown.
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Finding Nemo, 2003, was set around the Great Barrier Reef.
Scooby-Doo, 2002, was filmed on the Gold Coast in Queensland at Tangalooma Dolphin Resort, Warner Bros. Movie World and Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios.
Babe, 1995, was filmed in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales.
Happy Feet, 2006, an Australian animated feature film.
The Wiggles -There are a lot of DVD’s starring The Wiggles who are all Aussies.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975, was filmed in the Macedon Ranges of Victoria.
The Man from Snowy River, 1982, was filmed in the High Country of Victoria.
Ned Kelly, 2003, stars Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom was also filmed in the High Country of Victoria. Ned Kelly was a bush ranger in Victoria and there are many versions of his life on film, the earliest starting in 1906.
The Club
The Proposition
Danny Deckchair
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Mission Impossible 2, 2000, was filmed in The Rocks and also Bare Island in Sydney Harbour.
Muriel’s Wedding, 1994, had scenes in St. Mark’s Anglican Church in Sydney’s Darling Point.
The Matrix, 1999, used the fountain in Martiin Place in Sydney.
Lantana, 2001, was filmed in Sydney.
Sunday Too Far Away
The Odd Angry Shot
Bad Boy Buddy
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Breaker Morant, 1981, set in South Africa during the Boer War.
Gallipoli, 1981
Phar Lap, 1983
For the Term of his Natural Life, 1927
On the Beach, 1959
Stone, 1974, about motorcycle gangs
The Dish, 2000, a story about a tracking satellite dish outside of Parks, New South Wales.
Jindabyne, 2006
Sirens
Caddie
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The Last Wave, 1977
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, 1978
My Brilliant Career, 1979, starring Judy Davis.
The Odd Angry Shot, 1979, about Aussies in the Vietnam war.
Shine, 1996
Eternity, 1994
Romper Stomper, 1992, starring Russell Crowe.
Proof, 1991, stars Russell Crowe and Hugh Weaving.
Red Dog, 2011 - a wonderful film about a dog who adopts a mining camp in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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The Castle, 1997
Two Hands, 1999
The Good Wife, with Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown.
Little Fish with Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and Sam Neill.
Abba, the Movie - the story of their Sydney concert
Quigley Down Under
The Last Wave
There are many more Australian films and here is a link to the:
Wilkipedia Listing of Australian films
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