Directed by Baz Luhrmann Written by Stuart Beattie Baz Luhrmann Ronald Harwood Richard Flanagan Cast Shea Adams ... Carney Boy #3 Eddie Baroo ... Bull Ray Barrett ... Ramsden Tony Barry ... Sergeant Callahan Jamal Sydney Bednarz ... Mission Boy (as Jamal Bednarz-Metallah) Damian Bradford ... Constable #1 Bryan Brown ... King Carney Nathin Art Butler ... Carney Boy #1 (as Nathin Butler) Tara Carpenter ... Essential Services Woman Rebecca Chatfield ... Magarri's Niece Lillian Crombie ... Bandy Legs Max Cullen ... Old Drunk Essie Davis ... Cath Carney Arthur Dignam ... Father Benedict Michelle Dyzla ... Hairdresser Haidee Gaudry ... Essential Services Woman Sandy Gore ... Gloria Carney Terence Gregory ... Mission Boy David Gulpilil ... King George Jamie Gulpilil ... Porter (Wharf) Peter Gwynne ... Lady Sarah's Butler Sean Hall ... Soldier (At Government House) Nigel Harbach ... Carney Boy #4 Joy Hilditch ... Essential Services Woman Matthew Hills ... Flying Boat Steward Jimmy Hong ... Carney Manservant Bill Hunter ... Skipper (Qantas Sloop) Jarwyn Irvin-Collins ... Mission Boy Hugh Jackman ... Drover Robert Jago ... Military Police John Jarratt ... Sergeant Eugene Kang ... Waiter Nicole Kidman ... Lady Sarah Ashley Jacek Koman ... Ivan Crusoe Kurddal ... Aboriginal Tracker (as Crusoe Kurdal) Liam Lannigan ... Mission Boy Siena Larsson ... Flying Boat Passenger Child Nathan Lawson ... Constable #2 Cody Lea ... Mission Boy Jack Leech ... Ball Guest Charles Leung ... Waiter Jacob Linger ... Evacuee Child Mark Malabirr ... Porter (Wharf) John Martin ... Ball Guest Logan Mattingley ... Mission Boy Adam McMonigal ... Darwin Policeman Ben Mendelsohn ... Captain Dutton Dylan Minggun ... Mission Boy Phillippe Moon ... Ball Photographer (as Philippe Moon) Nyalik Munungurr ... Mission Boy Patrick Mylott ... Naval Officer David Ngoombujarra ... Magarri Barry Otto ... Administrator Allsop Angus Pilakui ... Goolaj Robin Royce Queree ... Ball Guest (as Robin Queree) Mark Rathbone ... Stockman Garry Scott ... Downtown Pub Patron John Sheerin ... Fireman Bruce Spence ... Dr. Barker Jack Thompson ... Kipling Flynn Wah Yuen ... Sing Song (as Yuen Wah) Kerry Walker ... Myrtle Allsop Elaine Walker ... Ball Guest Brandon Walters ... Nullah John Walton ... Carney Boy #2 David Wenham ... Neil Fletcher Matthew Whittet ... Brother Frank Ursula Yovich ... Daisy Uncredited Cast Brendan Byrne ... Ball Guest Danielle Carey ... Evacuee Mother Will Gabriel ... Drover / Guest / Waiter Jedda ... Drover's Dog Shaun R.L. King ... Soldier Bronte Larsson ... Flying Boat Passenger Child 2 Anton Monsted ... Maitland Ashley Brennan Muhoberac ... Military Policeman Harrison Norris ... Crying Boy Chris Polzot ... Firefighter Derek Steen ... Soldier Schuyler Weiss ... Man at Ball Produced by G. Mac Brown Catherine Knapman Baz Luhrmann Catherine Martin Paul Watters Original Music by David Hirschfelder

Additional Info Premiere: November 18, 2008 Theatrical Release: November 26, 2008 DVD Release: March 03, 2009 Blu-ray Release: March 03, 2009 Countries: Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Websites: Production Companies Twentieth Century Fox (presents) (as Twentieth Century Fox) Bazmark Films (as Bazmark) ScreenWest (produced with the assistance of ScreenWest and Lotterywest) Dune Entertainment III Ingenious Film Partners Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (2008) (USA) (theatrical) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Home Box Office (HBO)   (2009) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.6 / 10 Our Rating 5.5 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.8 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,385 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 2 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,381 National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) #1,382 Triangle (2009) #1,383 King Richard (2021) #1,384 TRON (1982) #1,385 Australia (2008) #1,386 Wild Things (1998) #1,387 Journey To The Center Of The Earth (2008) #1,388 Supergirl: Season 6 (2021) #1,389 Supergirl: Season 3 (2017)