‘Faraway Downs,’ Baz Luhrmann’s Expanded Version Of ‘Australia,’ To Debut At SXSW Sydney
deadline.comFilmmaker Baz Luhrmann is set to debut Faraway Downs, the expanded and reimagined cut of his 2008 feature Australia, at the inaugural SXSW Sydney Screen Festival later this month.
The project will debut on October 21 down under before hitting Hulu and Disney+ in all other territories on Nov 26. The film’s structure has been expanded to unravel across what has been described as “six chapters.” Starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown, Brandon Walters, and Ben Mendelsohn, the story centers on English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman), who travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: Faraway Downs, a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian outback.
Following the death of her husband, a ruthless Australian cattle baron, King Carney (Bryan Brown) plots to take her land, and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) to protect her ranch.
Synopsis reads: The sweeping adventure-romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah (Brandon Walters), an Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s Draconian racial policy now referred to as the Stolen Generations.
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