Baz Luhrmann’s Movie Epic “Australia” Will Be Premiering Down Under

OH, I AM JUST ABOUT BURSTING WITH CINEMA-GOING EXCITEMENT! Baz Luhrmann’s much anticipated film Shtraya is ever so close to being played on big screens across the country – and as someone who forgot to see The House Bunny when it was released, I will not make the same mistake again. No longer will I miss out on cultural phenomenons due to absentmindedness and penny-pinching! Australia? It’s a date.

According to the press release, the Australian premiere of the film is going to be a massive countrywide party.

Today, Twentieth Century Fox Film Distributors announced that the Australian premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s epic Australia will take place on Tuesday 18th November in the film’s first shooting location, Sydney, with special screenings in shoot locations Darwin & Bowen on the same evening.

I hope the lovely lady who runs the Bowen pie shop (she was interviewed regularly on Red Symons’ 774 ABC breakfast radio show last year, and was absolutely delightful) gets a free ticket to the premiere. Don’t forget the little people, Baz – specifically the pie makers!

In Sydney, Greater Union, George St will host a star studded event which promises to be a night to remember to celebrate this much anticipated film. The leading stars Academy Award winning actress Nicole Kidman and Tony award winning actor Hugh Jackman along with Golden Globe winning writer, producer, director, Baz Luhrmann & two-time Academy Award winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin will grace the red carpet, along with a host of Australian legends of stage, screen and sport. Young indigenous actor Brandon Walters, who makes his feature film debut, will also attend.

There will be a separate celebration of the film in the fourth shooting location, Kununurra, East Kimberley, WA, with details to be announced shortly.

Lovely. Where’s my invite? Goddamn it, Baz and/or “his people” – don’t make the same mistake that The House Bunny folk did.