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Revisiting ‘Australia’: Film gets a revamp in new series ‘Faraway Downs’ BY JAY BOBBIN across the outback and manage to thwart a rival rancher look-
church-run missions throughout the latter half of the 19th and
so it would make sense that even blockbuster film directors
ing to achieve a meat monopoly in the region of Northern Aus-
into the 20th century, as late as the 1970s in some parts of
are no different. In cultural memory, the 2008 epic drama
tralia. Lady Sarah and Drover find love on their trip to Darwin
Australia.
“Australia” has remained a dim corner in director Baz Luhr-
and return to Faraway Downs intent on making the station the
Luhrmann added in his statement: “While ‘Australia’ the film
mann’s spectacular filmography, which includes massive hits
success that her late husband couldn’t. Trouble comes for them
has its own life, there was another telling of this story; one with
such as “Romeo + Juliet” (1996) and “Elvis” (2022). Luhrmann
when the well-being of Nullah (Brandon Walters, “Operation
different layers, nuances and even alternative plot twists that an
went back to the drawing board to give “Australia” a second
Buffalo”), the Indigenous Australian boy that the two have been
episodic format has allowed us to explore.” Luhrmann alludes
chance and came away with the new miniseries “Faraway
caring for like an adoptive son, is threatened and acts of war
quite clearly to what “Faraway Downs” will expand on with its
Downs,” premiering Sunday, Nov. 26, on Hulu.
loom over Northern Australia.
longer runtime and segmented installments. More depth will be
We all roll our failures over in our minds from time to time,
Using additional footage cut from the original movie, “Far-
When the reworked miniseries was announced in June
paid to Indigenous history in the series and Luhrmann’s original
away Downs” spans four hours, split into six episodes, adding
2022, Luhrmann shared in a statement the intent behind both
ending, cut in favor of a happier final act in “Australia,” will
new layers to the story told in “Australia.” The series, like the
the original film and “Faraway Downs,” saying, “I originally set
finally be seen by audiences.
film, stars Nicole Kidman (“Special Ops: Lioness”) as Lady
out to take the notion of the sweeping, ‘Gone With the Wind’-
“Faraway Downs” also stars Bryan Brown (“Darby and
Sarah Ashley, a British widow who inherits her late husband’s
style epic and turn it on its head — a way of using romance
Joan”) as Lesley (King) Carney, a rival cattle farmer; David
sprawling cattle station, called Faraway Downs, on the cusp
and epic drama to shine a light on the roles of First Nations
Wenham (“Pieces of Her”) as Neil Fletcher, the station manager
of the Second World War in 1939. Having made the trip to
people and the painful scar in Australian history of the ‘Stolen
at Faraway Downs who is secretly working with King Carney;
Australia to convince her husband to sell the property before
Generations.’”
Jack Thompson (“High Ground,” 2020) as Kipling Flynn, ac-
he died, Lady Sarah has a man known simply as The Drover
In the film, Nullah is left orphaned after his mother dies
countant of Faraway Downs; David Gulpilil (“The Leftovers”) as
(Hugh Jackman “The Son,” 2022) lead the cattle to Darwin for
trying to evade police, who are attempting to forcibly separate
King George, an elder and Nullah’s grandfather; and David
sale.
him from his family. The Stolen Generations of mixed-race
Ngoombujarra (“The Circuit”) as Magarri, Drover’s brother-in-
Indigenous children were removed from their homes to live in
law.
The pair lead a team and the cattle on a risky adventure
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