Episode 1.1
Chapter One: The Land
In 1939 English aristocrat Sarah Ashley crosses the world to
... More confront her husband and sell a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian Outback.Less
Baz Luhrmann's 2008 epic Australia starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman is reconfigured and extended in this six-part miniseries. The story of an...
Baz Luhrmann's 2008 epic Australia starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman is reconfigured and extended in this six-part miniseries. The story of an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley, who inherits a large cattle ranch in Australia after her husband dies. When Australian cattle barons plot to take her land, she joins forces with a cattle drover to protect her ranch.
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"The acting is so egregiously bad it’s often compelling."
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The Age
The Age"The Kidman/Jackman dynamic works in an old-fashioned sense."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"The greater role for a remarkable young Walters is a generous gift that uplifts the whole."
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Screenhub
Screenhub"It’s clumsy, confused, borderline exploitative and totally lacking a good story."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"This is old-fashioned storytelling, with all the strengths and weaknesses that term implies."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"It feels like it belongs to a different era."
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Variety
Variety"A flawed movie becomes a flawed miniseries."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A laudable expansion of Australia that dedicates more time to the ensemble cast."
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Decider
DeciderFaraway Downs: Miniseries | Details
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Country of origin
- USA
