| Overall: | C+ |
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| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | C+ |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 170 |
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| Video Release: | 03 Mar 2009 |
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Based on a true story, the film Rabbit Proof Fence also makes reference to the stolen generations of aboriginal peoples in Australia. Life on an Australian cattle station is depicted in The Man From Snowy River. Just before the Japanese bombed Darwin, Australia during World War II, their air force invaded Hawaii, as dramatized in Tora! Tora! Tora!
Home Video Extra Features
Visit the land down under with the release of Twentieth Century Fox’s Australia. The DVD edition features the film in widescreen format, with audio tracks in 5.1 Dolby Surround (English, French and Spanish) and subtitles in English, French and Spanish. Bonus extras include two deleted scenes (What About the Drove and Angry Staff Serve Dinner).
The Blu-ray version of Australia is authored on a dual-layer 50 GB disc with 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio (English) and 5.1 Dolby Surround (French). Subtitles are provided in English, Spanish, French, Brazilion Portuguese, Cantonese, Korean and Mandarin.Along with the aforementioned extras, this disc also offers a look behind-the-scenes and a featurette about Australia’s people and history.
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
