Jan 21 2009
Australia Movie Should Win on Australia Day
Australia Day is coming up on the 26 January and apparently along with the traditional approaches to the day which is about partying and fireworks - Australia Day is a big movie going weekend. The theory is that it will give a big boast to Baz Luhrman’s Australia movie as patriotic audiences flock to see the movie on the big screen.
Although the Australia movie has been pretty much universally panned by the critics its been doing alright in the box office- shows what they know eh!
The film has taken $32.7 million since it was released in November - making it the third-highest takings in eight weeks by Australian films (still behind Crocodile Dundee and Babe).
According to 20th Century Fox - the Australia film’s distributers the Australia Day long weekend is traditionally a big movie-going weekend - and of course - going to Australia or Australia Day has ring to it - you could do that even if you weren’t in Australia!
And here’s a nice photo of the Australia Day fireworks over the Swan River in PerthI’d like to say I took if I had a nice camera, a tripod, and patience, the credit is below!
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