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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jun 16, 2007 14:35:52 GMT -8
Oct 11th, 2004, 08:37am »
From comingsoon.com ~*~ July 19, 2004
Russell Crowe to Star in Eucalyptus Source: Variety Monday, July 19, 2004
Russell Crowe is in talks to star for Fox Searchlight in Eucalyptus, a Jocelyn Moorehouse-directed adaptation of the Murray Bail novel.
Variety says the book is a popular fable set in South Wales, where a widower announces his beautiful daughter can marry only the man who can identify each of the hundreds of species of eucalyptus trees overwhelming the grounds of his estate.
However, the daughter has become smitten with a mysterious New Zealander who has enchanted her with a tale to correspond with each eucalyptus tree.
Crowe would play the storyteller.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jun 16, 2007 14:36:30 GMT -8
Oct 11th, 2004, 08:38am »
From digitalspy.com ~*~ Oct 09, 2004 Geoffrey Rush joins Crowe film by Daniel Kilkelly
Geoffrey Rush has joined the cast of Eucalyptus, joining actor Russell Crowe.
Rush will play a man who plants hundreds of eucalyptus trees and decides to test his daughters suitors by asking them to identify each of the individual species.
However, his plans to find a man for his daughter who he approves of may be ruined when she falls in love with a stranger, played by Crowe
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jun 16, 2007 14:36:49 GMT -8
Feb 18th, 2005, 3:30pm »
From BBC NEWS February 16, 2005
Plug pulled on Kidman's picture
The film marked a homecoming for star Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe's Australian film project Eucalyptus has been postponed indefinitely due to problems with the script. The £13m film's set in New South Wales has been dismantled and crew members have been dismissed.
"We have agreed that the best thing to do is postpone shooting until the project's foundation is solid," said the film's stars in a statement.
Bad weather and actor Geoffrey Rush's withdrawal hampered early production.
But the film's makers have not ruled out a return to the project at a later date.
"We are confident that when the time is right this dedicated Australian production team will once again find a way to be on board," continued the statement issued by Crowe, Kidman and the film's director and producer.
Russell Crowe was due to play the romantic lead in EucalyptusThe film was seen as a major boost for the Australian film industry, with two of its biggest Hollywood exports choosing to star in a locally-based production.
Bob Carr, New South Wales' premier, said it was sad to see the project run aground.
"Australian films have been very unimpressive in recent times. We needed a boost - we needed a good Australian made movie, a good Australian story," he said.
The film tells the tale of Ellen and a story-telling stranger - played by Kidman and Crowe - but he must name every variety of eucalyptus tree on her father's estate to win her hand in marriage. 'Absolute gem'
Kidman, who returned to Sydney to make the film, said she felt like a prisoner in her own home after a number of photographers staked out her house.
She originally won a restraining order against them, but it was subsequently lifted by a judge.
Actor Hugo Weaving, who was also due to appear in Eucalyptus, told Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph that the film's script was "an absolute gem", saying it had attracted the strong cast.
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