Factual error: Outside the Territory Hotel, during the storm, and once earlier in the movie, the taxi cabs are shown with the modern "flip over" vacancy/hired signs that were not used then.
Australia (2008)
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Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Eddie Baroo, Shea Adams
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Nullah: Mrs. Boss! We gotta get those fat cheeky bulls into that big bloody metal ship!
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Answer: So they'd be unable to water their cattle. Which has two benefits for Fletcher. The first being that they'd have to take their cattle to the watering hole on the border of their property, making it easier for Fletcher to steal the cows. Second, and more long term, their cattle would be of poorer quality due to lack of proper care. The ranch would lose money as a result, and they'd be more amenable to selling the ranch to their competition, whom Fletcher works for.
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