“Long before its world premiere in Sydney on Monday night, Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken was being talked of in Hollywood as a serious Oscar contender.
“But in Australia, it was being hailed in different terms – as the best advertisement in years for the virtues of this country as a place to come and make movies.
“Jolie’s $65 million World War II epic, based on the true story of American Olympian turned bombardier Louis Zamperini, is set in 1920s California, 1936 Berlin, 1942 Hawaii and Japanese POW camps during the latter stages of the war.
“Doubling for them were, respectively, Tamworth, Bankstown, Mission Beach and Cockatoo Island. Few untrained eyes will spot the fakery.”
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