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28 August 1981 (USA)
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Peter Weir's film of...Gallipoli more
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Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 9 wins
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4 nominations
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10 Most Unforgettable Peter Weir Movies
(From The Movie Fanatic. 26 August 2009, 7:55 AM, PDT)
10 Most Unforgettable Peter Weir Movies
(From The Movie Fanatic. 26 August 2009, 7:55 AM, PDT)
(From The Movie Fanatic. 26 August 2009, 7:55 AM, PDT)
10 Most Unforgettable Peter Weir Movies
(From The Movie Fanatic. 26 August 2009, 7:55 AM, PDT)
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A great anti-war film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mark Lee | ... | Archy Hamilton |
| Bill Kerr | ... | Jack |
| Harold Hopkins | ... | Les McCann |
| Charles Lathalu Yunipingli | ... | Zac (as Charles Yunupingu) |
 | Heath Harris | ... | Stockman |
| Ron Graham | ... | Wallace Hamilton |
 | Gerda Nicolson | ... | Rose Hamilton |
 | Mel Gibson | ... | Frank Dunne |
| Robert Grubb | ... | Billy |
| Tim McKenzie | ... | Barney |
| David Argue | ... | Snowy |
| Brian Anderson | ... | Railway Foreman |
| Reg Evans | ... | Athletics Official 1 |
| Jack Giddy | ... | Athletics Official 2 |
| Dane Peterson | ... | Announcer |
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110 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:PG |
Argentina:13 |
South Korea:15 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
Norway:15 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12
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The movie was initially to be made by the South Australian Film Corporation who were the original team behind the production. However, they withdrew support for the film over creative differences over the script. However, the movie was still partially filmed in South Australia: the Gallipoli Peninsula was filmed at Port Lincoln whilst the market sequence was also filmed in South Australia at a fish market.
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Revealing mistakes: During the assaults on the Turkish trenches at Gallipoli many of the Australian army's bayonets are obviously made of rubber - they bend and flap quite noticeably.
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Referenced in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
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AUSTRALIA WILL BE THERE
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Peter Weir has long been one of my favorite directors, and he has had a career consumed by subtle, quiet, lingering films. He can make the most banal concept seem thrilling and suspenseful; a perfect example is the Harrison Ford film "Witness." It could have easily become a stupid, insulting, exploitative "thriller." The ending is, in retrospect, quite ridiculous. But Weir has a strange ability to make anything seem realistic.
"Gallipoli" is one of his older films, from 1981, and it stars a huge cast of names - most famous today, of course, Mel Gibson...whose name is now splattered across the front of the DVD case.
The story is a true one and follows a group of young Australian men who join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, and amidst personal and emotional turmoil they must learn to band together and fight the Turkish Army.
The movie is long, as another reviewer on the site points out. But all of Weir's films are. What I didn't like about his most recent - "Master & Commander" - is that it used special effects (exteriors of ships, etc.) and action sequences (raging storms) to compensate for the slow bits... and came across (to me anyway) as quite dull and down-trodden.
"Gallipoli" is a great film - slow, subtle, low-key. It's a bit like an Australian version of "All Quiet on the Western Front." I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys slower films and can appreciate character-driven dramas. Don't go near it if your attention span was dimming during "xXx2."