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In August 1966, in a Vietnamese rubber plantation called Long Tan, 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives against 2500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers.

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Major Harry Smith
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Private Bill 'Yank' Akell
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Warrant Officer Class 2 Jack Kirby
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Captain Morrie Stanley
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Bombardier Ray Ngatai
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Gunner Murry Watene
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Sergeant Bob Buick
Sean McCarthy ...
Private Vic Grice
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Second Lieutenant Gordon Sharp
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Private Barry 'Custard' Meller
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Private Ron Eglinton
James Storer ...
Private Kenny Gant
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Gunner Ken Deacon
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Lieutenant Colonel Colin Townsend
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Brigadier David Jackson
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Second Lieutenant David Sabben
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Second Lieutenant Geoff Kendall
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Private Paul Large
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Private Noel Grimes
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Major Noel Ford
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Private Colin Whiston
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Private Frank Topp
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Corporal Buddy Lea
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Sergeant Paddy Todd
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Flight Lieutenant Frank Riley
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Chopper Gunner #1 (as Leon Stripp)
Jon Iles ...
Chopper Gunner #2
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Flight Lieutenant Bob Grandin
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Little Pattie
Geoffrey Winter ...
Col Joye
Benjamin Shannon ...
Joy Boy Drummer
Tyler Goes ...
Joy Boy Bass Player
Oliver Lacey ...
Joy Boy #3
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Joy Boy #4
Luis Barnett ...
Lance Corporal Mark Walsh
Tom Yaxley ...
Sergeant Neil Rankin
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Private Alf Bartlett
Hugo Koehne ...
Second Lieutenant John O'Halloran
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Lance Bombardier Willie Walker
Aaron L. McGrath ...
Private Brian Hornung (as Aaron McGrath)
Felix Johnson ...
Lance Corporal Barry Magnussen
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Private John Heslewood
Zachary Denman ...
Corporal Barry 'Bluey' Moore
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Corporal Phil 'Doc' Dobson
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Lance Corporal John Robbins
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Group Captain Peter Raw
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Second Lieutenant Adrian Roberts
Ri-Jie Kwok ...
NVA Sniper
Victoria Liu ...
Female Viet Cong #1
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Female Viet Cong #2
Connor Clarke ...
Private Jim Richmond
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F4 Phantom Pilot
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Private Kevin Graham
Andrew Douglas George ...
Major Owen O'Brien (as Andrew George)
Sonny Le ...
NVA Commander
Corey Matheson ...
Private Rick Aldersea
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Radio Operator
Subaru Muroi ...
NVA Bugle Player
Tim Weir ...
Corporal Laurie Drinkwater
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Australian Soldier
Connor Hawkins ...
Australian Solidier
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Jack - F4 Fighter Pilot (uncredited)
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2LT (uncredited)
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Bravo Company Radio Operator (uncredited)
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NV Sniper (creditOnly) (uncredited)
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Australian Soldier (uncredited)
Alexander Canton ...
Australian Soldier (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Liam Donnelly ...
Australian Soldier (uncredited)
Gaige Dracoulis ...
Soldier (uncredited)
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Private Peter Ainslie (uncredited)
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Australian Solider (uncredited)
Jeff He ...
Nguyen Duc Thu (uncredited)
Peter Hill ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Wayne Huang ...
NVA Core 10 (uncredited)
Harrison Irvin ...
Australian Soldier (uncredited)
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Private Dave Thomas (uncredited)
Winson Lam ...
Vietnamese Soldier (uncredited)
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Australian Soldier (uncredited)
Damien McIntosh ...
B Company Soldier / Concert Soldier (uncredited)
Declan McMurray ...
Australian Soldier (uncredited)
Jack T. Murphy ...
Signaller (uncredited)
Kai Pantano ...
Private Hauls (uncredited)
Rob Schyff ...
Military Personel (uncredited)
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Australian Soldier (uncredited)
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Viet Soldier (uncredited) (voice)
Connor Zegenhagen ...
Australian Soldier (uncredited)

Directed by

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Kriv Stenders

Written by

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Stuart Beattie ... (screenplay by) and
James Nicholas ... (screenplay by) &
Karel Segers ... (screenplay by) &
Paul Sullivan ... (screenplay by) &
Jack Brislee ... (screenplay by)

Produced by

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Stuart Beattie ... producer
Marcus Bolton ... executive producer
Justin Boylson ... executive producer
Alastair Burlingham ... executive producer
Michael Burton ... executive producer
Jimmy Costas ... executive producer
Charlie Dombek ... executive producer (as Charles Dombek)
Marcus Englefield ... executive producer
Anders Erdén ... executive producer
Andrew Douglas George ... associate producer (as Andrew George)
Charles Hannah ... executive producer
Sharon Hanson ... executive producer: Saboteur Media
John Jencks ... executive producer
Dennis Karp ... executive producer
Ali Kennedy ... design producer
David Kennedy ... executive producer
Matt Kirk ... executive producer: Big Picture Management
Sari Kirk ... executive producer: Big Picture Management
George Lee ... executive producer
Andrew Mann ... producer
Tony H. Noun ... producer
Nick Quested ... executive producer
Jim Robison ... executive producer
Anton Rosenberg ... executive producer
Peta Ross ... line producer
Silvio Salom ... producer
John Schwarz ... producer
Michael Schwarz ... producer
Meyer Shwarzstein ... executive producer
Joe Simpson ... executive producer
Veronica Sive ... executive producer
Jay Taylor ... executive producer
Martin Walsh ... producer
Peter Wetherell ... executive producer
Simon Williams ... executive producer

Music by

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Caitlin Yeo

Cinematography by

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Ben Nott

Editing by

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Veronika Jenet

Editorial Department

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Marcus Bolton ... head of post production: Cutting Edge
Zane Bryant ... dailies operator: Cutting Edge
Patrick Buckley ... dailies supervisor
Grant Dawson ... dailies operator: Cutting Edge
Nicole Hargreaves ... post-production assistant: Cutting Edge
Adrian Hauser ... digital intermediate colorist: Cutting Edge
Claudio Liucci ... on-line artist: Cutting Edge
Walter Ratcliffe ... assistant editor
Daniel Scott ... media operator: Cutting Edge
Josephine Tankard ... post production producer: Cutting Edge
John Warneke ... senior media operator: Cutting Edge
Sally Wortley ... dailies producer: Cutting Edge
Angus Young ... post-production coordinator: Cutting Edge
Angus Bell Young ... post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Casting By

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Kirsty McGregor
Stevie Ray

Production Design by

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Sam Hobbs

Art Direction by

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Jodie Whetter

Set Decoration by

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Adrian K Humphries ... (set decoration)
Emma Rudkin

Costume Design by

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Lizzy Gardiner

Makeup Department

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Rebecca Allen ... additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist
Vivienne Boo Fox ... additional hair stylist (as Vivienne 'Boo' Fox) / additional makeup artist (as Vivienne 'Boo' Fox)
Sean Genders ... key makeup effects artist
Emma George ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Madison Griinke-Visser ... assistant makeup artist
Lindy Hartley ... additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist
Chelsee Jones ... assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist
Gail Kane ... additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist
Chelsea Lange ... makeup trainee
Zara Long ... prosthetic technician
Cora Montalban ... additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist
Anita Morgan ... key hair stylist / key makeup artist
Tess Natoli ... hair designer / makeup designer
Stan Pac ... prosthetic body wrangler
Vicki Sands ... additional hair stylist / additional makeup artist
Taylor Scott ... assistant makeup artist
Sophie Thorpe ... assistant makeup artist
Billie Weston ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Katrina Anger ... additional hair stylist (uncredited) / additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Toby Barron ... additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Alyssa Imai ... makeup assistant: JMB FX (uncredited)
Lexi Stewart ... additional makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Henry Karjalainen ... post-production supervisor
Gretchen McGowan ... head of production: Saboteur Media
Nathaniel Purdon ... unit manager
Michael Wolstenholme ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Carl Edge ... third assistant director
Jamie Leslie ... first assistant director
Joanne Pearce ... second assistant director
Josh Tanner ... splinter unit director
Greg Tynan ... third assistant director
Dan Cole ... crowd assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Mitch Arrowsmith ... set builder
Andy Barrett ... art department runner
Andrew H. Bishop ... standby carpenter (as Andrew Bishop)
Garvin Boll Schieble ... art asisstant
Scott Booth ... assistant stand-by props
Michael Booty ... assistant armourer
John Bowring ... key armourer: Howitzers
Nigel Boyle ... set builder
Leanne Brooks ... construction coordinator
Steve Brown ... art department assistant
Steven Brown ... assistant armourer: Howitzers
Steven Brown ... art department assistant (as Steve Brown)
Toby Brown ... assistant armourer: Howitzers
Graeme Callander ... storyboard artist
Jason Cantle ... art department assistant
Bern Castle ... head scenic artist
Jason Clee ... swing gang/set dresser
Jason Cowie ... standby painter
Adam Coyle ... mould maker/sculptor
Scott Dean ... assistant armourer
Sam Desmond ... art department assistant (as Samuel Desmond)
Alex Deveaux ... dresser
Mark Dixon ... scenic foreman
Laura Drummond ... dresser/buyer
Mason Eagleton ... art department assistant
Roger Ewing Gibbs ... senior mould maker/sculptor (as Roger Gibbs)
Luke Gillam ... art department assistant
Jeff Gribble ... armourer
Karen Grose ... construction runner
Michael Grose ... senior mould maker
Mark Harman ... on-set dresser
Keith Hawkins ... greens assistant
Peter Hordern ... head greensman (as Peter Horden)
Dylan Hoskin ... set builder (as Dylan Hoskins)
Holly Hughes ... brush hand
Brodhie Jenkins ... art department assistant
Gemma-Lark Johnson ... props maker
George Kabot ... graphic artist
John Kelly ... leadman
Kris Kennish ... wrangler: Turtle
Michael Kissane ... standby props
Andrew Kleis ... greens assistant
Wade Krawczyk ... prop buyer/researcher
Les Landon ... greens foreman
Kane Lowe ... polyurethane technician
Lotta Madden ... brush hand
Amber McBride ... graphic assistant
John Medland ... standby greens
Michael Meehan ... construction manager
Allan Mowbray ... key armourer
Brandon Nitz ... trade assistant
Richard Nitz ... construction foreman
Emile Oliver ... property master
Stephen Pickering ... polyurethane technician
Siobhan Purkis ... assistant set designer
Brad Roberts ... set builder
Te Uira Roberts ... trade assistant
Mary Robin ... assistant property master (as Mary de Quetteville Robin)
Peter Rudd ... mould maker/sculptor
Sammy Seath ... swing gang/set dresser
Charlie Shelley ... senior buyer/dresser
Duncan Sorby ... standby greens
Travis Stephens ... brush hand
Geraldine Tartan ... art department coordinator
Jayme Temple ... art department assistant
Bill Undery ... set finisher/sign writer (as Bill Undry)
Peter Verstappen ... set painter
Tony Voevodin ... senior prop maker
Graham Ware ... wrangler: Water Buffalo
Matthew Whetter ... senior prop maker
Shaun Barry ... sandbag coordinator: extra specialists (uncredited)
Wade Krawczyk ... military researcher (uncredited)
Lukas Woolley ... art assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department

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James Andrews ... adr editor: Cutting Edge
Tobi Armbruster ... foley engineer: Cutting Edge
Tristan Atkins ... boom operator
Matthew Ault ... sound assistant
Xoe Baird ... adr mixer: Cutting Edge
Anthony Cogin ... loop group
Liam Egan ... sound designer/sound supervisor: Cutting Edge
Les Fiddess ... foley supervisor/foley artist/foley editor: Fiddess Films Foley Masters
Simon Hicks ... additional sound: Cutting Edge (as Simon 'Slash' Hicks)
Doron Kipen ... adr mixer: Cutting Edge
Tony Murtagh ... dialogue editor: Cutting Edge
Paul Noble ... foley trainee: Cutting Edge
Martin Quiñones ... adr mixer: Cutting Edge
Alicia Slusarski ... supervising sound effects editor: Cutting Edge
Robert Sullivan ... sound mixer: Cutting Edge
Craig Walmsley ... production sound mixer
Tara Webb ... sound effects editor: Cutting Edge
Iris Posada ... additional adr coordinator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Bruce Bright ... special effects foreman
Mark Brims ... special effects buyer
Patrick Carmiggelt ... special effects technician
Brian Cox ... special effects supervisor
Mitchell Cox ... special effects technician
Darren Frank ... special effects technician
Dean Franklin ... special effects technician
Bernard Golenko ... special effects technician
Rick Howie ... special effects technician (as Richard Howie)
Jim Kum Kee ... special effects technician
Albert Payne ... special effects pyro technician
Pieter Ploy ... special effects technician
Ray Purkis ... special effects technician
Julian Summers ... special effects technician

Visual Effects by

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Colin Bell ... visual effects camera operator: Chroma Media
Jessie Burgess ... visual effects artist: Chroma Media
Chris Fahey ... visual effects artist: Chroma Media
Laurie Hughes ... visual effects editor
Jack Mason ... visual effects artist: Chroma Media
Blake Sala ... visual effects artist: Chroma Media
Scott Zero ... visual effects artist: Chroma Media / visual effects supervisor: Chroma Media
Jessica Boan ... visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts

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Yoshinao Aonuma ... stunt performer
Keir Beck ... stunt coordinator
Chris Bridgewater ... stunt performer
Darvin Dela Cruz ... stunt performer
Zev Eleftheriou ... vfx stunt coordinator: Chroma Media
Timothy Frost ... stunt performer (as Tom Frost)
Scott James George ... stunt double (as Scott George) / stunt performer
Scotty George ... stunt performer
Chan Griffin ... stunt performer
Caleb Guinery ... stunt double
Luke Ha ... stunt performer / vfx stunt performer: Chroma Media
Peter Hill ... stunt performer
Shinji Ikefuji ... stunt performer
Jon Iles ... stunt performer
Nathan Kannegiesser ... stunt performer
Ri-Jie Kwok ... stunt performer
Nathan Lawson ... assistant stunt coordinator / stunt performer
Jace Lee ... stunt performer
Kenny Low ... stunt performer
Stephen Murdoch ... stunt double
Daniel Nelson ... stunt performer (as Dan Nelson)
Dan Reardon ... stunt performer
Ethan Ruddy ... stunt performer
Josh Smith ... stunt performer
Phill Stark ... stunt performer (as Phil Stark)
Leo Stripp ... stunt performer (as Leon Stripp)
Thaison Tran ... stunt performer
Darrell Walshe ... stunt double
Daniel Weaver ... key stunt rigger (as Dan Weaver) / stunt double: Travis Fimmel / stunt performer (as Dan Weaver)
Kevin Willie ... stunt performer
Jono Wong ... stunt performer
Masa Yamaguchi ... stunt performer
Timothy Frost ... stunt rigger (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Guy Alexander ... drone operator
Sean Aston ... grip
Marcus Ballantine ... best boy grip
Harvey Beck-Cowper ... assistant grip
Jasin Boland ... still photographer
Jamie Chong ... additional second assistant camera
Dan Clark ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Ron Coe ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Gary Collins ... camera operator: "b" camera/steadicam operator
Alex Dolan ... dolly grip: "a" camera
Ewan Donnachie ... drone camera operator
Shane Dwyer ... epk camera
Hayden Griffin ... drone camera assistant
Billy Harmer ... key grip
Dillan Harmer ... grip
Sherlyn Hii ... data wrangler
Frank Hruby ... additional first assistant camera
Josh Hutchen ... lighting assistant
Scott Kelly ... additional grip
Darrin Keough ... camera operator: "a" camera
Nathan Lawson ... rigging grip cable cam
Jay A. Lind ... dolly grip: "b" camera (as Jay Lind)
Charlie Lowe ... grip
Dan Macarthur ... additional camera operator
Andrew MacDonald ... epk producer
Robbie MacKinnon ... first assistant camera: "c" camera (as Robbie McKinnon)
Hamish McCorkindale ... additional grip
Sam McKinnon ... electrical assistant
Rob O'Dougherty ... additional lighting technician
Peter Quinn ... video split operator
Anysha Rankin ... video split assistant
Kaleb Retchfield-Stanfield ... additional grip
Alec Schultz ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Andrew Schuster ... additional lighting technician (as Drew Schuster)
Beau Selwood ... lighting assistant
Stewart Skene ... additional lighting technician
Matt Slattery ... gaffer
Alastair Smith ... drone assistant
Luken Smyth ... board operator
Nick Sowter ... electrical assistant
Joe Stick ... best boy
Mark Taylor ... still photographer
David Tilburey ... electrical assistant (as David Tilbury)
Josh Turner ... grip
Jeremy Wheatley ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Keir Beck ... rigging grip cable cam (uncredited)
Billy Harmer ... key grip/a-dolly grip (uncredited)
Daniel Weaver ... rigging grip cable cam (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Dan Cole ... extras casting coordinator
Bud Hopes ... extras casting director
Will Pearce ... casting assistant (uncredited)
Erin Kate Westhoff ... casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Rimma Aranchikov ... webbing assistant
Adam Dalli ... costume supervisor
Alisha Hennessy ... additional costume assistant (as Alicia Hennessy)
Andrea Hood ... on-set supervisor/key standby
Lauren Hunter ... costume assistant
Penny Kelly ... costume buyer
Penny Mackie ... cast costume standby
Bianca Maeseele ... standby costumes
Richard Mansfield ... webbing master
Abbey McCallum ... extras costume assistant
Byron McGilvray ... additional webbing assistant
Rachelle Mejia ... assistant standby costume (as Rachelle 'RJ' Mejia)
Monica O'Brien ... costume art finisher
Madeline Turner ... extras standby costumer
Julie Willis ... extras costume coordinator/standby costumer
Wade Krawczyk ... webbing assistant (uncredited)

Location Management

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Mike McLean ... location manager
Emily Thallon ... assistant location manager

Music Department

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Dan Barrett ... vocal
Sarah Belkner ... vocal
Adrian Bendt ... musician: Violin
Joey Bisits ... musician: Contra Bass
Miranda Carey ... vocal
Sean Carey ... preliminary vocals recorded by
Lachlan Carrick ... OST mastering engineer
Matthew Chin ... orchestrator: Jigsaw Music
Matt Christensen ... musician: Saxophone
Jess Ciampa ... musician: Percussion
Ellie Cumming ... orchestrator: Jigsaw Music
Jo Fabro ... vocal
Gary Fenwick ... musician: Bass
Jason Fernandez ... music editor
Kim Green ... additional music supervision
Mark Henman ... musician: Drummer/Percussion
Andrew Jezek ... musician: Viola
Simon Klatson ... vocal: Band
Julian Langdon ... orchestrator: Jigsaw Music
Rowena MacNeish ... musician: Cello (as Rowena McNeish)
Garry McDonald ... music supervisor: The Music Department
Evan McHugh ... music editor/orchestrator / music recorded, mixed & mastered by
Dave Moon ... musician: Guitar
Peta Morris ... vocal
Liisa Pallandi ... musician: Violin
Laurence Pike ... musician: Drumset & Percussion
Pat Powell ... vocal
Dale Rabic ... musician: Keyboard
Andrew Scott ... composers assistant
Carl St. Jacques ... musician: Viola
Bonnie Stewart ... vocal
Laurie Stone ... music supervisor: The Music Department
Jack Ward ... musician: Cello
Jessica Wells ... head orchestrator: Jigsaw Music / orchestration and music preparation: Jigsaw Music
Caitlin Yeo ... music producer & writer / musician: Flute & Accordeon / vocal
Kim Green ... music licensing (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Merran Elliot ... script supervisor (as Merran Elliott)

Transportation Department

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Cameron Bain ... helicopter huey crew
Timothy Berry ... pilot: T-28 Trojan
Kim Bishop ... helicopter huey crew
Neil Brice ... additional driver
Leanne Brooks ... action vehicle coordinator
Al Butler ... additional driver (as Al 'Knuckle' Butler)
Peter Coles ... driver: Cast
Scott Dare ... additional mechanic
Joel Fraser ... helicopter huey crew
Mark 'Lurch' Houstein ... additional driver
James Johnson ... action vehicle mechanic
Phil Laverty ... additional driver
John Luettke ... additional driver
Joel Medland ... action vehicle mechanic
Nathan Payne ... helicopter huey crew
Jason Rowling ... transport manager
Craig Sinclair ... additional driver
Corinna Spooner ... driver: Cast
Steve Taylor ... action vehicle supervisor
John Whitehall ... additional driver (as John 'JF' Whitehall)
B.J. Woltmann ... helicopter huey crew

Additional Crew

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Brett Ashley ... caterer: Zee Catering
Malik Bader ... additional voices
Shaun Barry ... managing director: Extra Specialists
Shamere Borg ... production coordinator
Malcolm Bothma ... additional production runner
Damien Bradford ... unit assistant
Ted Cawrey ... legal services: Hoosegow Productions
Nicholas Cole ... production counsel: Cole Media & Entertainment Law
Christelle Conan ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Ingenious Media & Hoosegow Productions
Elle Croxford ... business development features & television
Kaleb Day ... on-set medic
Nicole Downes ... production runner
Shane Dwyer ... epk producer
Rosie Eagles ... caterer: Zee Catering
Shaye Featherstone ... caterer: Zee Catering
Samuel Fitzgerald ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Ingenious Media & Hoosegow Productions
Kristin Gamble ... assistant production coordinator
Fiona Gammon ... production runner
Emily Garretto ... production secretary
Andrew Goodsir ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Ingenious Media & Hoosegow Productions
Jack Grigg ... unit assistant (as Jack Griggen)
Madison Griinke-Visser ... director's attachment: Screen Queensland
Freddie Hatchett ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Ingenious Media & Hoosegow Productions
Rocky Hema ... armoured militairy advisor
Susan Higgins ... cast contracts coordinator
Lindsay Hunt ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Ingenious Media & Hoosegow Productions
Jon Iles ... military adviser
Mandy Jacobs ... assistant accountant / director's attachment: Screen Queensland
Murray Joubert-Brooks ... caterer: Zee Catering
Stephanie Kelly ... assistant to producer
Michael Kuhn ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Ingenious Media & Hoosegow Productions
Sheenae LeCornu ... legal assistant: Cole Media & Entertainment Law
Phil Lethbridge ... caterer: Zee Catering
Ben Levin ... completion bond: First Australian Completion Bond Company
Mark R. Lindsay ... head of sales: Saboteur Media (as Mark Lindsay)
Nadine Luque ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Ingenious Media & Hoosegow Productions
Andrew Mackie ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Transmission Films
Ryan Makepeace ... travel coordinator
Courtney Mayhew ... unit publicist: Nixco
David McEwan ... insurance: Galvaniize Insurance
Tim McGrane ... insurance: Galvaniize Insurance
Kristi McLaren ... first assistant accountant
Emmah Molles ... unit assistant (as Emma Molles)
Fiona Nix ... unit publicist: Nixco
David Noakes ... completion bond: First Australian Completion Bond Company
Albert Payne ... safety advisor
Richard Payten ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Transmission Films
Ben Pettifer ... unit assistant
Robert Reeve ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Transmission Films
Sean Rigby ... safety supervisor
Taylor Scott ... director's attachment: Screen Queensland
Karen Sharp ... director's attachment: Screen Queensland
Kieran Shevlin ... unit assistant
Luci Silvestrin ... legals
Mel Sims ... caterer: Zee Catering
Rowen Smith ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Transmission Films
Corrie Soeterboek ... completion bond: First Australian Completion Bond Company
Matthew Soulos ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Transmission Films
Finn Spencer ... title designer
Giacomo Stucchi-Prinetti ... miscellaneous crew: Executive for Ingenious Media & Hoosegow Productions
Josh Tanner ... director's attachment: Screen Queensland
Emily Thallon ... assistant to producer
Hine Tuaeu ... payroll accountant
Grace Uther ... director's attachment: Screen Queensland
Brad Vassallo ... caterer: Zee Catering
Claire Warnes ... head of business & legal affairs: Saboteur Media
Michael Wolstenholme ... production accountant
Graham Young ... assistant accountant
Ben Charteris ... extra specialist (uncredited)
Andrew Dillon ... investment manager: Screen Australia (uncredited)
Jeff Heck ... audio description script writer (uncredited)
Kris Keevers ... set production assistant (uncredited)
Drew Macdonald ... electronic press kit director (uncredited)

Thanks

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Graham Cassidy ... the producers wish to thank
Paul Whitehall ... in memory of
Warwick Young ... the producers wish to thank

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Plot Summary

South Vietnam, late afternoon on August 18, 1966 - for three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming enemy force of 2,500 battle hardened Main Force Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army soldiers. With their ammunition running out, their casualties mounting and the enemy massing for a final assault each man begins to search for his own answer - and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage. The Battle of Long Tan is one of the most savage and decisive engagements in ANZAC history, earning both the United States and South Vietnamese Presidential Unit Citations for gallantry along with many individual awards. But not before 18 Australians and more than 245 Vietnamese are killed. Written by Martin Walsh

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Taglines Witness the true story of ordinary boys who became extraordinary men. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Long Tan (Australia)
  • Danger Close (Australia)
  • Danger Close (United States)
  • Danger Close (World-wide, English title)
  • Danger close (France)
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Runtime
  • 118 min
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Budget AUD24,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The term, "Roger that", is an Americanism, originally from CB radio culture, and often used in military movies. However, it would never be said (or permitted, by any NCO or Officer within earshot) in the Australian Army. "Roger" is the only accepted proword. Similarly, the phrase, "I repeat", when repeating some for clarity over the radio telephone (RATEL), is not permitted. Instead the operator would use, "I say again...". This is because "repeat" is a proword used when directing artillery or naval fire (e.g "request for the same volume of fire to be fired again with or without corrections or changes") See more »
Goofs The entire battle took place in a torrential tropical downpour from start to finish. Evidently, this would be hard to film for dramatic purposes. The airstrike never happened not because of a dud smoke grenade, but the cloud was so low and rain so intense the pilots could not identity the target area. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan - Behind the Scenes (2019). See more »
Crazy Credits Many military veterans were involved in the production of this film, both as actors, extras or film crew. They are named and acknowledged in the final credits for their military service in addition to their film roles. See more »
Quotes Major Harry Smith: There's a thousand ways to die in a war zone.
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