Gallipoli

Name: Gallipoli
Director: Peter Weir
Genre: War, Adventure, Drama, History
Released: 1981
Duration: 1 h 46 min
Cast: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee (1), Bill Hunter, Bill Kerr, Robert Grubb

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War
Adventure

1981
Peter Weir
106 mins
PG

Summary

First World War drama starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee. May 1915: Australian athlete Archy Hamilton resolves to help the Anzac war effort in the Dardanelles. Together with fellow patriot Frank Dunne, he makes an all-out effort to join the Light Horse, but finds the shocking reality of war far from the glory and heroism he had imagined.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Although its ultimate location is the Dardanelles front during the First World War, this landmark in the emergence of Australian cinema steers between overt pacifism and Anzac pride to focus on the spirit of competition and camaraderie that underpins the national character. Peter Weir refuses to shirk the issue of imperial troops fighting European battles and admirably conveys the chaos and waste of warfare by pointedly contrasting the warren-like trenches with the sunlit acres of the opening scenes. But his interest clearly lies in the specific response to the situation of zealous sprinter Mark Lee and his cynical buddy, Mel Gibson.

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7.4/10

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rolenameFrank DunneMel GibsonArchy HamiltonMark Lee (1)Major BartonBill HunterUncle JackBill KerrBilly LewisRobert GrubbBarney WilsonTim McKenzie"Snowy"David ArgueWallace HamiltonRon GrahamLes McCannHarold HopkinsZacCharles YunupinguStockmanHeath HarrisRose HamiltonGerda NicolsonOfficialReg EvansOfficialJack GiddyAnnouncerDane PetersonRecruiting officerPaul LinksonWaitressJenny LovellBilly SnakeskinSteve DoddStumpyHarold BaigentMaryRobyn GalweyLionelDon QuinLauraPhyllis BurfordGranMarjorie IrvingDan DunneJohn MurphyLieutenant GrayPeter FordAnne BartonDiane ChamberlainArmy DoctorIan GovettSergeant SayersGeoff Parry