Gallipoli
Summary:
The first of two consecutive films to see director Peter Weir team with Mel Gibson (the other being The Year of Living Dangerously), Gallipoli follows two idealistic young friends, Frank (Gibson) and Archy (Mark Lee), who join the Australian army during World War I and fight the doomed Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey. The first half of the film documents the lives o... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Mel Gibson - (Frank Dunne)
Mark Lee - (Archy)
Harold Hopkins - (Les McCann)
Ronny Graham - (Wallace Hamilton)
Stan Green - (Sgt. Major)
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Review:
Full of unforgettable imagery and stirring adventure, Gallipoli is both one of the cinema's best anti-war tracts and a poignant meditation on the nature of friendship. Beneath the film's war-is-hell message lies the simple tale of a young man who yearns to break away from the isolated life he has known since birth. A golden-skinned athlete, he r... Continue >>
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