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VHS : Gallipoli
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: Gallipoli
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starring: Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins, Charles Lathalu Yunipingli, Heath Harris
directed by: Peter Weir
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792106166
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 0792106164
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: October 22, 1996
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 2899
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 28, 1981



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An outstanding drama, Gallipoli resonates with sadness long after you have seen it. Set during World War I, this brutally honest antiwar movie was cowritten by director Peter Weir. Mark Lee and a sinfully handsome Mel Gibson are young, idealistic best friends who put aside their hopes and dreams when they join the war effort. This character study follows them as they enlist and are sent to Gallipoli to fight the Turks. The first half of the film is devoted to their lives and their strong friendship. The second half details the doomed war efforts of the Aussies, who are no match for the powerful and aggressive Turkish army. Because the script pulls us into their lives and forces us to care for these young men, we are devastated by their fate. --Rochelle O'Gorman



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 3.5 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:

Don't expect an action movie, for this is a deliberately-paced, character-based drama of a war film; that being said, however, it's an impeccably made and very moving look at the futility and senselessness of war.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - More powerful than ever.
As I write this after rewatching the movie, I'm listening to Liam Clancy's wonderful version of Eric Bogle's heartbreaking "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda." There is nothing I can add to those wonderful postings by others before me except to agree that this picture should be rereleased to the general public and shown in history classes. It might wake up young Americans to the disaster in Iraq -- another senseless war with little planning and forethought and disastrous consequences with tens of thousands dead, wounded, maimed and irreparably damaged.

A companion piece should be "A Bridge Too Far," Richard Attenborough's all-star film about Operation Market Garden, a scheme to put an early end to WWII which failed. Eisenhower gave in to Montgomery and the result was a disaster in which the Allies tried to take five bridges and had more casualties than the Normandy invasion. Seems nothing changes. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - About mates, patriotic naivete and one of the most senseless battles in a war made up of senseless battles
When two coalitions of nations are at war against each other, there are two fundamentally different tactics for victory that are proposed. The first is to go all out against the strongest of the enemy coalition, the idea being that if you defeat that nation, the lesser partners will automatically surrender. This has the potential problem that you can be soundly defeated, further strengthening the resolve of the weaker nations.
The second strategy is to hold against the strong and concentrate your strength against the weaker. By defeating one of the nations in the coalition, you can raise doubts about the ultimate victory in the minds of your enemy and raise morale at home. The problem with this strategy is that the weaker nation may be a liability to the stronger one, defeating it may not weaken the stronger nation and force you to support a nation on the verge of chaos.
Winston Churchill was a strong ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent Film About A Tragic Epsiode in History
The battle of Gallipoli is one of the more horrible episodes of the First World War. Australian and New Zealand forces were slaughtered by the Turkish troops in a bloody afair that has been celebrated in song "Waltzing Matilda" and in a National holiday in Australia.

This film follows a group of young Australian men who enlist and find themselves in this horrific scene. The majority of the film deals with the pre-battle establishment of who these guys are and allows for the viewer to begin to appreciate their characters before the final segment which is set during the battle itself.

The movie is really well done. Beautifully filmed ,well written and acted with outstanding performances including one from a very young looking Mel Gibson.

Ultimately this is a testiment to the absolute futilty of war and the sacrifice of young lives for what later turn out to be meaningless objectives. ... Read More



 

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