Gallipoli (1981)
Gallipoli (1981)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Mel Gibson
Frank Dunne
Mark Lee
Archy Hamilton
Bill Kerr
Jack
Harold Hopkins
Les McCann
Charles Lathalu Yunipingu
Zac
Heath Harris
Stockman
Ron Graham
Wallace Hamilton
Gerda Nicolson
Rose Hamilton
Robert Grubb
Billy
Tim McKenzie
Barney
David Argue
Snowy
Brian Anderson
Railway Foreman
Reg Evans
Athletics Official 1
Jack Giddings
Athletics Official 2
Dane Peterson
Announcer
Paul Linkson
Recruiting Officer
Jenny Lovell
Waitress
Steve Dodd
Billy Snakeskin
Harold Baigent
Camel Driver
Robyn Galwey
Mary
Don Quin
Lionel
Phyllis Burford
Laura
Marjorie Irving
Gran
John Murphy
Frank's Father
Bill Hunter
Major Barton
Diane Chamberlain
Mrs. Barton
Peter Ford
Lt. Gray
Ian Govett
Army Doctor
Geoff Parry
Sgt. Sayers
Clive Bennington
English Officer 1
Giles Holland-Martin
English Officer 2
Moshe Kedem
Egyptian Shopkeeper
John Morris
Col. Robinson
Don Barker
N.C.O. at Ball
Kiwi White
Soldier on Beach
Paul Sonkkila
Sniper
Peter Lawless
Observer
Leslie Dayman
Artillery Officer
Saltbush Baldock
Sentry
Stan Green
Sgt. Major
Max Wearing
Col. White
Graham Dow
General Gardner
Peter R. House
Radio Officer
Jean-Michel Jarre
Original Music Composer
Patricia Lovell
Producer
Robert Stigwood
Producer
William M. Anderson
Editor
Tommaso Albinoni
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 13, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Content RatingPG
Budget$3,000,000
Box Office$11,700,000
Filming LocationsTurkey · Egypt
Genres
Wiki.
Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian war drama film directed by Peter Weir and produced by Patricia Lovell and Robert Stigwood, starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee. The film revolves around several young men from Western Australia who enlist in the Australian Army during World War I. They are sent to the Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire (in modern-day Turkey), where they take part in the Gallipoli campaign. During the course of the film, the young men slowly lose their innocence about the purpose of war. The climax of the film occurs on the Anzac battlefield at Gallipoli, depicting the futile attack at the Battle of the Nek on 7 August 1915. It modifies events for dramatic purpose and contains a number of significant historical inaccuracies.
Gallipoli provides a faithful portrayal of life in Australia in the 1910s—reminiscent of Weir's 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock set in 1900—and captures the ideals and character of the Australians who joined up to fight, as well as the conditions they endured on the battlefield, although its portrayal of British forces has been criticised as inaccurate. It followed the Australian New Wave war film Breaker Morant (1980) and preceded the 5-part TV series Anzacs (1985), and The Lighthorsemen (1987). Recurring themes of these films include the Australian identity, such as mateship and larrikinism, the loss of innocence in war, and the continued coming of age of the Australian nation and its soldiers (later called the Anzac spirit).