Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr
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...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 29, 1999
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November 9, 2008Australian Classic, by great director Peter Weir. Portraying a moumentus moment in Australian history, the tragic event of Gapllipoli and the change in feeling toward Britian. A must see imporant film. Winner of my Top Australian Films.
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October 6, 2008A tragic homoerotic Australian "Paths of Glory" with a wonderfully haunting final shot.
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October 1, 2007what i wanna know is... what would great strategists like hannibal or alexander think of this battle plan? gallipoli was comical and at the same time completely sad. it wasn't a sacrifice. it was plain arrogance and murder by commanding officers. i didn't realise mel gibson could...( read more)
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July 14, 2007Reminiscent of The Deer Hunter, this is a thoughtful, and deeply moving story following a group of friends from their backwater town through to their tragic fate at Gallipoli. One of the best war films around.
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November 9, 2009My favourite movie, pure Australian Pride, when Mel Gibson was Australian... It's touching, it makes you smile, it makes you cry. I love it.
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November 8, 2009I bought this movie because Mel Gibson and Geoff Perry was in it and I have to say it is a great movie.
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October 2, 2009Weir's World War I masterpiece. A young Mel Gibson co-stars in this story of two runners whose destinies lie on the bloody battlefields at Gallipoli. By focusing this story on only two characters and spending far more time on their friendship than on the war, Weir creates a devas...( read more)
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September 21, 2009A groundbreaking Australian movie about the WW1 Galliopili 'disaster'. A chilling story which reinforces the futility of war. A young boy lies about his age so he can go to war. He is sent to Turkey and things go from bad to worse when bad judgments from the English put the Au...( read more)
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November 15, 2006I enjoyed it-even if i know far too much about it, as it was for an english assignment.
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