Gallipoli

Gallipoli
by Peter Weir

Gallipoli
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DVD Cover Information

Actor: Bill Kerr, Charles Lathalu Yunipingli, Harold Hopkins, Mark Lee, Mel Gibson
Director: Peter Weir
Brand: LEE,MARK
Writer: Peter Weir
Producer: Ben Gannon
Producer: Francis O'Brien
Producer: Martin Cooper
Producer: Patricia Lovell
Writer: David Williamson
Writer: Ernest Raymond
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-13
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Movie Reviews of Gallipoli

Movie Review: Mel's first post-Mad Max role
Summary: 3 Stars

Right after Mad Max, Mel Gibson made this early 80s anti-war film, styled as a buddy athlete movie. Most of the film concerns the build up to the slaughter at Gallipoli. Many shots of deserts and pyramids and camels and the like. The Aussie accents can get a bit thick here and there. The story line is just so-so, I thought. There are no surprises and the message is somewhat heavy-handed. This is a quality movie, however, that I do recommend. For its age, it has held up fairly well.

Summary of Gallipoli

Gallipoli is Australian director Peter Weir's (The Truman Show, Witness) story of how the irresistible lure of adventure and the unknown, combined with national pride, bring two young men (Mel Gibson and Mark Lee) together in the Australian army in 1915. They cross continents and great oceans, climb pyramids and walk through the ancient sands of Egypt to join their regiment at the fateful battle of Gallipoli. The echoes of history blend with the friends' compelling destiny as they become part of a legendary World War 1 confrontation between Australia and the German allied Turks- a battle that is to Australians what the Alamo is to Americans.
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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