- Actors: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins, Charles Lathalu Yunipingu
- Directors: Peter Weir
- Writers: Peter Weir, David Williamson, Ernest Raymond
- Producers: Ben Gannon, Francis O'Brien, Martin Cooper, Patricia Lovell
- Format: Collector's Edition, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
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- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- Release Date: Dec 13 2005
- Run Time: 110 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000BDGW0I
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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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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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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Gallipoli (Widescreen) (DVD)
As an English woman (I hate the term Brit - surely it's racist, isn't it? A bit like Paki or Frog?) I have the utmost respect for the ANZAC's. However - after reading a few of the reviews posted here, I'm not going to sit by and allow my own country to be denigrated.There were thousands of British troops at Gallipoli as well as a smaller French contingent - under the command of Sir Ian Hamilton, a man acknowledged for his excellent bravery, but lacking the decisive qualities needed for the leadership of such an expedition. In fact - despite the well-known WW1 poem about the Australian buried at Suvla Bay, there were mainly British forces put ashore there, (the famous 'Lost Battalion' of 1/5th Norfolk Reg. being one of them.) Most of the ANZAC forces landed further south at Anzac Cove. Australia and New Zealand both entered the war behind Britain on an upsurge of patriotism - not surprising given that the then population of Australia who were of European descent was 96% British. ANZAC recruiting remained entirely voluntary throughout the whole of the war and the response from both the Australian and NZ populus was magnificent. Some 332,000 troops served overseas, of whom 212,000 were wounded and 60,000 were killed, a casualty rate of more than 82%. There is no doubt the ANZAC's suffered terrifically during the Dardanelles campaign. The whole campaign was badly timed and hugely underestimated the Turks and their reorganisation by the German general Otto Liman Van Sanders. However, the British suffered too - a fact that is often forgotten. As regards the film itself - it's a lesson in why war is futile, a study of loss of innocence, a moving demonstration of comradeship and love between men under the most execrable of conditions. Harrowing and intensely compelling. Peter Weir evokes atmosphere unlike any other. If you're English - try to forget Mel's pathological hatred of us for a couple of hours and remember why our own fathers/grandfathers who fought in that terrible war had such tremendous respect for the ANZAC troops they encountered. And of course . . . we can always think of the Rugby!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Australians at War,
This review is from: Gallipoli (VHS Tape)
A gripping account about a duo of eccentric youths that join the Austrailian Lighthorse in 1915, during the second year of World War One. Mark Lee plays the patriotic Archy Hamilton, who was once a nationally acclaimed sprint runner in his country. Torn from becoming a proffesional athelete and the war, he decides to quit running and fight for his country. Mel Gibson puts on a believable role as the con-man Dunn, who eventually joins together with Hamilton making the ultimate duo of the century. Drawn together from across a continent, the two men meet their destiny on the rocky slopes of Gallipoli, a famous engagement with the German supported-Turks in which the British army attempted to use the Austrailians as a decoy. The under-equiped Austrailians are slaughtered by Turkish machine guns as they try to leap out of the trench. The movie has a terribly sad ending, but is an excellent view on what part the Austrailian Royal Army had in World War One.
5.0 out of 5 stars
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By A Customer
This review is from: Gallipoli (Widescreen) (DVD)
Great story, (some elements appear to be true according to the director's interview included in the DVD, and excellent acting all round. One of the best WW1 films made.
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