Gallipoli (1981)

	Directed by: Peter Weir	COUNTRY Australia GENRE War/Drama NORWEGIAN TITLE Gallipoli RUNNING TIME 111 minutes
	Produced by: Robert Stigwood Patricia Lovell
	Written by: David Williamson

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Archy Hamilton	Mark Lee	½
Frank Dunne	Mel Gibson	½
Jack	Bill Kerr	½
Les McCann	Harold Hopkins	-
Zac	Charles Yunupingu	-
Wallace Hamilton	Ron Graham	-
Rose Hamilton	Gerda Nicholson	-
Billy	Robert Grubb	-
Barney	Tim McKenzie	-
Snowy	David Argue	-
Billy Snakeskin	Steve Dodd	-
Major Barton	Bill Hunter	-

Review

Peter Weir’s anti-war epic about Australian soldiers’ involvement in the Gallipoli campaign of World War I is fairly straightforward and unremarkable narratively, but still manages to make something of an impression through its daunting tragic elements. Mel Gibson and Mark Lee play two young Western Australian sprinters and friends who enlist in the Light Horse, and both actors deliver sympathetic performances, even if their characters remain essentially superficial. There’s fine on-location cinematography shot in South Australia and Egypt by Russell Boyd. The film won a host of awards at the 1981 AACTA Awards and earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film.