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- 1981
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 1981
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
Summary Two Australian sprinters (Gibson & Lee) leave their dreams of competing to sign up for World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they fight in vain against the larger Turkish army.
Directed By: Peter Weir
Written By: David Williamson, Ernest Raymond, Peter Weir
- 1981
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 1981
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
Gallipoli
65
6.9
Where to Watch
Summary Two Australian sprinters (Gibson & Lee) leave their dreams of competing to sign up for World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they fight in vain against the larger Turkish army.
Directed By: Peter Weir
Written By: David Williamson, Ernest Raymond, Peter Weir
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
65
67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
65
67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Director Weir and cinematographer Russell Boyd's re-creation of the invasion and battle action is stunning, but what makes Gallipoli such an affecting film is its intimate presentation of the friendship between Archy and Frank (wonderfully essayed by Lee and Gibson).
A haunting and moving tribute to the Australians who sacrificed their lives in WWI against not the Germans but the Turks at the lesser sung battle of Gallipoli from the assured hand of Peter Weir.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 User Ratings
6.9
68% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
24% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
8% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 User Ratings
6.9
68% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
24% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
8% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Peter Weir's Gallipoli tackles a legend in human terms and emerges as a highly entertaining drama on a number of levels, none of them inaccessible to anyone unfamiliar with the actual events.
Mr. Weir's work has a delicacy, gentleness, even wispiness that would seem not well suited to the subject. And yet his film has an uncommon beauty, warmth and immediacy, and a touch of the mysterious, too.
Well acted and, within its limited terms, well made, Gallipoli represents a failure of nerve as well as design.
Classy and lifeless - a prettily photographed, heavily directed antiwar film.
Really good film. The acting is great throughout and the direction is phenomenal. It is as tragic as one might expect and certainly leaves you wondering about the point of war and if allowing these young men to do actually has some kind of positive impact. Top notch war film.
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Australian Film Institute
• 8 Wins & 12 Nominations
Australian Cinematographers Society
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
