Gallipoli

Name: Gallipoli
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Released: August 28, 1981
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Mark Lee, Mel Gibson

1981

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: August 28, 1981 | PG

Starring: Mark Lee, Mel Gibson

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.

Director: Peter Weir

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, History, War

Rating: PG

Runtime: 110 min

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Empire Ian Nathan

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. Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

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). Read full review

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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. Read full review

Janet Maslin

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. Read full review

Richard Schickel

Well acted and, within its limited terms, well made, Gallipoli represents a failure of nerve as well as design. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Classy and lifeless - a prettily photographed, heavily directed antiwar film. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Jan 12, 2022

Accessible, taking into consideration my lack of knowledge of the events unfolding on screen, though its strengths lie more in the visual and musical work.

Impressive, just not spectacular as I'd heard.

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Spangle

Dec 24, 2013

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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Tyranian

Apr 8, 2019

Pretty good film with good acting and music though its a bit anticlimactic.

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Official

Mar 8, 2014

Well, "Gallipoli" isn't terrible, but it is not terrific. It does have some really good powerful acting at times, but I honestly did not like the soundtrack one bit. The design of the film is pretty bad too.

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