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Gallipoli
is a 1981
Australian
movie. It is directed by
Peter Weir
and stars
Mel Gibson
and
Mark Lee
. It is about several young men from rural
Western Australia
who join the
Australian Army
during the
First World War
. They are sent to the peninsula of Gallipoli in the
Ottoman Empire
. They take part in the
Gallipoli Campaign
. Over time the young men lose their innocence about the purpose of war. The climax of the movie occurs on the
Anzac
battlefield at
Gallipoli
. It shows the futile attack at the
Battle of the Nek
on 7 August 1915.
Gallipoli
is a faithful portrayal of life in Australia in the 1910s. It captures the ideals and character of the Australians who joined up to fight, as well as the conditions they endured on the battlefield. It does, however, change events for dramatic purposes. It has a number of significant historical inaccuracies.
The many running scenes in the movie are set to
Jean Michel Jarre
's
Oxygene
.
Gallipoli
was successful at the box office earning $11,740,000.
[1]
Gallipoli was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film.
- ↑
School of Media Communication & Culture (2002).
"Gallipoli ? 1981"
. Murdoch University. Archived from
the original
on 31 July 2014
. Retrieved
5 May
2012
.