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An excellent WWI drama with an excellent soundtrack, truly unforgettable
Gallipoli by Peter Weir is definitely a top-notch war drama with great acting, great story, great soundtrack and a heroic ending. Mel Gibson and Mark Lee are both wonderful as the movie's two lead characters. The Making of Gallipoli in the Special Features adds a lot to the value of the DVD. After watching this riveting movie, Gallipoli in Turkey will no longer be "a place you've never heard of". In fact, you will never forget the experience. Highly recommended.

A matter of history
How can so many people get this movie so wrong?

All nations need their myths. Without them creating a united nation would be just that much harder.

Gallipoli and the bravery of our soldiers, is our myth. Like most myths it is based on facts with a good helping of self delusion to make us feel good.

Peter Weir has made a movie from history as we see it.

It may not be totally accurate and it's certainly anti British but that's how we see it and its not something we should aplogise for.

Who suffered more casualties; who was to blame for bad decisions; none of this are important.

What's important is that Australians made a movie about Australians; about a part of our history that has defined who we are as nation.

If foreingers get something from it the good. If they don't, well it doesn't much matter.

A very disturbing picture of how the Brits used the Aussies, Kiwis and others as Cannon fodder during W.W.I ...(pls. read on...)
Also in W.W. II with Brit Gen. Dickie
Mountbatton, but I'll save that for a
book review on that subject. When Mel
gets strafed at the end, it brings the
point home. Expendable is the best word
I can think of to describe the what hap-
pened to the flower of Aussie men's youth
and there is a monument to the men lost,
unneccesarily in the stupid runs up the
enemies guns in this Military disaster!
Churchill, then a Brit Lt. really screwed
up here! Read my book review, unless your
a Brit-O-Phile supremicist!

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