Les McCann

Gallipoli (1981)

Actors: Mel Gibson (actor), Peter Weir (writer), Bill Kerr (actor), Bill Hunter (actor), Peter Weir (director), Harold Hopkins (actor), Bill Gooley (miscellaneous crew), William M. Anderson (editor), David Williamson (writer), Mark Lee (actor), David Argue (actor), Fran Burke (miscellaneous crew), Reg Evans (actor), Paul Sonkkila (actor), Don Barker (actor),

Plot: The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the might of the Turkish army.

Keywords: 1910s, aborigine, anniversary, anti-war, anzac, army, army-life, athlete, australia, australian-and-new-zealand-army-corps
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, War,
Taglines: Peter Weir's film of...Gallipoli From a place you never heard of...a story you'll never forget. 75 years after the landing at Gallipoli, a major motion picture returns to the big screen . . . [1989 Australian re-release] From a place you've never heard of, comes a story you'll never forget .

Quotes:

[first lines]::Jack: What are your legs?::Archy Hamilton: Springs. Steel springs.::Jack: What are they going to do?::Archy Hamilton: Hurl me down the track.::Jack: How fast can you run?::Archy Hamilton: As fast as a leopard.::Jack: How fast are you going to run?::Archy Hamilton: As fast as a leopard!::Jack: Then let's see you do it!

Billy: Oh, be in it. The girls go wild over a uniform.::Barney: Yeah?::Billy: In your case I don't think anything would help but you might as well give it a go.

Archy Hamilton: What are you going to join, the Infantry?::Frank Dunne: Not joining anything.::Archy Hamilton: But you gotta be in it.::Frank Dunne: Don't have to if you don't want to.::Archy Hamilton: You gotta be.::Frank Dunne: No I don't. It's a free country, or haven't you heard.

Archy Hamilton: You of all people should be going.::Frank Dunne: Why me of all people?::Archy Hamilton: 'Cause you're an athlete.::Frank Dunne: [laughs] What's that got to do with it?::Archy Hamilton: I've got mates who'd be lucky to do the hundred in twelve and they're going to do their bit, so why shouldn't you?::Frank Dunne: Because it's not our bloody war.::Archy Hamilton: What do you mean, not our war?::Frank Dunne: It's an English war. It's got nothing to do with us.::Archy Hamilton: You know what you are? A bloody coward.::Frank Dunne: There's only one reason why I haven't knocked you down mate.::Archy Hamilton: What?::Frank Dunne: 'Cause I don't feel like carrying you to the next bloody water hole. Now shut up and don't open your yap about the war again!

Archy Hamilton: We don't stop them there, they could end up here.::Camel Driver: And they're welcome to it.

Frank Dunne: Have another drink.::Archy Hamilton: Whiskey doesn't make you look old.::Frank Dunne: Oh, doesn't it just? Have you seen my dad? I know he looks like a wreck, but he's really 35.

Frank Dunne: [to Archy] The thing I can't stand about you, mate, is you're always so bloody cheerful.

Army Doctor: Teeth aren't all that good.::Snowy: Supposed to shoot the enemy, not bite them.

Major Barton: Marker flags? Who told him there were marker flags?::Lt. Grey: I heard someone say they'd seen one sir.::Major Barton: Who? WHO?::Lt. Grey: I'm not sure sir.::Major Barton: Grey, you bloody idiot! Nobody got further than ten yards!::Frank Dunne: Why don't you go above Robinson's head sir?::Major Barton: General Gardner. Go like the wind!

Archy Hamilton: I'll see you when I see you.::Frank Dunne: Yeah. Not if I see you first.