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Gallipoli 111 minutes, Australia (1981), PG
(3.5)
Rating: 3.5 Stars
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Average user rating (4 / 69 votes)
Mark Lee and Mel Gibson in Gallipoli

Highly effective retelling of the Anzac attempt to take control of Gallipoli in Turkey during the First World War. Peter Weir directs a sprightly Mel Gibson

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Gallipoli: Inevitably, the events depicted in Weir's intimate epic of World War I mean more to the antipodeans for whom it is part of their culture and history. But Williamson's screenplay makes sure that the human element is equally important in the presentation of the two lads, Archy (Lee) and Frank (Gibson), who join the army and become rivals (as sprinters) and friends...
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