Gallipoli

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Gallipoli

PG

1981

1h 50m

Drama

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Archy and Frank are two young Australian sprinters who want to join the army to fulfill their sense of duty. Turned down because they are too young, the pair hop a freight train to Perth, where they are allowed to join up. They board a troop ship headed to Cairo and, after training in the shadows of the Great Pyramids, the boys are finally sent to the front line, where their speed makes them candidates for messengers in one of the war's bloodiest battles.

Critics Consensus

Peter Weir's devastating anti-war film features a low-key but emotionally wrenching performance from Mel Gibson as a young soldier fighting in one of World War I's most deadly and horrifying battles.

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Michael Blowen

Boston Globe

06/29/2018

Gallipoli is a predictable war movie filled with all the gung-ho cliches of the genre -- and I loved it.

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

07/07/2017

Gallipoli was, and is, a triumph.

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Evan Williams

The Australian

07/07/2017

Weir's objective was not to show us Gallipoli through a documentary lens, but with an artist's vision. He has succeeded magnificently.

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Christie Cronan

Common Sense Media

May 5

4/5

Dated but still poignant, Gallipoli's messages pierce the soul with the tragic reminder of the crushing weight of war.

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Richard Freedman

Newark Star-Ledger

Jan 16

It maintains interest throughout, without ever being a particularly gripping, dramatic experience.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

08/16/2024

10/10

This is a stunning film, widely acclaimed and rightfully considered today to be one of Australia’s all-time best

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Robert M

@Texflex Dec 21

Scenic and great youthful optimism...but missing something....

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kevenquinlan T

@RT75276071 Aug 15

Ok, even given it's age in 2025, it's not all that great. The performances are fine but there's a long, meaningless, build-up to the actual war= then almost nothing to do with the actual events of the war, and a highly contrived ending that was not very good. I'm watching this now but if I could insert myself back to 81'- I still think I wouldn't have liked it very much- it was a bit boring, especially for a war movie. I'm not mad that I watched it but not going to keep it for my collection, even being a big Gibson fan, and I am.

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Gareth v

@geewah Aug 9

A masterpiece of Australian cinema - human, heartbreaking, and unforgettable. A story built around friendship & the futility of war, has one of the most memorable ending in cinema history. One of 1981's best movies.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown 01/25/2025

Gallipoli is an interesting war movie - starts with running and ends, sadly, with the same thing.

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To F

@Frannko 08/10/2024

Una maravillosa historia. Te demuestra lo hermoso que es la vida y el compañerismo hasta que llega algo mal, como la guerra y todo cambia. Enserió que se disfruta y te da tristeza.

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Tilly C

@RT03199175 08/07/2024

I had to watch this during history in college it was boring, dull, humdrum, stale, dull humdrum lifeless monotonous mundane stale stodgy stuffy stupid tame tedious tiresome tiring trite uninteresting

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Synopsis

Archy and Frank are two young Australian sprinters who want to join the army to fulfill their sense of duty. Turned down because they are too young, the pair hop a freight train to Perth, where they are allowed to join up. They board a troop ship headed to Cairo and, after training in the shadows of the Great Pyramids, the boys are finally sent to the front line, where their speed makes them candidates for messengers in one of the war's bloodiest battles.

Director: Peter Weir
Producer: Patricia Lovell, Robert Stigwood
Screenwriter: Peter Weir, David Williamson
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Australian Film Commission
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 28, 1981, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2010
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Mono