Gallipoli 1981

Name: Gallipoli
Released: 1981-08-13
Cast: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins, Charles Lathalu Yunipingu

Synopsis:

As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, a brutal eight-month conflict which pit the British and their allies against the Ottoman Empire and left over 500,000 men dead.

Directed by:	Peter Weir
Written by:	David Williamson
Release date:	1981-08-13
Runtime:	112 minutes
Critics score:	88 / 100
Tagline:	From a place you never heard of...a story you'll never forget.