Archive for April, 2011

ANZAC Day Filmographic Tribute – Breaker Morant

Movies | Posted by Dean
Apr 25 2011

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute


During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.

ANZAC Day Filmographic Tribute – Beneath Hill 60

Movies | Posted by Dean
Apr 25 2011

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute


The extraordinary true story of Oliver Woodward. It’s 1916 and Woodward must tear himself from his new young love to go to the mud and carnage of the Western Front. Deep beneath the German lines. Woodward and his secret platoon of Australian tunnelers fight to defend a leaking, labyrinthine tunnel system packed with enough high explosives to change the course of the War.

ANZAC Day Filmographic Tribute – Kokoda

Movies | Posted by Dean
Apr 25 2011

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute


A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.

NOTE: I will be watching this on the day.

ANZAC Day Filmographic Tribute – The Lighthorsemen

Movies | Posted by Dean
Apr 25 2011

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute


Palestine, 1917. The British advance has been stopped by the Turkish line running from Gaza to Beersheba. The latest attack on Gaza has failed. The attacking forces included a regiment of Australian mounted infantry, the Light Horse… Lighthorseman Frank is wounded in a skirmish with Bedouin. He is replaced by a young soldier, Dave, who proves to be a crack shot, but reluctant to fire at the enemy. Dave proves himself during a German biplane attack. Recuperating in hospital, he meets a sympathetic nurse, Anne… The regiment is called upon for a bold flanking attack on Beersheba. But how do you convince the Turks the main attack will come at Gaza? And how do you attack across a desert without water?

ANZAC Day Filmographic Tribute – Vietnam

Movies | Posted by Dean
Apr 25 2011

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute

ANZAC Day filmographic tribute


Set against the backdrop of Beatlemania, Flower-power and LSD induced euphoria, Vietnam is a stunningly powerful re-enactment of the bitterly controversial issue of Australia’s involvement in what was perceived as an American war. A story with immense power to distress and the magic to move the hardest hearts.