Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy

💡“All right men... we’re going. But I want you to remember who you are. You are the 10th Light Horse! Men from Western Australia. Don’t forget it. Good luck.”
🎥 Gallipoli (1981)
🎬 Wednesday, October 21 at 5:30pm in Wilkinson Hall 221

We’ll be screening and discussing “Gallipoli,” a 1981 Australian war drama directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee. Weir’s film follows the fortunes of two young men who enlist in the Australian Army during World War I and who eventually take part in the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign directed against the Ottoman Empire. The film swept the Australian Film Institute Awards (the equivalent of the Oscars), winning best picture, best director (Weir), and best actor (Gibson); it also received a nomination for best film at the Venice Film Festival. Now regarded as one of the greatest Australian films ever made, “Gallipoli” helped to launch both the “Australian New Wave” in cinema and the international career of Mel Gibson.

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