Breaker Morant [VHS]


	Actor(s):		Edward Woodward Jack Thompson John Waters Bryan Brown Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
	Sales Rank:		218657

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Actor(s):
Edward Woodward
Jack Thompson
John Waters
Bryan Brown
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell

Creators:
Donald McAlpine (Cinematographer)
Bruce Beresford (Writer)
Matt Carroll (Producer)
David Stevens (Writer)
Jonathan Hardy (Writer)
Kenneth G. Ross (Writer)
Kit Denton (Writer)

Director(s):
Bruce Beresford

EAN: 5055019500060
Binding: VHS Tape
Format: PAL,
Universal product code (UPC): 780063299039
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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Before coming to America to make such acclaimed films as Tender Mercies and Driving Miss Daisy, Australian director Bruce Beresford made a lasting impression with this compelling courtroom drama, considered one the finest films of the Australian new wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Based on a true story about three soldiers in the Boer War who are served up as political scapegoats of the British Empire, the film uses a flashback structure to dramatize the courtroom testimony. It begins when the three Australian soldiers are railroaded for the justified killing of a German missionary and placed on trial for court-martial not as a matter of justice, but to mollify the German government for the sake of political expediency. Burdened with a competent but inexperienced and hopelessly disadvantaged lawyer, the soldiers realize that their fate has been sealed and the outcome of their trial is a fait accompli. Unfolding with urgent precision and a riveting focus on its well-drawn characters, Breaker Morant was the all-time box-office hit in Australia at the time of its release in 1980, and it remains one of the very best historical dramas ever made. --Jeff Shannon

Running time: 107 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)