Edition |
Director-approved two-DVD special edition. |
Description |
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
Description |
digital optical mono. Dolby Digital 1.0 rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
Series |
Criterion Collection ; 773 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 773.
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System Details |
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono. |
Cast |
Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Charles Tingwell, Terence Donovan, Chris Haywood, Vincent Ball, Ray Meagher, Alan Cassell, Russell Kiefel, Rob Steele, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Rod Mullinar. |
Credits |
Cinematography, Donald McAlpine ; film editor, William Anderson ; production designer, David Copping ; wardrobe designer, Anna Senior ; musical arranger, Phil Cuneen. |
Note |
Adapted from the play 'Breaker' Morant by Kenneth Ross. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1980. |
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Widescreen (1.85:1). |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
Summary |
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. Based on a play and true story. |
Note |
Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (features director and coscreenwriter Bruce Beresford); Bruce Beresford (interview with Beresford recalls the production of the film); Donald McAlpine (McAlpine recalls his work on the film); Bryan Brown (Brown talks about his performance as Lieutenant Peter Handcock in the film); Edward Woodward (2004 interview with Woodward about playing Lieutenant Harry "Breaker" Morant in the film); The South African War (new piece about the Boer War with historian Stephen Miller); Trailer. Disc 2: The breaker (1973 documentary by Frank Shields looks at the life of the Anglo-Australian army captain Harry "Breaker" Morant); The myth exploded (2011, Frank Shields discusses his film and its omission of a key detail about Harry "Breaker" Morant). Insert includes an essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard. |
Language |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
Subject |
Morant, Breaker, 1864?-1902 -- Drama.
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South African War, 1899-1902 -- Drama.
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Trials (Military offenses) -- Drama.
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Great Britain. Army. Bushveldt Carbineers -- Drama.
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Australia -- History, Military -- Drama.
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Ross, Kenneth, 1941- -- Film adaptations.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Australia.
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Historical films.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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War films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Beresford, Bruce, film director, screenwriter.
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Hardy, Jonathan, 1940-2012 screenwriter.
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Stevens, David, 1940-2018 screenwriter.
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Carroll, Matthew, 1944- film producer.
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Woodward, Edward, 1930-2009, actor.
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Thompson, Jack, 1940- actor.
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Waters, John, 1948- actor.
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Brown, Bryan, 1947- actor.
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Tingwell, Charles, 1923-2009, actor.
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Donovan, Terence, 1942- actor.
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Haywood, Chris, 1948- actor.
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Ball, Vincent, 1923- actor.
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Meagher, Ray, actor.
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Cassell, Alan, 1932-2017 actor.
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Fitz-Gerald, Lewis, actor.
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Mullinar, Rod, actor.
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McAlpine, Donald M., director of photography.
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Anderson, William, 1948- editor of moving image work.
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Copping, David, 1936- production designer.
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Senior, Anna, costume designer.
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Cuneen, Phil, arranger of music.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Ross, Kenneth, 1941-
Breaker Morant.
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Miller, Stephen M., 1964- filmmaker.
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Shields, Frank, filmmaker.
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Sinyard, Neil, writer of supplementary textual content.
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South Australian Film Corporation, production company.
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Australian Film Commission, production company.
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Seven Network Australia, production company.
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Pact Productions Pty. Ltd. production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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ISBN |
1681430509 |
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9781681430508 |
Standard No. |
715515156813 |
Music No. |
CC2532D The Criterion Collection (container) |
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CC2532D-1 The Criterion Collection (disc 1) |
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CC2532D-2 The Criterion Collection (disc 2) |
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