Gallipoli

Compelling Australian anti-war drama from director Peter Weir about the friendship between two runners (Mel Gibson, Mark Lee) from Western Australia. The two men share a camaraderie with other idealistic enlistees in World War I, and then face the harsh realities and the futility of war, culminating in the disastrous Battle of the Nek against the Turks during the Dardanelles Campaign. Co-stars Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins. 111 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; "making of" documentary.