Breaker Morant
Director: Bruce Beresford
Genre: War film, Period piece, Courtroom Drama, Drama, History, Anti-war, Anti-war film, British Empire Film
Year: 1980
Country: Australia, New Zealand
Language: English Language
Starring: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Charles Tingwell, Ray Meagher, Rod Mullinar
Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian film about the court martial of Breaker Morant, directed by Bruce Beresford and starring British actor Edward Woodward as Harry "Breaker" Morant. The all-Australian supporting cast features Bryan Brown, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, and Jack Thompson.
Beresford co-wrote the screenplay from the 1978 play Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts. written by Kenneth G. Ross.
Breaker Morant preceded other Australian New Wave war films such as Gallipoli (1981), The Lighthorsemen (1987), and the five-part TV series ANZACS (1985). Recurring themes of these films include the Australian identity, such as mateship and larrikinism, the loss of innocence in war, and also the continued coming of age of the Australian nation and its soldiers (later called the ANZAC spirit).
The film was a top performer at the 1980 Australian Film Institute awards, with ten wins, including: Best Film, Best Direction, Leading Actor, Supporting Actor, Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, and Editing. It was also nominated for the 1980 Academy Award for the Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium).
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