Gallipoli (1981)
89%RT Audience Score: 83%
Awards & Nominations: 11 wins & 6 nominations
Peter Weir’s devastating anti-war film features a low-key but emotionally wrenching performance from Mel Gibson as a young soldier fighting in one of World War I’s most deadly and horrifying battles
Gallipoli is like that one friend who always tells the same story at every party, but you still love them anyway. Sure, it’s predictable and filled with all the classic war movie cliches, but there’s something about it that just hits different. Maybe it’s the stunning visuals or the heart-wrenching performances, but either way, it’s a triumph. Plus, who doesn’t love a good anti-war film? Overall, Gallipoli may not be the most gripping or dramatic experience, but it’s definitely worth a watch.
Production Company(ies)
Paramount Pictures, Georgetown Productions Inc., Sean S. Cunningham Films,
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Cairo, Egypt
MPAA / Certificate
PG
Year of Release
1981
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Mono
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:1h 50m
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Language(s):English, Arabic, French
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Aug 28, 1981 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 13, 2005
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Mark Lee, Mel Gibson, Bill Kerr, Ron Graham, Harold Hopkins, Charles Yunupingu, directed by Peter Weir, written by Peter Weir, David Williamson, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Michael Blowen, David Stratton, Evan Williams, Martin Chilton, Dave Kehr, Ian Nathan, Richard Freedman, Diego Galán, Lawrence O’Toole, Rachel Wagner, Margaret Pomeranz, produced by Patricia Lovell, Robert Stigwood, PG, World War I, anti-war film, Australian soldiers, Gallipoli campaign, Archy Hamilton, Frank Dunne, Jack, Wallace Hamilton, Les McCann, Zac, messengers, bloodiest battles, Mono, Paramount Pictures
Worldwide gross: $5,732,587
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $19,314,739
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,729
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 2,106,296
US/Canada gross: $5,732,587
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): A$2,600,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Mel Gibson – Frank Dunne
Bill Kerr – Jack
Ron Graham – Wallace Hamilton
Harold Hopkins – Les McCann
Charles Yunupingu – Zac
Director – Peter Weir
Producers – Patricia Lovell, Robert Stigwood
Writers – Peter Weir, David Williamson
Director(s)
Peter Weir
Writer(s)
Peter Weir, David Williamson
Producer(s)
Patricia Lovell, Robert Stigwood
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
11 wins & 6 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (45) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (4)
Gallipoli is a predictable war movie filled with all the gung-ho cliches of the genre — and I loved it.
June 29, 2018
Michael Blowen
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
Gallipoli was, and is, a triumph.
July 7, 2017
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
Weir’s objective was not to show us Gallipoli through a documentary lens, but with an artist’s vision. He has succeeded magnificently.
July 7, 2017
Evan Williams
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
One of the most elegiac anti-war films ever made.
July 7, 2017 | Rating: 5/5
Martin Chilton
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Classy and lifeless.
July 7, 2017
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
A haunting and moving tribute to the Australians who sacrificed their lives in WWI.
July 7, 2017 | Rating: 5/5
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
It maintains interest throughout, without ever being a particularly gripping, dramatic experience.
May 13, 2020
Richard Freedman
Newhouse News Service
Peter Weir concludes his movie by leaving promises unfulfilled. But it’s precisely that absurdity, that emptiness, that he had set out to communicate. [Full Review in Spanish]
August 23, 2019
Diego Galán
El Pais (Spain)
Gallipoli, like most recent Australian films such as Breaker Morant and The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, is fastidiously well-made and furthers the boast that Australian actors, down to the smallest bit player, can do no wrong.
July 19, 2019
Lawrence O’Toole
Maclean’s Magazine
There was a humanity in Gallipoli that moved me because it wasn’t just a clinical exercise but a story of 2 young men who wanted to run but ended up being unable to outrace the foolish decisions of their generals.
February 28, 2019 | Rating: 9/10
Rachel Wagner
rachelsreviews.net
It moved me so terribly.
July 7, 2017
Margaret Pomeranz
At the Movies (Australia)
Gallipoli remains one of the better World War I dramas yet made, well worth revisiting.
July 7, 2017 | Rating: 4/4
Graeme Tuckett
Stuff.co.nz…
Plot
The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the resolute Turkish army.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Nothing to add here about Gallipoli.
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