Breaker Morant / 7 Network ; The Australian Film Commission ; Pact Productions ; The South Australian Film Corporation ; screenplay by Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford ; directed by Bruce Beresford.
Edition:
Criterion collection.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out booklet.
Title from container. Bryan Brown, Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters. Adapted from the play 'Breaker' Morant by Kenneth Ross. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1980. Widescreen (1.85:1). Special features: Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Beresford ; new interviews ; new piece about the Boer War with historian Stephen Miller ; trailer ; essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard.
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.
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