Breaker Morant (1980)
Breaker Morant (1980)
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Cast & Crew.
Edward Woodward
Harry 'Breaker' Morant
Jack Thompson
Major J.F. Thomas
John Waters
Cpt. Alfred Taylor
Bryan Brown
Lt. Peter Handcock
Charles Tingwell
Lt. Col. Denny
Terence Donovan
Cpt. Simon Hunt
Vincent Ball
Col. Ian (Johnny) Hamilton
Ray Meagher
Sar. Maj. Drummond
Chris Haywood
Cpl. Sharp
Russell Kiefel
Christiaan Botha
Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Lt. George Witton
Bruce Beresford
Director
Rod Mullinar
Major Charles Bolton
Jonathan Hardy
Writer
Alan Cassell
Lord Kitchener
David Stevens
Writer
Rob Steele
Cpt. Robertson
Chris Smith
Cameron Sargeant
Bruno Knez
Reverend Hesse
John Pfitzner
Boer Leader
Matt Carroll
Producer
Donald McAlpine
Cinematographer
Frank Wilson
Dr. Johnson
William M. Anderson
Editor
Michael Procanin
Visser
Alison Barrett
CastingDirector
Ray Ball
Court Reporter
Wayne Bell
Lt. Reed
David Copping
ProductionDesigner
Halifa Cisse
Black Guide
Norman Currer
Boer Singer
Bridget Cornish
Hunt's Sister
Judy Dick
Mrs. Shiels
Barbara West
Mrs. Vanderberg
Ria Erskine
Boer Girl
Ian Gray
B/M Thomas
Sylvia Horseman
Boer Pianist
Dick Henderson
Cpt. Nicholson
Alan Lovett
Scots Sentry
Trevor Mann
B/M Little
Jon Nicholls
Lt. Baxter
Peter Osborn
Minister
Ron Peterson
Feist
Don Quin
Witton's Father
Maria Reed
Boer Girl
Ron Rodger
English Orderly
Nellie Seidel
Boer Girl
Laurie Walton
Judge Advocate
Hank Bernard
Large Boer
Elspeth Radford
Handcock's Wife
Kenneth G. Ross
Theatre Play
Anna Senior
Costume Design
Catherine Lamey
Hairstylist / Editor
Judy Lovell
Makeup Artist
Pamela H. Vanneck
Production Manager
James Currie
Boom Operator
Phil Heywood
Sound mixer
Phil Judd
Sound mixer
Gary Wilkins
Sound Recordist
Mont Fieguth
Special Effects
Chris Murray
Special Effects
Heath Harris
Stunts / Stunt Coordinator
Dennis Hunt
Stunts
Bill Willoughby
Stunts
Jim Willoughby
Stunts
Ross Erickson
Grip
Mike Giddens
Still Photographer
Robin Morgan
Grip
Peter Moss
Camera Operator
Peter Richards
Still Photographer
Jim Townley
Still Photographer
Colin Williams
Grip
Rob Young
Gaffer
Ruth De la Lande
Costume Design
Jeanine Chiavlo
Editor
Phil Cuneen
Music
H.H. Morant
Original Music Composer
Jenny Day
Location Manager
Greg Smith
Stunts
Kit Denton
Additional Writing
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 11, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 47m
Content RatingPG
Budget$1,000,000
Box Office$8,200,000
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian war drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, who co-wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth G. Ross's 1978 play of the same name.The film concerns the 1902 court martial of lieutenants Harry Morant, Peter Handcock and George Witton—one of the first war crime prosecutions in British military history. Australians serving in the British Army during the Second Anglo-Boer War, Morant, Handcock, and Witton stood accused of murdering captured enemy combatants and an unarmed civilian in the Northern Transvaal. The film is notable for its exploration of the Nuremberg Defence, the politics of the death penalty and the human cost of total war. As the trial unfolds, the events in question are shown in flashbacks.
In 1980, the film won ten Australian Film Institute Awards 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).
Breaker Morant remains the movie with which Beresford is most identified and has "hoisted the images of the accused officers to the level of Australian icons and martyrs". In a 1999 interview Beresford explained that Breaker Morant "never pretended for a moment" that the defendants were not guilty as charged. He had intended the film to explore how wartime atrocities can be "committed by people who appear to be quite normal". Beresford concluded that he was "amazed" that so many people see his film as being about "poor Australians who were framed by the Brits".