A film widely considered one of the greatest Australian films ever made continues to stun new audiences more than 40 years after its release. Gallipoli, Peter Weir's acclaimed First World War drama starring a young Mel Gibson and Mark Lee, holds an impressive 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and many critics still hail it as a 'masterpiece' of anti-war cinema. Set in 1915, Gallipoli follows two talented young sprinters from Western Australia , the idealistic Archy Hamilton and the more cynical Frank Dunne who join the Australian Imperial Force with dreams of duty, adventure and proving themselves.

What begins as a light, almost sporting tale gradually shifts into a sobering account of innocence lost as the men are swept into the brutal reality of the Gallipoli campaign. Rather than rel

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