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Gallipoli

Submitted by cnelson on May 24, 2008

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  Gallipoli

The film Gallipoli is set amidst World War I during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. The two main characters in the film are Archie and Frank. Archie and Frank are from Western Australia and they both enlist to fight in Gallipoli. Archie is an amazingly fast runner who meets Frank at an athletics competition. From the beginning Archie wants to join the war, and after being turned down because he was underage, he went to Perth, eager for someone to accept him into the light horsemen. Frank, however, is sceptical about Australians wanting to join the war and tells his friend Archie that it's "not our war to fight". Frank joins up anyway into the Infantry.

The story revolves around Frank and Archie's experiences during the war including training in Egypt and then on the beach of Gallipoli and up in the trenches. The mood of the film changes from light heartedness, when Frank is thrilled to be reunited with his friends who signed up into the infantry, to his sombre realisation of the terrible consequences of war which become apparent as Frank's friends are killed and when Archie must run up out of the trenches to his death.

Gallipoli is more obviously a film about mateship and honour than a war drama. (The war drama is more subtle). The plot about Archy and Frank, the two heroes in the film, is designed to symbolize and glorify the old Australian ideal of mateship.

The central characters, Archy and Frank with two sharply contrasted personalities, begin their mateship in a running competition. Archy is a patriotic young man who is strong, courageous and determined to fight for his country in World War One. Frank, on the other hand, is cunning, more realistic and cynical. In the beginning of the film, they compete with each other in a running race and they also disagree with each other about the meaning of fighting at war. After a...

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No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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i missed out on some of the movie but by reading this i have a clear understanding thankx

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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yeah, i got some good stuff out of it, but my essay is meant to be about if this film is a good history source for students to find ot about Gallipoli accuratley. not about australian mateship and other stuff that was in it. good try though.

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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good essay though u dont mention how accurate the film was on a whole. 8.5/10

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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yer, its a pretty good essay btw, what does "stoical" mean? you wrote it in the last line of the essay

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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Nice work, your essay tells all about the story and the characters and it explores the aspects of Australian identity like mateship, bushman etc. Well done essay.

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No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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i love the gallipoli

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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Gallipoli is a very touching film, all my friends cried @ da last part... I luv it...

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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Your essay was well written and fluently expressed

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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i like da way u expressed the film

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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Hey i missed out on alot while watching this movie in class n this sure helped mi alot wen writting about it thanx... xoxo