Gallipoli (1981) | MOVIE REACTION

[@mitchellbeston1033]

I just found your reaction and i really appreciated your knowledge of the campaign. In both World Wars, Australian soldiers were renowned for their toughness and ingenuity as the vast majority came from rural areas or the outback, where they were taught to make do with whatever they had or could find. That same spirit exists today. Whenever a major climactic event occurs such as bushfires, floods or drought, the people all pitch in and help each other out. It must also be mentioned that there exists a great respect between Turkey, New Zealand and Australia today. Every year thousands of Australians and New Zealanders make the pilgrimage to Gallipoli to commemorate ANZAC Day, and ANZAC Cove is considered a sacred site due to the loss of so many ANZACs and Turkish soldiers. Kemal Attaturk's gracious words sum it up best, "Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore, rest in peace."

[@subasurf]

I'm from Perth Western Australia (where they join up) and my ancestors joined the 10th Light Horse and fought in these battles. This film is very close to my heart. Great reaction.

[@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258]

​@@Hakankirbas👈🤣👎🦃

[@arconeagain]

I recently heard this incredible interview on ABC radio with the screenwriter and how he and the director collaborated for this. David Williamson even plays the tall 'pelican' that they take out in the iconic footy match in front of the pyramids.

[@scenxad]

First time i have seen this reacted to. Great to see a uncommon reaction.

[@dee-smart]

They are not sets. They were filmed in the country towns of South Australia and some of the scenes like the Cairo Ball were inside the Adelaide Railway Station. They did do some filming in Cairo as well and when Mel's first born daughter was born in Adelaide, he was in Cairo trying to hear everything on a crappy phone line. Mel did some great work in Australia prior to going to Hollywood. Check out Attack Force Z, and Tim (from the maker of the wonderful miniseries The Thorn Birds). Also The Bounty when he played Fletcher Christian. And of course the Mad Max movies.

[@arconeagain]

Thanks for doing this, it means a lot.

[@damianmackinnon5742]

The electronic music at the start was Oxygène by JM Jarre released in 1976. One of the greatest Electronica albums ever composed.

[@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258]

I was at Jarre's Enormous Consert at Place de la Concorde in Paris, 14th of July 1979... I was one of a Million People there, which was the World Record for an outdoor concert, a record that lasted for a long time. An unforgettable experience 🙂 I was 18 and traveling the world 🌎

[@djgrant8761]

ANZAC Day is commemorated every April 25th. We pause at dawn to honour the fallen. There are marches through the major towns/cities. And two-up is played in the afternoon. ANZAC Day is not to glorify war but to remember those who didn’t come back. Lest We Forget.

[@THEWARDIARY]

Eye witness accounts on the day said, they quite literally said goodbye to each other, they KNEW they were going to die. As they charged, they described the mens limbs becoming like string and a man running like a child in a school yard race, which was the inspiration for the end scene. Australia lost some of it best horsemen, pioneers, athletes, future generations of sports stars, inspirational, brave Australians with honour. The families that never happened, is what gets me most.

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

Filmed in South Australia. One small historical inaccuracy is that the officer who insisted they attack was not British, but an Australian as well.. A total waste of lives that final charge

[@thomsboys77]

Australia loves blaming Britain for their own fuck ups

[@matthewcostello3530]

Mel was born in the USA and raised in Australia

[@aussiekat6379]

And he can stay there sorry but his not welcome here anymore apparently.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

The Battle Of The Nek is where Archie died. Tragic battle but worth going down the rabbit hole. Mustafa Kamel who was the first President of Turkey commanded the Ottoman forces during the short battle to take the trench.

[@rossgage9730]

Before the attack at Lone Pine, a solider called out for his mate. When he found him he said to the other Diggers: "Do you fellas mind moving up a bit, he and me are mates and we're going over together." Not featured in the film. One of the few men identify at the attack on The Nek was Trooper Harold Rush. His headstone reads 'Goodbye Cobber God bless you."

[@krystalryan9174]

Gallipoli is in Turkey who were allied with Germany. There is a commemoration there every year on ANZAC Day (25th April) ANZAC = Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

[@martinmayhew145]

Mel Gibson was born in America. He lived in Australia during his childhood and teenage years. He learned acting at NIDA here in Australia, and drama and acting college

[@terryhughes7349]

Mel's father moved the whole family to help the older sons avoid the Vietnam draft. Australia never participated in the Vietnam nonsense

[@roboct6]

He lived in Australia into his mid-20s.

[@TrentRidley]

Regarding the withdrawal, the ANZAC's left under the cover of night. They set up rifles with empty tin cans attached to the triggers with string/wire. A second can was positioned above the empty one and was filled with water. A hole was punched into the bottom of the can above, allowing it to slowly drip into the can below that was attached to the trigger. Once the lower can filled with enough water the weight of it would pull the trigger, firing the rifle. Punching holes of varying sizes in the bottom of the water-filled cans meant they dripped at differing rates, firing the rifles at random times throughout the morning following the withdrawal and giving the appearance that the ANZAC's were still in their trenches. This withdrawal was undoubtedly the most successful element of the entire campaign. P.S. We Aussies still put a lot of crap on the British..... like, a lot, hahaha..... but it's always well natured.

[@thomsboys77]

And are you lot aware of the fact that 3x British troops at Gallipoli than ANZAC troops, many of whom died covering for Australian troops. And yet you thank them by spreading false myths and claiming they just sat around “drinking tea” 🙄

[@victorianbunyip2215]

Light Horseman. Beerasheeba charge

[@billeboy4206]

There really was a dog that roamed "Anzac cove" his name was paddy. He was sadly killed by artillery.

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

Mark Lee is my paternal 3rd cousin's son. A very creative family...quite well-known for music and drama. I saw the film at the cinema when it came out.

[@stephenhopper4627]

The battle at the end was the Battle of the Nek. 234 young Australians died. 138 wounded men lay on the field until night when they were recovered. Brave men lead by donkeys

[@scottjackson2164]

In an area not much bigger than a tennis court

[@davidryan1295]

I strongly recommend you see Peter Weir's 2nd film Picnic at Hanging Rock. It's my favorite by him.

[@gaffo7836]

great movie - should check out the other "anti war" ausie movie of the same era, Breaker Morant. seems there are no movie reactors to either classics on YT. you are the first for Gallipoli, still waiting for one for Breaker Morant (my personal fav - anything with Ed Woodward is top for me - love that actor - RIP).

[@darkandskullwatch]

We can look at reacting to that one too at some point! We like watching classics.

[@terryhughes7349]

Breaker Morant is a fantastic film. Set in the Boer War in South Africa.

[@harryrabbit2870]

Great reaction to a great film. Haven't had your reactions pop up in a while so good seeing you both again.

[@dariusdodd]

When I travelled to Cairo and stood by the Sphinx I thought of our lads harboured up around there and imagined the great adventure they were on. Then a local tried to relentlessly sell me a pyramid souvenir. Perfect.

[@justmyopinion628]

Mel made Mad Max before this. That attack took place over the size of a tennis court.

[@tsogobauggi8721]

What a happy movie. I saw this when I was a child. Haven't watched it again.

[@williamafton4427]

Sadly, this is exactly what happened: the moment they stood up from those trenches they were dead.

[@Mac1975lv]

Fun little fact's about this Great Movie and Very Ugly War.. The Sphinx was actually getting shot's by the soldiers in WW1. Basically destroying mainly the nose section and face. And it was Winston Churchill who famously said "You Must Press On" leading the Western Australian Fighters to basically commit suicide.

[@matallens3006]

They actually made an automatic firing system with water cans tied with a peice of string to the trigger. When the can fills with water it fires the rifles automatically, they also made periscopes for rifles so they could shoot from the trenches with out being shot from sticking your head up to aim and shoot. That was a great film and made many decades ago still has relevance today with regards to loss, mate ship ,and war the costs of wars on young lives. Great reaction

[@JoeRandoms]

you guys react to some classics. good shit

[@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258]

Mel Gibson's best performance. Ever.

[@magnus_lundgren]

Back in the 80's it didn't felt odd with 80's music in stuff, but can ruin things now because of the mismatch between the setting of the movie and music. I also remember an interview with Paul Hogan about Crocodile Dundee. In his opinion, all Australian movies ended in tragedy, and he wanted to break out of that fold and make a movie that ended on a happy note.

[@arconeagain]

I wouldn't define it as 80s, it's just syntyh. Then you have the great Australia invention, and I'm not talking about the rifle periscope.

[@Ozvideo1959]

There are other very good Australian movies and miniseries worthy of doing reactions to. The Castle, The Dish, and The Water Diviner are all movies worth seeing. Miniseries worth a viewing are A Town Like Alice, Brides Of Christ, Changi, and Bali 2002 are all very good. It would be nice to see someone take the time to react to any of those.

[@Hakankirbas]

Or the conquest of Constantinople 🇹🇷😏

[@gaffo7836]

the goal was to cut off shipping via the Bosphorus straights. Good idea in theory, but not in practice, since the Turks had inplacements and the high ground. I suspect there was a dual prejudice in play, Brits assumed Turks were poor fighters being just Turks, and the Brits can just order thier collonialists to die for them - which sadly they did.

[@sheronasims6783]

Is a complete myth. UK suffered more deaths in numbers and proportionally than Australia New Zealand and Canada. Also knew Turks were brave from being allies in Crimean war

[@Hakankirbas]

With all the technology and we still won 🇹🇷😏

[@GranTurco61]

Türkiyeden selamlar 🤚🏻 Bu savaşta benim annemin büyük büyük babası şehit oldu. Avusturyalı ve Türk şehitleri saygıyla anıyorum (ingilizler hariç) fakat onların bu savaşta malesefki işgalci olduğunu unutmamak gerekir. Tekrardan "Çanakkale geçilmez" diyorum.

[@Notric]

Thank you for your reaction. Many mistakes were made in the Gallipoli campaign but from it Australian and New Zealand soldiers gained the respect and admiration of both their countries. The ANZAC spirit has defined the people of Australia and New Zealand ever since. You should also check out The Lighthorsemen, another great movie.

[@Hakankirbas]

That would be a lesson not to invade other countries 🇹🇷

[@Notric]

Yes a lesson sadly not learnt by all. I should have also mentioned that the Turks also came to respect the ANZACS and they too were admired by the ANZACS for the way they defended their homeland. @@Hakankirbas

[@Hakankirbas]

@@Notric I'm just trolling 😋 I live in Melbourne since the mid 80s alot of racists towards us back then because of my grandmothers headscarf or because we were Turks got a rock thrown on my head 4 stitches, everything is better now got married to a Ozzy 4 kids 🤓

[@Notric]

All good mate, I have a Turkish friend in Melbourne myself, we are online gaming buddies. He turned me on to Turkish Coffee, one of my favourite guilty pleasures. @@Hakankirbas

[@terryhughes7349]

Moving story. Winston Churchill who masterminded the operation was reassigned to another position and protected from any consequences.

[@stuwhiteman3810]

ANZAC is an abbreviation for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps it has nothing to do with Canada. I don't mean to take anything away from Canadian soldiers from WW1 or WW2 and Korea they were some of the best soldiers in the Commonwealth and deserve respect. As an enemy soldier I would not like to come up against ANZACS or Canadian's you will lose full stop unless you have at least 15 thousand troops, this is not a lie check the history you will get punished even if you win the battle.

[@xlojic4928]

The purpose Gallipoli was to build a trade route with Russia as they were being destroyed by the German's, the other purpose was to trying and knock Hungry (the Ottoman empire) out of the war entirely. Obviously the whole operation was a disaster. Lest we forget.

[@waratahdavid696]

An infimous cluster f--k. The best part was a really well planned withdrawal. If you'd like to react to another great Australian movie, I believe you'd enjoy Stricktly Ballroom.

[@scenxad]

Another great Aussie film is "The Proposition" . Written by Nick Cave.

[@scenxad]

Also -Breaker Morant-1980

[@matthewcharles5867]

By 1907 the British intelligence system had already compiled over 50 reports about capturing the Dardanelles. They all agreed it was going to be a failure and a waste of resources. One of the times they were right about what would happen. Some of the reports described essentially what would be the Turkish response. The plan was dead on arrival a few hours into the attacks the commanding general of the Australian covering force (3rd brigade) Sinclair maclagan completed changed the plans once he got ashore with the 2nd wave of boats and doomed any slight chance they might have had of success. The attack at the end against the nek was made against the Turkish line that essentially had 7 supporting trenchlines of infantry and machine gun positions which could support each other, they were attacking into a death trap.

[@matthewcharles5867]

@@Hakankirbas got stopped pretty well in the middle east campaign later on. Not surprising considering some of the Ottoman army was still using single shot rifles like the Martini Henry. The Turkish soldiers in the Gallipoli campaign were definitely some of the best in the war. 🇦🇺

[@matthewcharles5867]

@@Hakankirbas occasionally it's necessary but I don't think it will stop anytime soon. Plenty of other problems we should be fixing 😀

[@joeyartk]

Over a hundred years ago and the same thing is going on in Ukraine now.

[@Hakankirbas]

Stop invading countries Australia, war criminals in Afghanistan 🤓

[@andreraymond6860]

Australia New Zealand Army Corps. ANZAC.

[@lesliedaras-wells2510]

POM, Potential officer material

[@bossprada5822]

Australia New Zealand Army Corps = anzacs ❤❤❤

[@jbsports2857]

The British used to make Aussies do stuff like that

[@kirishima2370]

Every army from every country used the same tactics. The British only ordered the ANZACS to do what every other army's soldiers did, including the British.

[@thomsboys77]

More than 3x British troops died at Gallipoli. But yeah, it was only the poor Aussies who had a rough time 🙄

[@Kerry-AnneHeinen]

Watch before dawn

[@matthewcostello3530]

war....the last day of Gettysburg the men of Picketts Charge retreated walking backwards as they didn't want their bodies found shot in the back running away

[@jasonjohinke5651]

Once those diggers got to the trenches they cut those turks to pieces... they landed at the wrong beach... this was Churchill's campaign... It was senseless against knowing local forces but its to do and die.... not the reason why

[@jasonjohinke5651]

Anzac= Australia new Zealand army corp