04984cgm a2200889 i 4500 262210168 TxAuBib 20160516120000.0 d 150810t20151980||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 9781681430508 1681430509 TxAuBib rda eng eng eng Breaker Morant [DVD] : the Criterion collection #773 / South Australian Film Corporation presents ; screenplay by Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford ; produced by Matthew Carroll ; directed by Bruce Beresford ; made with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission, the 7 Network and Pact Productions Pty. Ltd. Cinematography, Donald McAlpine ; film editor, William Anderson ; production designer, David Copping ; wardrobe designer, Anna Senior ; musical arranger, Phil Cuneen. Director-approved two-DVD special ed. ©1980. [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, 2015. 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Criterion collection, The ; 773 Adapted from the play 'Breaker' Morant by Kenneth Ross. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1980. Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (features director and coscreenwriter Bruce Beresford); Bruce Beresford (interview with Beresford recalls the production of the film); Donald McAlpine (McAlpine recalls his work on the film); Bryan Brown (Brown talks about his performance as Lieutenant Peter Handcock in the film); Edward Woodward (2004 interview with Woodward about playing Lieutenant Harry "Breaker" Morant in the film); The South African War (new piece about the Boer War with historian Stephen Miller); Trailer. Disc 2: The breaker (1973 documentary by Frank Shields looks at the life of the Anglo-Australian army captain Harry "Breaker" Morant); The myth exploded (2011, Frank Shields discusses his film and its omission of a key detail about Harry "Breaker" Morant). Insert includes an essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard. Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Charles Tingwell, Terence Donovan, Chris Haywood, Vincent Ball, Ray Meagher, Alan Cassell, Russell Kiefel, Rob Steele, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Rod Mullinar. 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. MPAA rating: PG. DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono. 20160516. English; English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Morant, Breaker Harry 1864?-1902 Drama. Great Britain. Army. Bushveldt Carbineers Drama. South African War, 1899-1902 Drama. Trials (Military offenses) Drama. Australia History, Military Drama. Feature films Australia. Feature films. Historical films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. War films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Beresford, Bruce, 1940-, director. Hardy, Jonathan, 1940-, screenwriter. Stevens, David, 1940-, screenwriter. Carroll, Matthew, 1944-, producer. Woodward, Edward, 1930-2009, actor. Thompson, Jack, 1940-, actor. Waters, John, 1948-, actor. Brown, Bryan, 1947-, actor. Tingwell, Charles, 1923-2009, actor. Donovan, Terence, 1942-, actor. Haywood, Chris, 1948-, actor. Ball, Vincent, 1923-, actor. Meagher, Ray, actor. Cassell, Alan, 1932-, actor. Fitz-Gerald, Lewis, actor. Mullinar, Rod, actor. McAlpine, Donald M, director of photography. Anderson, William, 1948-, editor. Copping, David, 1936-, production designer. Senior, Anna, costume designer. Cuneen, Phil, musician. Ross, Kenneth, 1941-, author. Sinyard, Neil, writer. Miller, Stephen M, 1964-, commentator. Shields, Frank, commentator. South Australian Film Corporation. Australian Film Commission. Seven Network Australia. Pact Productions. Criterion Collection (Firm). The Criterion collection ; 773. TXDRI