![Cover image for Breaker Morant [Blu-ray]](https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?type=xw12&client=jlibcatcons&upc=715515156714&oclc=&isbn=&issn=/LC.JPG "Cover image for Breaker Morant [Blu-ray]")
Title:
Breaker Morant [Blu-ray]
JLCTITLE245:
[Blu-ray] / 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.
Uniform Title:
Breaker Morant (Motion picture)
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 sheet folded to 10 pages)
Series:
General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1980.
Adapted from the play 'Breaker' Morant by Kenneth Ross.
New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised and approved by the director, Bruce Beresford.
Widescreen (1.85:1).
Special features: Commentary soundtrack (features director and coscreenwriter Bruce Beresford; from 2004); 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; 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.
Abstract:
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.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG.
Genre:
Added Author:
Added Corporate Author:
Credits:
Cinematography, Donald McAlpine ; film editor, William Anderson ; production designer, David Copping ; wardrobe designer, Anna Senior ; musical arranger, Phil Cuneen.
Performer:
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.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray; region A; requires Blu-ray player.
Language:
English dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Chronological Term:
1899-1902