Born: Established: 1941 Brunswick East, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender:
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Breaker Morant
( dir. Bruce Beresford
)
1980
Adelaide
:
South Australian Film Corporation
,
1980
Z840559
1980
single work
film/TV
Adapted from the play of the same title by Kenneth Ross, Breaker Morant is based on the 1901 Boer War court martial of three colonial officers in the Bushveldt Carabineers, who are sacrificed to the dictates of imperial expediency. The interweaving of courtroom drama with the re-creation of the events leading to the court martial (the supposed murder of twelve prisoners and a German missionary) is given a degree of moral complexity, but the balance of sympathies is manipulated to favour the three Australian 'irregular' soldiers. The accused (Lieutenants Harry 'Breaker' Morant, Peter Handcock, and George Witton) are defended by Major Thomas, an inexperienced Australian lawyer who struggles to have his case heard.
- 1981 nominated Academy Awards — Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
- 1980 winner Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Original Screenplay
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