Breaker Morant [DVD video]

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.

General Note:

Adapted from the play 'Breaker' Morant by Kenneth Ross.

Originally produced in 1979 and released as a motion picture in 1980.

Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (features director and co-screenwriter 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.

Performers:

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.

Contents:

Disc 1. Breaker Morant -- Disc 2. The Breaker (55 min.)

Technical Details:

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.

Personal Subject:

Morant, Breaker, 1864?-1902-Drama.

Corporate Subject:

Great Britain. Army. Bushveldt Carbineers -- Drama.

Subject Term:

South African War, 1899-1902 -- Drama.

Trials (Military offenses) -- Drama.

Geographic Term: