Product Details

• Actors: Jeremy Irons, Sam Neill
• Directors: Tolga Ornek
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Cinema Epoch
• DVD Release Date: February 5, 2008
• Run Time: 118 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000YXMMDQ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,085 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons and Golden Globe nominee Sam Neill narrate this account of the historical battle. It began as a demonstration against the Ottoman Empire by Great Britain and her allies. Nine months later it had become one of the fiercest and most controversial battles of the First World War. Produced over six years and in seven different countries, "Gallipoli" is the story of ordinary men forced by history to do extraordinary things. The courage with which they faced hardship and the sacrifices they made are brought to life through their own words. Newly uncovered diaries, letters, and photographs from both sides; interviews with international experts; on-location landscape, underwater, and aerial photography; 3-D computer animations; and dramatic re-enactments of trenches and battles make this docu-drama not only the newest film on the subject but also the most comprehensive.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Film on Gallipoli, March 30, 2008

By	Andrew Melomet (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have watched many films on Gallipoli, both features and documentaries. Nothing comes close to having the sustained emotional impact of Tolga Ornek's modern masterpiece. The narrative is based on the diaries and letters of 8 allied soldiers and 2 Turkish soldiers. Gelibolu (the Turkish title) focuses on the shared suffering and sacrifice by both sides in the disastrous Dardanelles campaign. The similarity of this ill-planned invasion of a Moslem nation over 90 years ago and our current situation in Iraq is uncanny. I highly recommend this title.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Sad Tale Well Told, April 15, 2009

By	Greality Test (Greeley,CO) - See all my reviews

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This DVD is technically very well made. It gives insight into the WWI mindsets of the English and Turks. The personal notes from participants on both sides of the fighting are read, "Ken Burns" style, which makes it all the more human and credible. It is much more informative than the popular movie of the same title, which is often shown on cruise ships as they pass the area.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another example of some great storytelling!, October 11, 2008

By	David D. Lawson "A Legend in his own mind" (The Peoples Republic of California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This ia a very well written, edited and photographed film about one of the great "What If" Battles of the First World War. I frankly thought it was really the only imaginative plan put forth in that war. I think that if it had been properly supported and led by The British it could of been pulled off. But instead it was treated as a sideshow and the Brits tried to do it on the cheap. So it was doomed from the start.
Altogether well worth the coin and time to see if this is your forte of History.