Anzacs - 5-DVD Box Set ( Anzacs: The War Down Under )

Anzacs - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

$49.99

Alternate Title: Anzacs: The War Down Under
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
520 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Collectors Edition
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Pino Amenta
John Dixon

Written By:
John Clarke
John Dixon

Actors:
Andrew Clarke ..... Cpl. Martin Barrington
Paul Hogan ..... Pvt. Pat Cleary
Megan Williams ..... Nurse Kate Baker
Mark Hembrow ..... Pvt. Dick Baker
Jon Blake ..... Pvt. Flanagan
Christopher Cummins ..... Pvt. Roly Collins
Tony Bonner ..... Lt. Harold Armstrong
Shane Briant ..... Sgt. Wilhelm 'Kaiser' Schmidt
Alec Wilson ..... Sgt. Alec 'Pudden' Parsons
Patrick Ward ..... Sgt. Tom McArthur
Jonathan Sweet ..... C.S.M. Bill Harris
Peter Finlay ..... L.C.P.T. Bluey
Jim Holt ..... Pvt. 'Dingo Gordon
David Bradshaw ..... Keith Murdoch
Edmund Pegge ..... Captain Young
Vincent Ball ..... Sir Rupert Barrington
Howard Bell ..... Cyril Barnshaw
Rhys McConnochie ..... David Lloyde George
Noel Trevarthen ..... General Sir Douglas Haig
Rod Hewitt ..... Bayonet Major
Michael Edgar ..... Machine Gun Capt
Vivean Gray ..... Matron
Peter Browne ..... Carter (uncredited)
Robert Coleby ..... Reverend George Lonsdale (uncredited)
Tony Cornwill ..... Karl Johanson (uncredited)
Kylie Foster ..... Claudine (uncredited)
Diana Greentree ..... Mrs. Collins (uncredited)
Karl Hansen ..... Erick Johanson (uncredited)
Wayne Jarratt ..... Charlie Upton (uncredited)
Sheila Kennelly ..... Mrs. Baker (uncredited)
Bill Kerr ..... General Monash (uncredited)
Elaine Lee ..... Madam (uncredited)
Ilona Rodgers ..... Lady Thea Barrington (uncredited)
Leah Stevenson ..... Marie (uncredited)

Synopsis:

Anzacs (named for members of the all volunteer ANZAC army formations) was a 1985 5-part Australian miniseries set in World War I. The series follows the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the 8th Battalion (Australia) of the First Australian Imperial Force in 1914, fighting first at Gallipoli in 1915, and then on the Western Front for the remainder of the war.
Episode 1
The Great Adventure - Australia in 1914… Outbreak of war… Recruitment… Training… Gallipoli: Landing/stalemate/withdrawal.
Episode 2
The Big Push - Arrival in France (1916)… Nursery Sector… The Battle of the Somme… Pozieres.
Episode 3
The Devils Arithmetic - The Somme Winter (1916-17)… The Hindenburg Line… Bullecourt… Blighty Leave… Third Battle of Ypres begins (July 1917)… Menin Road… Broodseinde Ridge
Episode 4
Fields of Fire - Third Battle of Ypres bogs down (November 1917)… The German Offensive (March 1918)… The Battle of Amiens… Hazebrouk… Battle of Nieppe Forest.
Episode 5
Now There was a Day - The Yanks are coming… 'Peaceful Penetration'… Monash appointed Commander of the 5 Australian Divisions… Battle of Hamel… The 'Jack ups' Monash's Big Push (8 August 1918)… Armistice (11 November 1918)… Back Home.

Season 1
The Great Adventure S1, Ep1 27 Oct. 1985
Opening in Australia in the year 1914, several men are encouraged to enlist to help the UK war effort. It follows the recruits through their first months of of recruitment, training, and to their first battle: Gallipoli from the first landing in April 1915, the stalemate, the fighting at Lone Pine in August, to withdrawal at the end of the year.
The Big Push S1, Ep2 28 Oct. 1985
Several months following their retreat from Gallipoli, the ANZACs arrive in France in mid 1916 to be stationed beside the BEF in the Nursery Sector and to partake in the bloody Battle of the Somme during the Pozieres offensive during July-August 1916.
The Devil's Arithmetic S1, Ep3 29 Oct. 1985
The ANZACs continue to struggle with the dangers and boredom of trench warfare in France during the Somme Winter of 1916-17, which leads on the following year their battles of, The Hindenburg Line, Bullecourt, and Blighty Leave. The Third Battle of Ypres begins in July 1917 leading to more carnage and bravery at Menin Road and Broodseinde Ridge.
Fields of Fire S1, Ep4 30 Oct. 1985
The ANZAC supported assault during the Third Battle of Ypres bogs down (in November 1917). Morale begins to sag from the attrition. Then in March 1918, the Germans launch the last-ditched 'Spring Offensive', leading to brutal defensive battles of Amiens, Hazebrouk, and the Battle of Nieppe Forest.
Now, There Was a Day... S1, Ep5 31 Oct. 1985
With the defeat of the German offensive, and the entry of the USA in the war ('The Yanks are coming'), the ANZAC'S gear up for the final Allied offensive against the Germans. Meanwhile, Monash is appointed Commander of the five Australian Divisions of ANZAC. The Battle of Hamel is shown. The 'Jack ups' are featured, as well as Monash's Big Push (on August 8, 1918), all of which leads to the end of the war in the fairly anti-climatic Armistice of November 11, 1918. Afterword, the surviving members of ANZAC travel back home to Australia to deal with their new lives now ...
The Making of ANZACS S1, Ep6 The Making of ANZACS

The top rating, award winning TV series and multi-platinum video release is now available on DVD. The epic drama follows a group of World War 1 Australian soldiers from the Gallipoli landing in 1915 to Armistice Day, 1918. Starring Paul Hogan, Jon Blake, Andrew Clarke, Tony Bonner, Bill Kerr, Noel Trevarthen, Jonathan Sweet, Shane Briant, Patric Ward. Anzac was a huge rating success for the Nine Network when it aired on television in 1985. Produced by Geoff Burrowes and directed by John Dixon; Pino Amenta; and The Man From Snowy River's George Miller.

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