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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Archy's death]] may seem like one, but it's more a ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'' sacrifice, dying in a friend's place. [[spoiler:He does this because he blames himself for Frank's involvement in the war, remembering that Frank had dreamed of owning a bike shop, and chooses to sacrifice himself rather than send Frank to certain death.]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Archy's death]] may seem like one, but it's more a ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'' sacrifice, dying in a friend's place. [[spoiler:He does this because he blames himself for Frank's involvement in the war, remembering that Frank had dreamed of owning a bike shop, and chooses to sacrifice himself rather than send Frank to certain death.]]]] It's tragically {{Subverted|Trope}} by the implication that, being a faster runner than Frank, if Archy had been the runner he might have [[spoiler:made it back in time to prevent the fatal and pointless charge that Frank was mere seconds too slow to stop]].
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* AlasPoorVillain: Les McCann proved to be a thorn in Archy's side in the first act, forcing Archy to run barefoot in a bet and blowing Archy's cover the moment he was initially accepted into the army following the race. [[spoiler: When Archy happens to see him in the trenches, Les is a panicked mess and shocked in seeing Archy there before becoming a statistic for the Turks.]]

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* AlasPoorVillain: Les McCann [=McCann=] proved to be a thorn in Archy's side in the first act, forcing Archy to run barefoot in a bet and blowing Archy's cover the moment he was initially accepted into the army following the race. [[spoiler: When Archy happens to see him in the trenches, Les is a panicked mess and shocked in seeing Archy there before becoming a statistic for the Turks.]]
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-> ''Gallipoli was the birth of a nation. It was the shattering of a dream for Australia. They had banded together to fight the Hun and died by the thousands in a dirty little trench war.''
--> -- '''Mel Gibson.'''

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-> ''Gallipoli ''"Gallipoli was the birth of a nation. It was the shattering of a dream for Australia. They had banded together to fight the Hun and died by the thousands in a dirty little trench war.''
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--> -- '''Mel Gibson.'''
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* TheHeroDies: Archy runs towards the Turkish trenches but soon gets mowed down in the chest by their machine gun fire.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Les McCann proved to be a thorn in Archy's side in the first act, forcing Archy to run barefoot in a bet and blowing Archy's cover the moment he was initially accepted following the race. [[spoiler: When Archy happens to see him in the trenches, Les is a panicked mess and shocked in seeing Archy before becoming a statistic for the Turks.]]

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* AlasPoorVillain: Les McCann proved to be a thorn in Archy's side in the first act, forcing Archy to run barefoot in a bet and blowing Archy's cover the moment he was initially accepted into the army following the race. [[spoiler: When Archy happens to see him in the trenches, Les is a panicked mess and shocked in seeing Archy there before becoming a statistic for the Turks.]]
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* AlasPoorVillain: Les {=McCann=} proved to be a thorn in Archy's side in the first act, forcing Archy to run barefoot in a bet and blowing Archy's cover the moment he was initially accepted following the race. [[spoiler: When Archy happens to see him in the trenches, Les is a panicked mess and shocked in seeing Archy before becoming a statistic for the Turks.]]

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* AlasPoorVillain: Les {=McCann=} McCann proved to be a thorn in Archy's side in the first act, forcing Archy to run barefoot in a bet and blowing Archy's cover the moment he was initially accepted following the race. [[spoiler: When Archy happens to see him in the trenches, Les is a panicked mess and shocked in seeing Archy before becoming a statistic for the Turks.]]
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* AlasPoorVillain: Les {=McCann=} proved to be a thorn in Archy's side in the first act, forcing Archy to run barefoot in a bet and blowing Archy's cover the moment he was initially accepted following the race. [[spoiler: When Archy happens to see him in the trenches, Les is a panicked mess and shocked in seeing Archy before becoming a statistic for the Turks.]]


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* TheBet: Archy and Les race back to the Hamilton household, barefoot and bareback respectively. Despite being at a disadvantage and finishing with wounded soles, Archy made it back first.


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* {{Bookend}}: The film opens and finishes with [[spoiler: Archy Hamilton running.]]


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* IronicEcho: Archy repeats Jack's words to him before [[spoiler: he was about to sprint one last time.]]
-->'''Archy:''' "What are you legs? Springs... steel springs... What are they going to do? They're going to hurl me down the track... How fast can you run? As fast as a leopard... How fast are you going to run? As fast as a leopard! Then let's see you do it!"
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*** The latter at least was probably not an intentional distortion. The fictional Colonel Robinson (played by Aussie actor John Morris) wears an ANZAC uniform and has [[UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent an upper class Anglo-Australian accent]], both of which are probably recognizable to Australian viewers.[[note]]This suggests that Weir likely means to portray Robinson as an UpperClassTwit and not as a specifically English villain.[[/note]] On the other hand, viewers outside of Australia probably wouldn't pick up on these nuances and assume Robinson is British.

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*** The latter at least was probably not an intentional distortion. The fictional Colonel Robinson (played by Aussie actor John Morris) wears an ANZAC uniform and has [[UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent an upper class Anglo-Australian accent]], both of which are probably recognizable to Australian viewers.[[note]]This [[note]]The Anglo-Australian or "cultivated" accent is generally associated with wealthy or well-educated Australians, or more recently with actors and celebrities. This suggests that Weir likely means to portray Robinson as an UpperClassTwit and not as a specifically English villain.[[/note]] On the other hand, viewers outside of Australia probably wouldn't pick up on these nuances and assume Robinson is British.
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** The movie's treatment of the British contingent as lazy and incompetent. The reverse is true:

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** The movie's treatment of the British contingent as lazy and incompetent. The reverse This accurately reflects the animosity between British and ANZAC forces during the First World War, of which the Gallipoli Campaign is true:the most notorious example. In reality, however, the British did more than their share of fighting in the campaign, including the battles depicted during the film:



*** Thus, the British were not drinking tea on the beach whilst the Australians died for them - in fact, the British sent two companies of Royal Welsh Fusiliers (whom they could ill-afford to lose) to help when they heard the attack had stalled. These Welshmen suffered very heavy losses trying to support the Aussie attack. During the whole campaign, the British 29th Division ("the Incomparables") suffered 34,000 casualties (dead,wounded,missing), the highest of any single unit at Gallipoli, and earned 12 Victoria Crosses. Although this was the belief in Australia at the time.

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*** Thus, the British were not drinking tea on the beach whilst the Australians died for them - in fact, the British sent two companies of Royal Welsh Fusiliers (whom they could ill-afford to lose) to help when they heard the attack had stalled. These Welshmen suffered very heavy losses trying to support the Aussie attack. During the whole campaign, the British 29th Division ("the Incomparables") suffered 34,000 casualties (dead,wounded,missing), the highest of any single unit at Gallipoli, and earned 12 Victoria Crosses. Although this was the belief in Australia at the time. And at least the British are depicted, albeit unflatteringly; the large French contingent serving with the Dardanelles expedition isn't even mentioned.
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*** The latter at least was probably not an intentional distortion. The fictional Colonel Robinson (played by Aussie actor John Morris) wears an ANZAC uniform and has [[UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent an upper class Anglo-Australian accent]], which is usually recognized as such by Australian viewers. On the other hand, viewers outside of Australia probably wouldn't pick up on these nuances and assume Robinson is British.

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*** The latter at least was probably not an intentional distortion. The fictional Colonel Robinson (played by Aussie actor John Morris) wears an ANZAC uniform and has [[UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent an upper class Anglo-Australian accent]], both of which is usually recognized as such by are probably recognizable to Australian viewers. viewers.[[note]]This suggests that Weir likely means to portray Robinson as an UpperClassTwit and not as a specifically English villain.[[/note]] On the other hand, viewers outside of Australia probably wouldn't pick up on these nuances and assume Robinson is British.

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*** Thus, the British were not drinking tea on the beach whilst the Australians died for them - in fact, the British sent two companies of Royal Welsh Fusiliers (whom they could ill-afford to lose) to help when they heard the attack had stalled. These Welshmen suffered very heavy losses trying to support the Aussie attack. During the whole campaign, the British 29th Division ("the Incomparables") suffered 34,000 casualties(dead,wounded,missing), the highest of any single unit at Gallipoli, and earned 12 Victoria Crosses. Although this was the belief in Australia at the time.
*** There was very little British command and control at the Nek - it was primarily the incompetence of two Australian officers, Brigadier Hughes and Colonel Antill, that caused the heavy losses. While the film's fictional Colonel Robinson is indeed wearing an Australian uniform, this detail may be lost on foreign viewers.

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*** Thus, the British were not drinking tea on the beach whilst the Australians died for them - in fact, the British sent two companies of Royal Welsh Fusiliers (whom they could ill-afford to lose) to help when they heard the attack had stalled. These Welshmen suffered very heavy losses trying to support the Aussie attack. During the whole campaign, the British 29th Division ("the Incomparables") suffered 34,000 casualties(dead,wounded,missing), casualties (dead,wounded,missing), the highest of any single unit at Gallipoli, and earned 12 Victoria Crosses. Although this was the belief in Australia at the time.
*** There was very little British command and control at the Nek - it was primarily the incompetence of two Australian officers, Brigadier Hughes and Colonel Antill, that caused the heavy losses. While the film's
*** The latter at least was probably not an intentional distortion. The
fictional Colonel Robinson (played by Aussie actor John Morris) wears an ANZAC uniform and has [[UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent an upper class Anglo-Australian accent]], which is indeed wearing an usually recognized as such by Australian uniform, this detail may be lost viewers. On the other hand, viewers outside of Australia probably wouldn't pick up on foreign viewers.these nuances and assume Robinson is British.
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-->'''Archy:''' What are your legs? Springs, steel springs. What are they gonna do? They're going to hurl me down the track. How fast can you run? As fast as a leopard. How fast are you gonna run? As fast as a leopard. Then let's see you do it!
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Archy's death]] may seem like one, but it's more a ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'' sacrifice, dying in a friend's place.

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Archy's death]] may seem like one, but it's more a ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'' sacrifice, dying in a friend's place. [[spoiler:He does this because he blames himself for Frank's involvement in the war, remembering that Frank had dreamed of owning a bike shop, and chooses to sacrifice himself rather than send Frank to certain death.]]



** One scene lampshades this, with Frank chuckling about how because Britain is at war with Germany the Australians have to go fight in Turkey

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** One scene lampshades this, with Frank chuckling about how because Britain is at war with Germany the Australians have to go fight in TurkeyTurkey.
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* ChildSoldiers: Archy is underage, and there were many boys at Gallipoli all signing up for the "glory" of it. One was 14 and died a week after he arrived.
* CityMouse: Frank is from Melbourne and thus hopeless on a horse. He is bounced from the Australian Light Horse when he can't even get his to move, but he joins back up after the Light Horse leaves their horses behind.

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* ChildSoldiers: At eighteen years Archy is underage, legally underage (twenty-one was the drinking and voting age in 1915), and there were many boys at Gallipoli all signing up for the "glory" of it. One was 14 and died a week after he arrived.
* CityMouse: Frank is from Melbourne Perth and thus hopeless on a horse. He is bounced from rejected by the Australian Light Horse recruiter when he can't even get his to move, but he joins back up later gets to join at Gallipoli after the Light Horse leaves their horses behind.



* AFatherToHisMen: Major Barton, when eh is forced into ordering the charge, he chooses to accompany the men he's sending to their deaths.

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* AFatherToHisMen: Major Barton, when eh Barton. When he is forced into ordering the charge, he chooses to accompany the men he's sending to their deaths.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if Snowy survived his chest wound, or if Billy survives the subsequent offensives.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if Snowy survived his chest wound, or if Billy survives the subsequent offensives. [[note]]According to the novel, Snowy dies en route to the hospital ship while Billy survives the war, albeit with deep mental scarring.[[/note]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Archy's death]] may seem like one, but it's more a ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'' sacrifice, dying in a friend's place.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Archy winning a cross-country race against a horse, while barefoot, and then winning a race against Frank shortly afterwards despite his blistered feet showcases what a {{Determinator}} he is, as well as his athletic prowess.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Major Barton, when eh is forced into ordering the charge, he chooses to accompany the men he's sending to their deaths.


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* OnlySaneMan: Frank, who doesn't buy into the PatrioticFervor and only enlists after a little cajoling, and due to a lack of prospects after betting his savings on the foot-race he lost to Archy.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Major Barton, who delays ordering the charge as long as he can, and General Gardner, who cancels it (although not in time).


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* VitriolicBestBuds: Frank, with Snowy, Billy and Barney.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if Snowy survived his chest wound, or if Billy survives the subsequent offensives.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Archy has a chance to be a message runner, which would save him from the big push on the front lines, but instead requests that Frank be given the job.
* WideEyedIdealist: Archy takes a double serving of PatrioticFervor with every meal, yet also cares deeply for his friends.
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* BigHeroicRun: During the assault at Nek, Frank is assigned to act as message runner for Major Barton. First he makes a dash under enemy fire to General Gardener's HQ to tell how the Australian forces are being cut down. The general tells Frank that he is reconsidering the attack. Frank sprints back to convey this news, but the phone lines are repaired and Colonel Robinson orders the attack to continue. Frank arrives seconds too late and lets out a scream of anguish and despair.
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* CannonFodder: The Australian soldiers are slaugtered almost to the last man, within fifteen yards of going over the top of their trench.

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* CannonFodder: The Australian soldiers are slaugtered slaughtered almost to the last man, within fifteen yards of going over the top of their trench.
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* CreatorCameo: Screenwriter David Williamson is tackled during the rugby game the soldiers play in Egypt.

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* CreatorCameo: Screenwriter David Williamson is tackled during the rugby Aussie Rules Football game the soldiers play in Egypt.
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* FreezeFrameEnding: Perhaps the most famous and powerful freeze frame since ''[[Film/TheAdventuresOfAntoineDoinel The 400 Blows]]''. Famously ended on Archie's senseless death.

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* FreezeFrameEnding: Perhaps the most famous and powerful freeze frame since ''[[Film/TheAdventuresOfAntoineDoinel The 400 Blows]]''.''Film/The400Blows''. Famously ended on Archie's senseless death.

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*** Thus, the British were not drinking tea on the beach whilst the Australians died for them - in fact, the British sent two companies of Royal Welsh Fusiliers (whom they could ill-afford to lose) to help when they heard the attack had stalled. These Welshmen suffered very heavy losses trying to support the Aussie attack. During the whole campaign, the British 29th Division ("the Incomparables") suffered 34,000 dead, the highest of any single unit at Gallipoli, and earned 12 Victoria Crosses. Although this was the belief in Australia at the time.

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*** Thus, the British were not drinking tea on the beach whilst the Australians died for them - in fact, the British sent two companies of Royal Welsh Fusiliers (whom they could ill-afford to lose) to help when they heard the attack had stalled. These Welshmen suffered very heavy losses trying to support the Aussie attack. During the whole campaign, the British 29th Division ("the Incomparables") suffered 34,000 dead, casualties(dead,wounded,missing), the highest of any single unit at Gallipoli, and earned 12 Victoria Crosses. Although this was the belief in Australia at the time.
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* SenselessSacrifice: The movie portrays war as a one, huge example of this trope.
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''Gallipoli'' is a 1981 Australian film directed by Peter Weir, set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and focuses on the failure that was the [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Gallipoli landings.]] Well, there's a bit more to it than that. The film completely avoids glorifying war by showing how boring it can be - from slow moving training, to months at sea, to the endless waiting before battle.

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''Gallipoli'' is a 1981 Australian film directed by Peter Weir, Creator/PeterWeir, set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and focuses on the failure that was the [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Gallipoli landings.]] Well, there's a bit more to it than that. The film completely avoids glorifying war by showing how boring it can be - from slow moving training, to months at sea, to the endless waiting before battle.

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