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Actors: Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Breaker Morant |
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This movie is based on the true story of Breaker Morant... a great Australian hero who fought in the Boer War (though he was Aussie.. he had British roots... but then again, who didnt have British roots at that time in Oz?)
When Morant and his troops... a force called the Bushveldt Carbineers... receive orders from Lord Kitchener (the head BRITISH guy in charge of the Aussies) to take no prisoners when fighting the Boers (fighting them on their own terms), the troops do so.
They decide to fight this mob of Boers just when the war was about to end and they take no prisoners. Because of the delicate situation at the time while the terms of peace were beng negotiated, the 'murders' of these Boers had to go avenged. And so Morant and some of his guys are investigated and put on trial by the BRITISH army.
--Candice, Resident Scholar
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Three Australian junior officers are tried for murder after following orders not to take prisoners during the Boer War. Based on fact, this film portrays the fate of one of Australia's 'bush poets'. Over the lives of these men looms the spectre of the British military Establishment seeking 'scapegoats of empire.'
--The Bunyip, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Breaker Morant |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- military on trial
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
- Australian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Australian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- fight for survival
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- white
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- White Enclave
Prairie?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
- 4-8
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- mission to destroy something
- mission to protect something
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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