Breaker Morant
2008
Blu-ray
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.
Item Details
Edition: Director-approved special edition.
Description:
- 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
- polychrome
- digital optical mono
- videodisc
- Blu-ray
- video file Blu-Ray
Target Audience Note: MPAA rating: PG.
Notes:
- Title from web page.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1980.
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised and approved by the director, Bruce Beresford.
- Widescreen (1.85:1).
- Special features: audio commentary from 2004 featuring Beresford; new interviews with cast and crew; interview with actor Edward Woodward from 2004; new piece about the Boer War with historian Stephen Miller; The breaker, a 1973 documentary, with a statement by its director, Frank Shields; trailer, essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard.
- Cinematography, Donald McAlpine.
- Bryan Brown, Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson.
- Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player.
- English dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
- CC2531BD
- 11373232
Control Number: 1528002
UPC: 715515156714
Publisher: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2008]