Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection

L-R: George Witton (Lewis Fitz-Gerald), Peter Handcock (Bryan Brown) and Harry 'Breaker' Morant (Edward Woodward)

Breaker Morant (1980)

A new 35mm print of this feature and trailer are now available on request. Courtesy of the South Australian Film Corporation and Kodak (Australasia) and Atlab Australia

National Film and Sound Archive National Collection
Title Number 4461.

Classification: PG rating

Synopsis

One of the most famous and popular of all Australian films, Beresford's Breaker Morant is based on the Boer War court martial of three Carbineers: an adventurer, Harry 'Breaker' Morant and two young Australians, Handcock and Witton.

Background

The feature won Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Thompson) Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Brown), Best Cinematography (Don McAlpine), Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design at the 1980 AFI Awards and Jack Thompson won Best Supporting Actor award at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

Director
Bruce Beresford

Year of Production 1979
Duration 104 minutes
Format 35mm, (1:1,85) Colour
Optical Soundtrack Mono, remastered to Dolby® Digital

Distributor
Southern Star

Production Company
South Australian Film Corporation

Producer
Matthew Carroll

Screenplay
Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford

Director of Photography
Don McAlpine

Production Design
David Copping

Costume Design
Anna Senior

Editor
William Anderson

Sound Recordist
Gary Wilkinson

Musical Arranger
Phil Cuneen

Cast
Edward Woodward (Harry 'Breaker' Morant)
Jack Thompson (Major J. F. Thomas)
John Waters (Capt. Alfred Taylor)
Bryan Brown (Lt. Peter Handcock)
Charles Tingwell (Lt. Col. Denny)
Lewis Fitzgerald (Lt. George Witton)
Terence Donovan (Capt. Simon Hunt)