Jason KingBeneath Hill 60 Trailer
January 28th 2010 07:46
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Good Aussie War Movie
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This is one I have been waiting to see and post on since I first heard of it being made from one of my work colleagues who shares a house with one of the stars.
To me Australian movies are like flipping a coin, they are either amazing and get international recognition or they are absolute shite. Lucky for me, you and everyone out there this actually looks like it came up heads.
BENEATH HILL 60 is an Australian War Movie set underneath the trenches of World War I. This never-before told Australian story is set in 1916 - where Queensland miner Oliver Woodward, under-trained and having never faced hostile fire before, finds himself on the Western Front, the bloodiest battlefield in history.
Two massive armies facing each other along the Western Front have fought themselves to a standstill. The count down to the Battle of Messines Ridge has begun. The Allies' audacious plan to break the deadlock depends on a small company of Australian miners led by Captain Oliver Woodward (Brendan Cowell).
These ordinary men from mining towns across Australia were given just two weeks military training before being thrust into the war. Poorly equipped, with scant regard for military etiquette, the miners' task is to defend a leaking, labyrinthine tunnel system snaking beneath the Messines Ridge. The tunnels hide a deadly secret; a series of massive mines. If the plan succeeds it will produce the biggest explosion the world has ever known and could change the course of the war.
But no-one seems to know when the order will be given to blow the mines. With constant inundation of mud and water and endless vibrations from heavy artillery, the tunnels are in imminent danger of collapse. Disaster looms as the Germans discover the Australians' underground activity. A deadly cat-and-mouse game is played out thirty metres below the fields of Flanders and, as zero hour approaches, the whole allied strategy could be in jeopardy...
You can join the Facebook Group for the film by clicking HERE
And you can visit the oficial site, where a lot of this information has come from, by clicking HERE
The film shows a great bonding of men thrust into hell and appears to capture the tension and reality of the situation. The cast and crew is a collection of some of Australia's under rated stars. With Jeremy Sims directing and Brendan Cowell and Gyton Grantley headling the talent I am condident this will be a good film to watch.
Best of luck to all and good luck Walter
Cast and Crew:
Jeremy Sims .... Director
Jacqueline McKenzie .... Mrs Waddell
Gyton Grantley .... Norman Morris
Gerald Lepkowski .... William Waddell
Aden Young .... Major North
Brendan Cowell .... Captain Oliver Woodward
Anthony Hayes .... McBride
Steve Le Marquand .... Bill Fraser
Leon Ford .... Robert Clayton
Harrison Gilbertson
John Stanton .... General Lambert
Bob Franklin .... Potsy
Tom Green .... Hutchings
Bella Heathcote .... Marjorie Waddell
Warwick Young .... Percy Marsden
David Ritchie .... Kommandeur Fusslein
Mark Coles Smith .... Billy Bacon
Alan Dukes .... Jim Sneddon
Alex Thompson .... Walter
Martin Thomas .... Ginger Mick ODonnell
Marcus Costello .... Ernst Wagner
Kenneth Spiteri .... Karl Babek
Anthony Ring .... Stoat
Andy Bramble .... Piggott
David Roach .... Screenwriter
The film is releasing in Australia on or around April 15th. I see a horde of AFI's getting primed. Keep you posted.
Beneath Hill 60 Trailer - Funny bloopers R us
To me Australian movies are like flipping a coin, they are either amazing and get international recognition or they are absolute shite. Lucky for me, you and everyone out there this actually looks like it came up heads.
BENEATH HILL 60 is an Australian War Movie set underneath the trenches of World War I. This never-before told Australian story is set in 1916 - where Queensland miner Oliver Woodward, under-trained and having never faced hostile fire before, finds himself on the Western Front, the bloodiest battlefield in history.
Two massive armies facing each other along the Western Front have fought themselves to a standstill. The count down to the Battle of Messines Ridge has begun. The Allies' audacious plan to break the deadlock depends on a small company of Australian miners led by Captain Oliver Woodward (Brendan Cowell).
These ordinary men from mining towns across Australia were given just two weeks military training before being thrust into the war. Poorly equipped, with scant regard for military etiquette, the miners' task is to defend a leaking, labyrinthine tunnel system snaking beneath the Messines Ridge. The tunnels hide a deadly secret; a series of massive mines. If the plan succeeds it will produce the biggest explosion the world has ever known and could change the course of the war.
But no-one seems to know when the order will be given to blow the mines. With constant inundation of mud and water and endless vibrations from heavy artillery, the tunnels are in imminent danger of collapse. Disaster looms as the Germans discover the Australians' underground activity. A deadly cat-and-mouse game is played out thirty metres below the fields of Flanders and, as zero hour approaches, the whole allied strategy could be in jeopardy...
You can join the Facebook Group for the film by clicking HERE
And you can visit the oficial site, where a lot of this information has come from, by clicking HERE
The film shows a great bonding of men thrust into hell and appears to capture the tension and reality of the situation. The cast and crew is a collection of some of Australia's under rated stars. With Jeremy Sims directing and Brendan Cowell and Gyton Grantley headling the talent I am condident this will be a good film to watch.
Best of luck to all and good luck Walter
Cast and Crew:
Jeremy Sims .... Director
Jacqueline McKenzie .... Mrs Waddell
Gyton Grantley .... Norman Morris
Gerald Lepkowski .... William Waddell
Aden Young .... Major North
Brendan Cowell .... Captain Oliver Woodward
Anthony Hayes .... McBride
Steve Le Marquand .... Bill Fraser
Leon Ford .... Robert Clayton
Harrison Gilbertson
John Stanton .... General Lambert
Bob Franklin .... Potsy
Tom Green .... Hutchings
Bella Heathcote .... Marjorie Waddell
Warwick Young .... Percy Marsden
David Ritchie .... Kommandeur Fusslein
Mark Coles Smith .... Billy Bacon
Alan Dukes .... Jim Sneddon
Alex Thompson .... Walter
Martin Thomas .... Ginger Mick ODonnell
Marcus Costello .... Ernst Wagner
Kenneth Spiteri .... Karl Babek
Anthony Ring .... Stoat
Andy Bramble .... Piggott
David Roach .... Screenwriter
The film is releasing in Australia on or around April 15th. I see a horde of AFI's getting primed. Keep you posted.
Beneath Hill 60 Trailer - Funny bloopers R us
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