Classic Australian war movie, Breaker Morant will be screened at the Bega Valley Regional Gallery next week along with a special discussion session between Academy Award nominee and costume designer Anna Senior, and BVRG Curator Iain Dawson.
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Anna Senior won an Australian Film Institute ‘Best Costume Designer’ award for the film and she will share her behind that scenes account of filming Breaker Morant in the treeless landscape of Burra in South Australia.
Ms Senior said she remembers it fondly as cold, wet and number 3 on the electric blanket.
“We drank the Hotel out of red wine then started on the port. I now have port poisoning! What a delight to work with Edward Woodward and Bruce Beresford,” she said.
The film is set in South Africa in 1901 where the British war against the Boers has deteriorated into bitter guerrilla warfare.
A unit of the Bushveldt Carbineers, made up mainly of Australians, is ordered by the British High Command to the fight the Boer on their terms and take no prisoners; an order which will prove fatal to a man they call "The Breaker" - Lieutenant Harry Morant.
Based on a true story, this classic Australian film of injustice and the horror of war has become one of the most acclaimed Australian movies ever made.
The BVRG’s Helena Bezzina said the film will be the second in a series of films celebrating the ANZAC centenary.
“You will get a lively Q&A session, a film and a delicious supper with a glass of wine all for $20 for guests or $15 for Friends of the BVRG members,” Ms Bezzina said.
Film nights raise funds for the Friends of the Gallery and go towards developing the permanent collection by adding examples of contemporary local and national emerging Australian Artists.
The screening will take place at 6pm on Thursday 11 June in the Bega Valley Shire Council chambers.
Booking is essential. Please call 6499 2268 or email Gallery@begavalley.nsw.gov.au to book your place and pay on the night.
Breaker Morant was the winner of the 1980 Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Jack Thompson), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Bryan Brown), Best Cinematography (Don McAlpine), Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Production Design and Best Costume Designer. It was also the winner of Best Supporting Actor Award at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival (Thompson).
