Beneath Hill 60

[Ean Austral]

Gday All,
My daughter had to do a report on this movie for school and sent it out to me to watch..

Its about Miners that are in the AIF in WW1 and a hill that they tunnel thru that is held by the enemy..

No big name actors that I could pic, but I thought it was one of the better Aust war movies and it is supposed to be based on the true events..

Anyone seen it..

Cheers Ean

[85 county]

Gday All,
My daughter had to do a report on this movie for school and sent it out to me to watch..

Its about Miners that are in the AIF in WW1 and a hill that they tunnel thru that is held by the enemy..

No big name actors that I could pic, but I thought it was one of the better Aust war movies and it is supposed to be based on the true events..

Anyone seen it..

Cheers Ean

Seen the movie, and know quite a bit about the actual story and the aftermath. there were more than one mine, the big one was not an aussie venture. There are little things that were missed out in the movie, like all the removed clay had to carried to the back lines because it was Blue clay and if seen by the Germans would have indicated the depth they were digging at. Also to bring up of the charges. Again carried by man and the 15 yard separation between each man as one spark would set that charge off. as it did happen the worse occasion was about 15 poms bottlenecked and bunched up. they all went bang, nothing left of them, nothing at all.

stuff that for a war

[Ean Austral]

They did show a part where they shot a sand bag and the enemy seen the blue clay, but the commanders didnt believe it was important..


Stories like that are hard to comprehend, and one can only hope that this type of war or any war for that matter are not seen again..

I had never heard of this story before, only of the Gallipoli battle from WW1..


Cheers Ean

[Bigbjorn]

My grandfather's first posting in France 1916 was 4th. Dvn. HQ Tunnelling Company. He died in 1968 so can't ask him for first hand stories.

[Redback]

Great movie, one of the best Aussie movies I've seen in a while 4 stars

Baz.

[long stroke]

Yeah i thought it was pretty well done!!
Well worth watching

[robbotd5]

Have not seen the flick yet but I have heard good reviews. It stars Gyton Grantley of Underbelly fame he played the "fat boy" Carl Williams. Looking foward to seeing it. The WW's interest me greatly.
Regards
Robbo.

[Hymie]

I loved it. Watched it twice.
Thought it was a brilliant portrayal of Australians at war.

[Ausfree]

I also loved it and watched it twice. My favourite line is when they first look at the hill from a trench and one guy says in a disappointed tone, "is that it"? and the other guy says "what did you expect the ****ing Matterhorn". Cracked me up. But seriously it was a good story and gives little insights on the horrors of war!!!!

[Disco44]

While we are on Aussie War movies.did anyone watch "Sisters at War" which was on the ABC1 last Sunday night? IMHO it was done in the fashion of our great movies like "Gallipoli" with some facts about the Nuns and the Australian Army nurses that I was not aware of.