In the year 1981 Peter Weir created a movie named Gallipoli, which was based around the major invasion of Gallipoli involving Australia in world war one. The two main characters Archy Hamilton (Mark Lee) and Frank Dunne (Mel Gibson) have an unbreakable mateship, which remains strong even through times of pain and doubt they were still best mates.
Mateship is shown everywhere through you the movie but it firsts starts at the ‘Kimberly Gift’ where these two men first met each other. After the event the light horse brigade were asking for people to enlist for the war when these two fellas tried to sign up. But Archy was denied a place because one of his so-called ‘mates’ ratted him out for being under aged. When frank saw Archie they talked abou it at a local tea house about what happened including the race and the army, Archy still wants to join the army so that got on a train and headed on a train. That train never made to Perth, it stopped outside a little station in the middle of nowhere where they asked the attendant where they were and what …show more content…
The two characters are training with different brigades at this time. But one day they come together to do a training exercise but when they see each other instead of training they laugh with joy and mateship. After this incident Frank decides he wants to join the light horse with his best Archy. With a few discussions with officers and other important men the two men are shipped off the following morning at 0600 hrs together in the light horse, which is now the infantry. Through out this time together they showed some Aussie spirit and high feeling of mateship. Other examples of mateship in Egypt is the race between Archy and Frank to the pyramids or when Frank Snowy, Billy and Barney are wandering around the local town making fun of the British officers on there donkeys having the time of there
Mateship is shown everywhere through you the movie but it firsts starts at the ‘Kimberly Gift’ where these two men first met each other. After the event the light horse brigade were asking for people to enlist for the war when these two fellas tried to sign up. But Archy was denied a place because one of his so-called ‘mates’ ratted him out for being under aged. When frank saw Archie they talked abou it at a local tea house about what happened including the race and the army, Archy still wants to join the army so that got on a train and headed on a train. That train never made to Perth, it stopped outside a little station in the middle of nowhere where they asked the attendant where they were and what …show more content…
The two characters are training with different brigades at this time. But one day they come together to do a training exercise but when they see each other instead of training they laugh with joy and mateship. After this incident Frank decides he wants to join the light horse with his best Archy. With a few discussions with officers and other important men the two men are shipped off the following morning at 0600 hrs together in the light horse, which is now the infantry. Through out this time together they showed some Aussie spirit and high feeling of mateship. Other examples of mateship in Egypt is the race between Archy and Frank to the pyramids or when Frank Snowy, Billy and Barney are wandering around the local town making fun of the British officers on there donkeys having the time of there