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42. "The Lighthorsemen," exceptional 1987 Aussie film.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 08:19 PM
Aug 2018

If this doesn't run chills up and down your spine, check yourself for a pulse. NOTE: The film's credits explicitly state that no horses died or were injured during the filming.

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From Wikipedia: The Lighthorsemen is a 1987 Australian feature film about the men of a World War I light horse unit involved in Sinai and Palestine Campaign's 1917 Battle of Beersheeba. The film is based on a true story and most of the characters in the film were based on real people. (Elyne Mitchell wrote the novelization based on the screenplay.)

It follows in the wake of other Australian New Wave war films such as Breaker Morant (1980), Gallipoli (1981), and the 5-part TV series Anzacs (1985). Recurring themes of these films include the Australian identity, such as mateship and larrikinism, the loss of innocence in war, and also the continued coming of age of the Australian nation and its soldiers (the ANZAC spirit).
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I know I'll get letters! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #23
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The Incredible Journey sheshe2 Aug 2018 #37
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Yep...that too. sheshe2 Aug 2018 #40
that's the one I was trying to think of rurallib Aug 2018 #45
Saw it as a kid. sheshe2 Aug 2018 #46
"The Lighthorsemen," exceptional 1987 Aussie film. VOX Aug 2018 #42
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