Attack Force Z
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 Region 4 DVD cover for Attack Force Z |
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| Directed by | Tim Burstall |
| Produced by | John McCallum George F.H. Chang Lee Robinson |
| Written by | Roger Marshall |
| Starring | Mel Gibson Sam Neill John Phillip Law John Waters |
| Cinematography | Hung-Chung Lin |
| Editing by | David Stiven |
| Distributed by | Jef Films |
| Release date(s) | June, 1982 |
| Running time | 93 min |
| Language | English |
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Attack Force Z is a 1982 Australian World War II film, directed by Tim Burstall. It is based on an actual event that took place during World War II, and was shot in Taiwan in 1980. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 1981.
The film is noted for starring Mel Gibson and Sam Neill, who were relatively unknown at the time but who went on to become international stars.
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[edit] Plot
Captain P.G. Kelly (Gibson) leads an elite squad of five international commandos. They are dispatched to rescue survivors of a shot-down plane on an island in the South Pacific which is occupied by the Japanese. One of the survivors is a defecting Japanese government official, and he is believed to hold a secret that could end the war. He must be rescued at any cost.
[edit] Main cast
- Mel Gibson — Captain P.G. Kelly
- Sam Neill — Sergeant D.J. Costello
- John Phillip Law — Lieutenant J.A. Veitch
- Chris Haywood — Able Seaman A.D. Bird
- Ned Chun — Rice farmer
- John Waters — Ted King
- Sylvia Chang
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- The original director, Phillip Noyce, was replaced by Tim Burstall shortly before production began due to creative differences.
- The movie is also known as The Z Men.
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[edit] External links
- Attack Force Z at the Internet Movie Database
- Attack Force Z at Rotten Tomatoes
- Attack Force Z at the National Film and Sound Archive
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