Front Line is a 1979 Australian documentary film directed by David Bradbury.
| Front Line | |
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| Directed by | David Bradbury |
| Produced by | David Bradbury[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 54:04 minutes [2] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Summary
editIt follows the career of Tasmanian-born combat cameraman Neil Davis, particularly his time in South Vietnam and Cambodia during the Vietnam War.[3][4]
Accolades
editIt was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1981.[5][6]
In popular culture
editThe oral consumption of chrome spray paint before combat in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) was inspired by a line in the documentary: soldiers putting the budda charms of their necklaces into their mouths before combat to protect them or to guide them in reincarnation.[2]
References
edit- ^ Documentary Winners: 1981 Oscars
- ^ a b Australian Centre for the Moving Image. "Frontline". Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Guide to David Bradbury's 'Frontline', Vietnam 1962 - 1972|Australian War Memorial
- ^ ACMI
- ^ "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ "NY Times: Front Line". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
External links
edit- Front Line at IMDb
- Front Line at Frontline Films
- Excerpt