Breaker Morant

Winner of 10 Australian Academy Awards, this powerful film directed by the Oscar;-nominated Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) continues to stir audiences with it's timeless themes of wartime morality and military hypocrisy. Based on a true story, Edward Woodward (TV's the Equalizer) unforgettably stars as the controversial folk hero and Renaissance man Lt. Harry "Breaker" Morant. As South Africa's Boer War draws to a close, Morant and two fellow Australian soldiers are court-martialed for murder. Their only hope lies in a small-town lawyer who fights passionately for their lives.