Word: weir
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Directed by Peter Weir Screenplay by David Williamson
...very pleasant and, as realized by Director Weir, who proved in Picnic at Hanging Rock that he has a gift for empty-space pictorialism, quite handsome. But after the males have been bonded, they must endure separation (Archy gets a good regiment, Frank finds himself in the infantry), and the audience must endure an extended service comedy as the lads train in Egypt, where there are mule jokes, "feelthy" pictures jokes, and the Pyramids at dawn. At times it seems that one can't get to Gallipoli at all from the point at which Weir starts...
This deafness to overtone is especially disappointing because Weir, in Hanging Rock and The Last Wave, showed himself to be particularly adept at suggesting, with force and economy, the resonances in ordinary-seeming events. Perhaps he was overwhelmed by the scale of this project, for one senses throughout that he is pulling back to the safely particular rather than straining forward toward a more daring grandeur. Well acted and, within its limited terms, well made, Gallipoli represents a failure of nerve as well as design. -By Richard Schickel
...Walter Weir Newtown...
Anderson calls Woodring the best linebacker he's coached at Brown, and he will be kept extra busy compensating for the weakness of a defensive line that needs a thorough revamping. The secondary is one of the best in the league, however, with Woody Pugh, Chris Weir and Tony Mancini all returning...