Attack Force Z

Attack Force Z

:"This article concerns the 1982 fictional movie. For information about the actual Commando unit, see Z Special Unit."Infobox Film
name = Attack Force Z


caption = Region 4 DVD cover for Attack Force Z
writer = Roger Marshall
starring = Mel Gibson
Sam Neill
John Phillip Law
John Waters
director = Tim Burstall
producer = John McCallum
George F.H. Chang
Lee Robinson
cinematography = Hung-Chung Lin
editing = David Stiven
production_company =John McCallum Productions
distributor = Jef Films
music = Eric Jupp
released = June, 1982
runtime = 93 min
language = English
budget =
gross =
music =
awards =
imdb_id = 0083591

"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.

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.

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

Trivia

* 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.

ee also

*1982 in film

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0083591|title=Attack Force Z
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/attack_force_z/ Attack Force Z at Rotten Tomatoes]
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=8228;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Attack Force Z at the National Film and Sound Archive]


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