The Advertiser (Adelaide) - 9 March 2006
Tracing courageous trek;
Ben McEachen
The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia)
03-09-2006
TO be released on Anzac Day, an historic war film aims to inspire a new generation with the bravery and sacrifice of one of Australia's most significant World War II campaigns.
Kokoda focuses on an Australian platoon in 1942 which is cut off from supply lines while scouting outside Isurava, a village on the hostile Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea.
Isolated behind enemy lines, the young, inexperienced soldiers - without food or sleep - carry their wounded on a three-day trek to safety.
Based on real events, the exhausted troops then join the main battle. "That's what blew us away because we thought there's something powerful in that, that captures the essence of the Kokoda experience,'' says Sydney director Alister Grierson.
The first feature film from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School graduate, Kokoda has a sizeable ensemble cast including William McInnes, Shane Bourne, Travis McMahon and Steve Le Marquand.
It was filmed in Queensland last year. The Kokoda Track has not been seen on screen as much as other prominent war campaigns involving Australians. In 1943, Australian photographer and newsreel cameraman Damien Parer won an Academy Award for his Kokoda Front Line.
Ben McEachen
The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia)
03-09-2006
TO be released on Anzac Day, an historic war film aims to inspire a new generation with the bravery and sacrifice of one of Australia's most significant World War II campaigns.
Kokoda focuses on an Australian platoon in 1942 which is cut off from supply lines while scouting outside Isurava, a village on the hostile Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea.
Isolated behind enemy lines, the young, inexperienced soldiers - without food or sleep - carry their wounded on a three-day trek to safety.
Based on real events, the exhausted troops then join the main battle. "That's what blew us away because we thought there's something powerful in that, that captures the essence of the Kokoda experience,'' says Sydney director Alister Grierson.
The first feature film from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School graduate, Kokoda has a sizeable ensemble cast including William McInnes, Shane Bourne, Travis McMahon and Steve Le Marquand.
It was filmed in Queensland last year. The Kokoda Track has not been seen on screen as much as other prominent war campaigns involving Australians. In 1943, Australian photographer and newsreel cameraman Damien Parer won an Academy Award for his Kokoda Front Line.
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