Alternative Title: Why I Ugly Cried so Much in Public
Set in late 1916 and 1917, “Beneath Hill 60” follows the incredible true story of Oliver Woodward and the 1st Australian Tunneling Company as they attempt to mine beneath German lines. The film delicately exposes the agonizing reality that was underground warfare in ways beyond simply telling us, the audience, it is so. It whispers warnings of potential threats seemingly into our own ears, transforms the movement in enemy tunnels and the hushed clings of mining materials into goosebumps on our arms, and paints the heaving breaths of the men 90 ft below the surface onto our own bodies. “Beneath Hill 60” is nothing short of an experience—a film done so well it has become tangible and puts its audience on the front lines with its actors.
Lieutenant Oliver Woodward as played by Brendan Cowell
The film opens in on Lieutenant Woodward (played by Brendan Cowell) lacing up his boots in a well-lit room preparing for, what we presume at this point, is some sort of medaling ceremony or recognition for his wartime efforts. Quickly the scene cuts and we refocus in on Woodward, this time caked in grime and sweat, shuffling through the labyrinth of tunnels by candlelight. He becomes lost and employs the help of the increasingly distressed young sapper, Private Frank Tiffin (Harrison Gilbertson). Tiffin leads Woodward to the officer’s dugout where he is met with considerable disdain by the other commanding officers for joining so late in the war. Slowly, and throughout the entirety of the film, Woodward wins over the men and other officers with his natural leadership and apparent skill for mining. The film ends on the factual detonation of 990,000 pounds of explosives and, if for no other reason than pure shock value, hasn’t won over its audience yet, includes a final scene of the surviving characters being decorated in historically correct medals and garb.
Actual photo of the 1st Australian Tunneling Company
Masterfully cutting between scenes of intense action on the front lines, to secondhand experience of the cannonade, to the pre-war life of Oliver Woodward, “Beneath Hill 60” is able to intertwine the confusion and terror that exists in war and translate it into a moving experience for any and all who have the pleasure of watching this film.
Casting, undoubtedly, contributed to the artfulness of the film as well. Brendan Cowell evokes the certain kind of authoritative-but-empathetic air that anyone knowledgeable of Lieutenant Woodward’s story would expect. Frank Tiffin (Harrison Gilbertson), shows the audience the perfect mix of fear and strength that must come from fear in order to cope with the trauma that is the Great War. Jim and Walter Sneddon (Alan Dukes and Alex Thompson) show the unfortunate familial toll in such a way that one cannot help but reach for a box of Kleenex when Jim meets gut-wrenching, tear-jerking demise.
From the gradual widening of the camera lens to depict an exit from the tunnels to the use of the actual box crafted for Woodward in the trenches of the Great War, no aspect of the creation and filming of “Beneath Hill 60” was left unaccounted for. As such, this film not only is able to transport its audience directly to the front lines, but details the story of a much forgotten crowd of heroes.
Private Frank Tiffin (Harrison Gilbertson) during the reenactment of the detonation of 990,000 pounds of ammunition on June 7th, 1917
In a film that hinges so much on the silence of its actors as they dig beneath the enemy territory of Hill 60, this film speaks volumes.
In the words of Lieutenant Oliver Woodward:
“That’s your heart. Feel it? You’re hearing your own heartbeat.”
I suspect more than just a heartbeat, all viewers of this masterpiece we call “Beneath Hill 60” will hear the sniffles from noses, feel the burn of hot tears on faces, and choke on the sobs stemming from their throats.
Keep a Kleenex nearby. I suggest several.
In case you were curious, here’s the trailer:
Pingback: buy ciprofloxacin
Pingback: india generic viagra lowest price
Pingback: tadalafil without a doctor's prescription
Pingback: tylenol generic
Pingback: lowest price for viagra 100mg
Pingback: cialis no prescription
Pingback: order viagra online
Pingback: best price on careprost
Pingback: cheapest 100mg viagra delivered overnight
Pingback: viagra 100mg 100 tabs $100
Pingback: buy chloroquine phosphate
Pingback: cialistodo.com
Pingback: how to buy Cialis 10mg
Pingback: Cialis 60 mg online
Pingback: cost of sildenafil 25mg
Pingback: finasteride 1mg cost
Pingback: abilify 10mg online
Pingback: cost of actos 15 mg
Pingback: aricept 5 mg medication
Pingback: tamoxifen 20 mg without a prescription
Pingback: where can i buy ashwagandha 60caps
Pingback: cheap atarax 10mg
Pingback: calcium carbonate 500 mg uk
Pingback: cardizem 120mg online pharmacy
Pingback: casodex prices
Pingback: catapres 100 mcg over the counter
Pingback: ceclor 250 mg generic
Pingback: cheapest celebrex 200 mg
Pingback: how to buy celexa 20 mg
Pingback: how to buy cephalexin
Pingback: claritin tablets
Pingback: real online casino
Pingback: hollywood casino
Pingback: casino real money
Pingback: rivers casino
Pingback: real money casino online usa
Pingback: casino real money
Pingback: online slots
Pingback: casino games
Pingback: real casinos online no deposit
Pingback: car insurance quotes
Pingback: buy car insurance quotes
Pingback: average cost of car insurance quotes
Pingback: auto acceptance insurance
Pingback: best home and car insurance quotes companies
Pingback: average car insurance
Pingback: payday loans jacksonville fl
Pingback: legit payday loans
Pingback: fast quick loans
Pingback: bad credit loans
Pingback: no credit check payday loans
Pingback: phoenix tears cbd oil for sale
Pingback: cannabis high in cbd lacey
Pingback: cbd oil online
Pingback: cbd oil for dogs with epilepsy
Pingback: cbd oil sexual benefits
Pingback: side effects of cbd oil in dogs
Pingback: cbd oil dosage for breast cancer
Pingback: cbd oil in ohio
Pingback: cbd oil for dogs
Pingback: money can buy happiness essay
Pingback: online essay writing
Pingback: custom essay writing services reviews
Pingback: assignment of benefit
Pingback: argumentative essay writer
Pingback: essay paper writing services
Pingback: automatic paper writer
Pingback: paper writer generator
Pingback: clomid 50mg tablet
Pingback: clonidine 0,1mg price
Pingback: how to purchase symbicort inhaler
Pingback: order combivent
Pingback: coreg 3,12 mg tablet
Pingback: cozaar 25 mg over the counter
Pingback: cheap dapsone caps
Pingback: ddavp tablet
Pingback: depakote tablet
Pingback: diamox 250 mg canada
Pingback: differin medication
Pingback: diltiazem price
Pingback: doxycycline no prescription
Pingback: elavil pharmacy
Pingback: erythromycin online
Pingback: etodolac tablets
Pingback: geodon 40 mg without prescription
Pingback: hyzaar 12,5mg usa
Pingback: imdur without prescription
Pingback: imodium tablets
Pingback: where to buy imuran 50mg
Pingback: indocin 25 mg purchase
Pingback: lamisil 250mg canada
Pingback: where can i buy levaquin
Pingback: lopid 300 mg generic
Pingback: luvox over the counter
Pingback: macrobid 100mg pharmacy
Pingback: mestinon otc
Pingback: cost of micardis
Pingback: mobic without a prescription
Pingback: motrin 600mg usa
Pingback: nortriptyline tablet
Pingback: periactin 4mg canada
Pingback: plaquenil 400 mg united states
Pingback: cheap prednisolone
Pingback: prevacid 30mg for sale
Pingback: prilosec tablet
Pingback: how to purchase proair inhaler 100 mcg
Pingback: procardia 30mg united states
Pingback: protonix 40mg nz
Pingback: cost of provigil 100 mg
Pingback: pulmicort cost
Pingback: reglan 10 mg without a doctor prescription
Pingback: remeron without a doctor prescription
Pingback: retin-a cream price
Pingback: how to purchase revatio 20 mg
Pingback: risperdal online
Pingback: robaxin canada
Pingback: where to buy rogaine
Pingback: seroquel 25mg prices
Pingback: order spiriva
Pingback: tenormin 25 mg no prescription
Pingback: order thorazine 100mg
Pingback: toprol tablet
Pingback: tricor 200 mg tablet
Pingback: valtrex 1000mg australia
Pingback: where to buy vantin
Pingback: order verapamil
Pingback: voltaren 50mg without a doctor prescription
Pingback: wellbutrin 150 mg no prescription
Pingback: zanaflex 2 mg online pharmacy
Pingback: zestril purchase
Pingback: website here
Pingback: zyloprim prices
Pingback: zyprexa 15mg for sale
Pingback: sildenafil price
Pingback: buy tadalafil
Pingback: furosemide 40 mg online pharmacy
Pingback: escitalopram 10mg generic
Pingback: how to buy aripiprazole 15 mg
Pingback: spironolactone united states
Pingback: fexofenadine otc
Pingback: order glimepiride
Pingback: meclizine 25 mg usa
Pingback: leflunomide 10 mg usa
Pingback: atomoxetine tablet
Pingback: anastrozole 1 mg prices
Pingback: irbesartan 300 mg no prescription
Pingback: dutasteride 0,5mg otc
Pingback: where can i buy olmesartan
Pingback: buspirone without prescription
Pingback: where to buy clonidinemg
Pingback: how to purchase ciprofloxacin 500mg
Pingback: prochlorperazine 5 mg without a doctor prescription
Pingback: carvedilol canada
Pingback: cost of warfarin
Pingback: rosuvastatin usa
Pingback: divalproex 125mg medication
Pingback: tolterodine 2 mg pills
Pingback: acetazolamide without a doctor prescription
Pingback: cost of fluconazole
Pingback: phenytoin tablet
Pingback: oxybutynin 2.5mg tablets
Pingback: doxycycline 100mg usa
Pingback: bisacodyl for sale
Pingback: venlafaxine 75 mg price
Pingback: amitriptyline united kingdom
Pingback: permethrin 30g prices
Pingback: erythromycin 500mg medication
Pingback: where can i buy estradiol 1 mg
Pingback: etodolac prices
Pingback: tamsulosin no prescription
Pingback: fluticasone mcg generic
Pingback: alendronate generic
Pingback: cost of nitrofurantoin
Pingback: glipizide online
Pingback: hydrochlorothiazide 10 mg no prescription
Pingback: isosorbide pills
Pingback: where can i buy sumatriptan
Pingback: how to purchase loperamide
Pingback: azathioprine canada
Pingback: propranolol 20mg coupon
Pingback: lamotrigine 25mg purchase
Pingback: terbinafine without a prescription
Pingback: levothyroxine mcg no prescription
Pingback: atorvastatin 40mg pills
Pingback: gemfibrozil 300mg coupon
Pingback: metoprolol over the counter
Pingback: clotrimazole online pharmacy
Pingback: metoclopramide coupon
Pingback: coupons for hydroxychloroquine 200mg