Breaker Morant, Beresford was offered dozens of Hollywood scripts including Tender Mercies, which he later directed. The 1983 film earned him his only Academy Award nomination for Best Director to date, even though Driving Miss Daisy (1989) which he directed, won Best Picture. Beresford said that Breaker Morant was not that successful commercially, Box office Breaker Morant grossed A$4,735,000 at the box office in Australia, the equivalent of $19.7 million in 2017 dollars. Awards Soundtrack A soundtrack was released by Cherry Pie Music (CPF 1046) Charts Home media A DVD was released by REEL Corporation in 2001 with a running time of 104 minutes. Image Entertainment released a Blu-ray Disc version of the film in the US on 5 February 2008 (107 minutes), including the documentary "The Boer War", a detailed account of the historical facts depicted in the film. In 2015 the film was released by The Criterion Collection on both DVD and Blu-ray. See also British war crimes Court martial of Breaker Morant Trial movies References Citations General and cited references Ross, K. G. (1979). Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts. Melbourne: Edward Arnold. . Written on the hundredth anniversary of Morant's execution and the twenty-fourth anniversary of the first performance of his play. Article was reprinted in The Sydney Morning Herald on the same date. External links Breaker Morant, complete film on YouTube Breaker Morant: Scapegoats of Empire an essay by Neil Sinyard at the Criterion Collection "Kangaroo Court: On Bruce Beresford's 'Breaker Morant, Bright Lights Film Journal Breaker Morant at Australian Screen Online Breaker Morant at Oz Movies [https://web.archive.org/web/20090114224336/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/155066 Breaker Morant at the British Film Institute 1980 films 1980s biographical drama films 1980s historical drama films 1980s war drama films Australian historical drama films Australian war drama films British Empire war films Cultural depictions of Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Films about lawyers Films about capital punishment Films about war crimes trials Australian films based on plays Films based on works by Australian writers Films directed by Bruce Beresford Films set in 1901 Films set in 1902 Films set in South Africa Films shot in Flinders Ranges 1980s legal films Military courtroom films Second Boer War films War films based on actual events