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Danger close: August 18, 1966. South Vietnam, for three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud of a rubber plantation called Long Tan. Major Harry Smith and his company of 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming force of 2,000 battle-hardened Viet Cong. With their ammunition running out, each man begins to search for his own answer and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honour, decency, and courage.
Parer's war: It's 1942 - Darwin has been bombed and 29 year-old, war time cinematographer Damien Parer is filming Australian troops as they fight the Japanese on the deadly razorback ridges of New Guinea. Risking his own life, Damien is determined to make the film that will shake Australians out of their complacency and let them know that the war is on their doorstep. Damien's thoughts frequently stray to his beautiful, strong-willed and feisty, long-time girlfriend Marie Cotter. He has been keeping her at arm's length - terrified that he will come home maimed and broken - and unable to commit. Based on the lives of real people and actual events, Parer's war tells the story of a man caught between two worlds - at ease amongst the troops and in the midst of jungle warfare, but struggling to win the love of his life.