Front Line (film)


Front Line is a 1979 Australian documentary film directed by David Bradbury.

Summary

It follows the career of Tasmanian-born combat cameraman Neil Davis, particularly his time in South Vietnam and Cambodia during the Vietnam War.

Accolades

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1981.

Release

In the United States, Front Line aired on PBS. After it was nominated for an Academy Award, Cinema Ventures released Front Line in theaters.

In popular culture

The oral consumption of chrome spray paint before combat in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road was inspired by a line in the documentary: soldiers putting the budda charms of their necklaces into their mouths before combat to protect them or to guide them in reincarnation.