Changi

Name: Changi
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Released: 2001-10-14
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Matthew Newton, Anthony Hayes, Leon Ford, Mark Priestley, Stephen Curry

★ 7.7 /10 (3) • 2001

Drama War & Politics

Screenplay John Doyle

Six young Australians go to war, full of confidence and bravado. They land in Singapore in 1942, just in time for surrender. With 15,000 others, they are marched off to Changi prison camp. Together, the six boys survive three and a half years of incarceration. Almost sixty years later, the six prepare to get together for what may be their last hurrah.

Seasons

Episodes

Country

Australia

Status

Ended

Cast

Matthew Newton

David Collins · 6 eps

Older David Collins · 6 eps

Frank Wilson

Older Gordon Yates · 6 eps

Nicholas Hope

Guillaume Koper · 6 eps

Slim DeGrey

Older John 'Curley' Foster · 6 eps

Lieutenant Aso · 6 eps

Terry Norris

Older Bill Dwyer · 6 eps

Mark Priestley

John 'Curley' Foster · 6 eps

Nadine Garner

Lisa · 1 eps

Reviews

★★★★★

Where to Watch

Streaming

Plex

Episode Guide

Seeing Is Believing

14 Oct 200158 min

Now a retired property developer, David Collins has never been able to remember all that happened to him as a POW, but as the date for the reunion draws closer, he begins to recall his horrific ordeal. In his first year at camp, David is badly beaten, suffering temporary blindness. Left by the side of the road, he is picked up by Japanese guards, taking a group of hapless locals to be shot.

Gordon's Will

21 Oct 200158 min

As an old man, Gordon is the victim of a stroke that paralyses him down one side. His condition reminds Gordon of the time in Changi when he refused to salute Lieutenant Aso, forcing a major confrontation. Aso places Gordon on a box in the middle of the compound and tries, with a series of increasingly violent acts, to make him salute. Gordon's mates devise a plan to save their friend and make a bit on the side at the same time.

Private Bill

28 Oct 200158 min

On his final day as a University Professor, Bill Dwyer is visited by a young student who looks remarkably like the girl he fell in love with before the war. He begins to reminisce with her about his missing years in Changi, telling her about the time he and his mates got their own back on the Japanese, the day the camp was visited by a General.

Curley

04 Nov 200158 min

As he practices for his impending driving test, Old Curley is thrown into a panic by an impatient driver behind him. His mind returns to Changi and the time he was caught stealing food. Thrown into 'The Hole' and left to rot in the dark for six weeks, Curley must try not to lose his mind, while his mates desperately think of a way to give him hope.

Eddie's Birthday

11 Nov 200158 min

On his 78th birthday, Eddie is giving himself his traditional birthday shave, when his jaw begins to ache. He finds himself thinking back to his final year in Changi, when his wisdom tooth became infected, and he unwillingly attracted the attention of the violent and malicious Captain Shindo.

Pacifying the Angels

18 Nov 200159 min

For Tom the prospect of the forthcoming reunion is a mixed blessing: He loves seeing his old mates, but hates where they take him â€“ back to the last night of the war.