A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
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Guy Hamilton is a journalist on his first job as a foreign correspondent. His apparently humdrum assignment to Indonesia soon turns hot as President Sukarno electrifies the populace and frightens foreign powers. Guy soon is the hottest reporter on the story with the help of his photographer, half- Chinese dwarf Billy Kwan, who has gone native. Guy's affair with diplomat Jill Bryant also helps. Eventually Guy must face some major moral choices and the relationship between Billy and him reaches a crisis at the same time the politics of Indonesia does. Written by Reid Gagle
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president | dwarf | photographer | foreign correspondent | journalist |Taglines:
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Release Date:
18 February 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Ein Jahr in der Hölle See more »Filming Locations:
Artransa Park Film Studios, Mobbs Lane, Epping, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia See more »Box Office
Budget:
$13,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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By Gene Vincent (uncredited) and Tex Davis (uncredited)
Performed by Gene Vincent
Courtesy of Capitol Records
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Much of the non-English dialogue in the film is in Filipino, not Javanese. For example, when Billy visits the home of a dead child in a slum area, the prayer spoken by the old man is in fact "Our Father" in Tagalog. See more »Goofs
As Guy is arriving in Jakarta Billy Kwan's VO tells us it is June 25th, 1965, but the copy of Time Magazine Guy is clutching as he passes through immigration is actually the July 30th, 1965 issue with the famous Marc Chagall self portrait cover. See more »Quotes
Guy Hamilton: It's not just A story, it's THE bloody story - can't you understand that?See more »
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Be-Bob-A-LulaBy Gene Vincent (uncredited) and Tex Davis (uncredited)
Performed by Gene Vincent
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I watched TYLD after a prof recommended it in grad school. I had to rent it from an obscure-movies rental place in Alexandria, Virginia and I now own the picture.
There are three elements, mixed together, that make TYLD superb, rich cinema. First, it captures the feel of westerners living abroad, the cluster of expat personalities that you find were you to live or work abroad.
Second, it is one of the best love stories ever crafted, with a "fleeting end of summer feel" between Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver. They are both young; Weaver is stunningly gorgeous. Their romance ends almost as abruptly as it begins. We've all been there.
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