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Release Date:
21 January 1983 (USA) more
Tagline:
A Love Caught In The Fire Of Revolution more
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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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 7 wins & 15 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Gender-bending actors: Who makes the cut?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 2 September 2009, 3:00 AM, PDT)
10 Most Unforgettable Peter Weir Movies
(From The Movie Fanatic. 26 August 2009, 7:55 AM, PDT)
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Sense of place, sense of menace more (62 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mel Gibson | ... | Guy Hamilton | |
| Sigourney Weaver | ... | Jill Bryant | |
| Linda Hunt | ... | Billy Kwan | |
| Michael Murphy | ... | Pete Curtis | |
| Bill Kerr | ... | Colonel Henderson | |
| Noel Ferrier | ... | Wally O'Sullivan | |
| Bembol Roco | ... | Kumar | |
| Paul Sonkkila | ... | Kevin Condon | |
| Ali Nur | ... | Ali | |
| Dominador Robridillo | ... | Betjak Man | |
| Joel Agona | ... | Palace Guard | |
| Mike Emperio | ... | Sukarno | |
| Bernardo Nacilla | ... | Dwarf | |
| Domingo Landicho | ... | Hortono | |
| Hermino De Guzman | ... | Immigration Officer |
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115 min
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English | Tagalog | Filipino | Indonesian
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Iceland:16 | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:16
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Artransa Park Film Studios, Mobbs Lane, Epping, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia more
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Peter Weir cast Linda Hunt in the role of Billy Kwan after failing to find a male actor who could play the part in the way he wanted. more
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Continuity: The rear window of Guy's car is smashed when the mob attacks it. The next shot is from inside the car, which shows the rear window still intact. more
Quotes:
Billy Kwan: I would have given up the world for her. You wouldn't even give up one story. more
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Referenced in Between Two Worlds: The Making of 'Witness' (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Beautiful Ohio Waltz more
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I am a little amazed that, so far, only 40 comments have been entered. Fortunately most are of high quality, and all the important points related to the film are clearly highlighted. So, I will not repeat what has been well said by others. I want to explain one additional point, it has to do with my personal experience but might be interesting to mention.
I'm a professional expatriate, living overseas for 25 years. I'm not talking about an American in Paris or an Englishman in New York, I mean African steppes, tropical jungles, Indian slums. Living in a totally foreign country, in a totally strange culture, imperfectly understanding the local language, bewildered by alien logic, you experience a permanent sense of unease. You adapt, you learn to cope, you make what you hope are friends. But you never forget that you are a stranger in unknown territory, and that you are vulnerable.
You may peacefully walk on the street one minute, the next minute bullets are flying all around you. In the evening you have a pleasant drink with your neighbour, in the morning you are arrested, accused of being a foreign mercenary. When you travel inland you come at a road block, not knowing if they'll let you pass, or harass you for a couple of hours, or confiscate your car. As a foreigner in developing countries, you are constantly confronted with uncertainty, an intangible menace lurking around the corner.
I find that TYOLD transmits this sense of menace very poignantly. Many people have commented on its brilliant sense of place, the accurate depiction of Indonesia and the events that took place at the time. Others mention that you get a very real feeling of the tension and uncertainty journalists in times of upheaval are subjected to. But I would like to extend it beyond journalists. The sense of menace in TYOLD is eminently recognizable by all who have lived in countries where the police is not there to protect you, the laws are not there to make society more civilized, the hospitals are not there to cure you. In TYOLD, the menace is made visible because of the troubles that erupt, but usually you do not have to live through civil war when overseas. Still, the menace is not less real, and the sense of foreboding haunting every expatriate was very convincingly conveyed in the film.