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War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos-Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Checking Up on the Stars of 'Without a Trace' (From BuddyTV. 6 October 2008, 11:00 PM, PDT)
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(Credited cast)| Anthony LaPaglia | ... | Roger East | |
| Oscar Isaac | ... | Jose Ramos-Horta | |
| Nathan Phillips | |||
| Gyton Grantley | ... | Garry Cunningham | |
| Damon Gameau | ... | Greg Shackleton | |
| Tom Wright | ... | Brian Peters | |
| Paul Sonkkila | ... | McGuire | |
| Mark Leonard Winter | |||
| Mark Winter |
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As someone with a long-standing interest in the history of East Timor, I had mixed feelings about this film, and how the people and events would be depicted. However, Robert Connolly did a great job, considering all of the constraints of a limited budget that he had. It did not go into minute detail about the historical events, but nor did it dumb down and sex up.
What happened to the Balibo Five and Roger East is only a very small fraction of the story of what happened in East Timor in 1975, and there will be accusations that the deaths of half a dozen Westerners are given more prominence than what happened to a far greater number of East Timorese. However, the East Timorese actors in the film, none of whom were professional actors, were tremendous - not least as they were reenacting events that they and their families were familiar with.