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.
Director:
Peter Weir
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Cast
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| Linda Hunt | ... | Billy Kwan | |
| Mel Gibson | ... | Guy Hamilton | |
| Bembol Roco | ... | Kumar | |
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Domingo Landicho | ... | Hortono |
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Hermino De Guzman | ... | Immigration Officer |
| Michael Murphy | ... | Pete Curtis | |
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Noel Ferrier | ... | Wally O'Sullivan |
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Paul Sonkkila | ... | Kevin Condon |
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Ali Nur | ... | Ali |
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Dominador Robridillo | ... | Betjak Man |
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Joel Agona | ... | Palace Guard |
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Mike Emperio | ... | Sukarno |
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Bernardo Nacilla | ... | Dwarf |
| Bill Kerr | ... | Colonel Henderson | |
| Sigourney Weaver | ... | Jill Bryant | |
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Storyline
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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Release Date:
18 February 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El año que vivimos en peligro See more »Filming Locations:
Artransa Park Film Studios, Mobbs Lane, Epping, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia See more »Edit
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Budget:
$13,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$35,000, 21 January 1983, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$10,278,575Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Billy Kwan: June 25th, 1965. Dossier H-10. Hamilton, Guy. Born 1936 under the sign of Capricorn. Occupation: Journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Service. Jakarta: first assignment as foreign correspondent.
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from "Four Last Songs"
by Richard Strauss
Performed by Kiri Te Kanawa and London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Andrew Davis
Courtesy of CBS Masterworks
Published by Boosey-Hawkes
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This movie represents an instance where a character in the film has the same name of a real life celebrity. Mel Gibson plays an Australian journalist character who has the same name as Guy Hamilton, a British film director of adventure, war, and thriller films, including four James Bond movies. See more »Goofs
Billy's still camera is a Nikon F2 Photomic, which was not released until 1971, while the film takes place in 1965. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Billy Kwan: June 25th, 1965. Dossier H-10. Hamilton, Guy. Born 1936 under the sign of Capricorn. Occupation: Journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Service. Jakarta: first assignment as foreign correspondent.
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Beim Schlafengehenfrom "Four Last Songs"
by Richard Strauss
Performed by Kiri Te Kanawa and London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Andrew Davis
Courtesy of CBS Masterworks
Published by Boosey-Hawkes
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The film is wonderfully sensate, alive and filled with exotic beauty and deep passions.
The colors, textures and sound have a dimensionality that draws the viewer right into the scene, the place the time... when it rains, the viewer can feel the rain, when the hero, Guy is being drowned in a dream, the viewer senses the suffocation...
The chemistry between Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver, as young lovers in exciting times, is breath-taking!
But Linda Hunt is the biggest gem in the movie, playing a little man named Billy Kwan. She is incredibly credible in this role. Few female actresses can believably pull-off playing a male character, but Hunt did it so well that, at first, the viewer feels a familiarity with the person playing Billy without realizing he is being played by a woman. When I realized it, I was totally amazed. Hunt is a great actress well-deserving of the Oscar she won for the portrayal.
The film is evocative and enthralling. And so alive, so utterly alive!
_The Year of Living Dangerously_ has and is everything a film should be.