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The Year of Living Dangerously
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.
1982 · Directed by Peter Weir · 114 min · Romance · Drama · 9 frames
Tagline
A love caught in the fire of revolution.
Crew
- Screenplay: Peter Weir, C.J. Koch, David Williamson
- Cinematography: Russell Boyd
- Edited by: William M. Anderson
- Music: Maurice Jarre
- Produced by: Jim McElroy
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Guy Hamilton
- Sigourney Weaver as Jill Bryant
- Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan
- Michael Murphy as Pete Curtis
- Bill Kerr as Colonel Henderson
- Noel Ferrier as Wally O'Sullivan
- Bembol Roco as Kumar
- Paul Sonkkila as Kevin Condon
- Domingo Landicho as Hartono
- Kuh Ledesma as Tiger Lily
Production
- Country: Australia, United States of America
- Language: English, Indonesian, Tagalog
- Studios: McElroy & McElroy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Freddie Fields Productions
- Budget: $6,000,000
- Box office: $13,200,000
- Themes: civil war, dwarf, photography, journalism, embassy, indonesia, falling in love, jakarta indonesia, java, indonesia, 1960s
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