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Year of Living Dangerously (The)

Country: Australia, Language: English, 115 mins

  • Director: Peter Weir
  • Writer: C.J. Koch
  • Producer: Jim McElroy

CGiii Comment

Made before Gibson turned into a bible-bashing apologizing twat and a drunken hypocritical laughing stock.

However, it is Linda Hunt who is the main attraction.

She plays a credible little man named Billy Kwan.

Few female actresses can - believably - pull-off playing a male character and she deservedly won the Oscar for her efforts.

Weir has been nominated for a 'directing' Oscar 4 times...

This is a sweaty and stifling story that promotes human frailties, desires, and expectations - expertly handled by Weir.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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.

Cast & Characters

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;
Ali Nur as Ali;
Dominador Robridillo as Betjak Man;
Joel Agona as Palace Guard;
Mike Emperio as Sukarno;
Bernardo Nacilla as Dwarf;
Domingo Landicho as Hortono;
Hermino De Guzman as Immigration Officer