Movie
The Year of Living Dangerously
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1982-12-17
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- McElroy & McElroy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Freddie Fields Productions
- Country
- Australia, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Hermino De Guzman as Immigration Officer
- Ali Nur as Ali
Crew
- Peter Weir - Director
- Peter Weir - Screenplay
- C.J. Koch - Screenplay
- David Williamson - Screenplay
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