The Year of Living Dangerously
The Year of Living Dangerously

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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 Bill... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Year of Living Dangerously:

Mel Gibson
Sigourney Weaver
Linda Hunt
Michael Murphy
Bill Kerr
Noel Ferrier

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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.

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Associated Press - 10/10 by Bob ThomasMemorable in Gallipoli and Road Warrior, Mel Gibson establishes his leading-man status.
Washington Post - 9/10 by Gary Arnold[A] grievously flawed yet compelling tale of political intrigue, certainly a triumph of atmosphere if not of coherent dramatization.
MovieMartyr.com - 8/10 by Jeremy HeilmanA rousing and sharp look at a land that's far from our own in more ways than one.
Antagony & Ecstasy - 8/10 by Tim BraytonIts flaws are unmistakable and some of its beats a little bit rote, but this is much more daunting and daring than it appears, maybe even more than it realises.
Spirituality and Practice - 8/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatWeir's movies are open-ended, stylish dramas that engage our senses, psyche, and wonder.
Time Out - 7/10 by Rod McShaneA curiously languid affair, rather than the breathless Costa-Gavras-style thriller which was the least one might have expected from this kind of material.
Variety - 6/10 by Variety StaffWeir and his crew expertly recreate the squalor, poverty, noise, heat and emotion of the pressure cooker that was Indonesia in 1965.
User Review - 10/10 by Ryan Jxzq 22754's other reviews > 5.0 Stars This was a great film. I wish they showed more of the uprising (or any at all) during the finale when the KPI (is that right?) started revolting etc. It would have added more tension to the climax. But still it's a beautifully shot film, as well as great acting from Gibson, Weaver, and definitely LINDA HUNT. She was amazing, and her narration was the best part of the film. I really enjoyed it. Definitely check this out!
User Review - 10/10 by Andrew SSuperb period piece that shows us what the Cold War looked like on the ground in Indonesia. In the background, a seemingly progressive President who shows promise of making the government serve the impoverished majority, but who will soon be replaced by an anti-communist general and his Western backers in a coup that spells the death of a half a million Indonesians. Seen through the eyes of an Indonesian, Billy Kwan (Linda Hunt), and an Australian reporter, Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson), we get delicious characterizations of the dying British empire via a pompous British intelligence officer (Bill Kerr) and his cynical assistant, Jill Bryant (Sigourney Weaver), and of the up and coming US empire, via the morally obtuse journalist, Pete Curtis (Michael Murphy). While Billy teaches Guy how to see the rank poverty and oppression all around him, Guy is pulled in the other direction by his desire for Jill. Further complicating the story, Guy deals with issues of journalistic ethics (how close should he get to the story, how far should he go to get the "truth?"), and Billy, increasingly horrified and furious at the poverty around him, and dimwitted Westerners seemingly oblivious to it, keeps trying to answer Tolstoy's question "What then must we do?" Like Billy, we come away from the movie knowing that there are no easy answers to that question.
User Review - 10/10 by Augustine HOne of the best films about love, lush and intriguein an unusal setting. (Name another film set in Indonesia. Any? No there aren't.) Great film making.

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