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Farewell to the King is a 1989 American action adventure drama film written and directed by John Milius. It stars Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae, and Gerry Lopez and is loosely based on the 1969 novel L'Adieu au Roi by Pierre Schoendoerffer. Longtime Milius collaborator Basil Poledouris composed the musical score.
Mar 3, 1989 · Nick Nolte stars as an American soldier who becomes the king of the headhunters in Borneo and fights against the Japanese. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1989 action drama.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- John Milius
- 1989-03-03
Nick Nolte stars as a World War II soldier who becomes the king of a Pacific island tribe and resists the Japanese invasion. Roger Ebert praises Nolte's performance and the film's philosophical themes, but criticizes its predictable plot and action scenes.
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- John Milius
- PG-13
- 117 min
Farewell to the King. After escaping from imprisonment by Japanese forces, American soldier Learoyd (Nick Nolte) takes shelter in the remote wilderness of Borneo. When Learoyd encounters a...
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- John Milius
- PG-13
- Nick Nolte
Farewell To The King. During WWII, an Army deserter becomes the leader of a tribe in Borneo. His goal: to protect his people from the atrocities of the Japanese and the lies of the British. 396 IMDb 6.2 1 h 54 min 1989. PG-13.
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Oct 5, 2012 · An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war...
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