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English. Budget. $16 million [2] [3] Box office. $2,420,917. 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.
- $16 million
- Basil Poledouris
- 3 March 1989
- Andre Morgan, Albert Ruddy
Mar 3, 1989 · Farewell to the King: Directed by John Milius. With Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae, Gerry Lopez. Borneo, 1942: An American soldier escapes WWII and becomes the king of the headhunters in the jungle. Two British soldiers are parachuted into the area to find local support for the battle against the Japanese.
- John Milius
- 2
- 1 min
Farewell to the King. Roger Ebert March 03, 1989. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The opening image in “Farewell to the King” shows a man walking out on World War II. His lifeboat has been washed ashore on a tropical island somewhere in the Pacific, and while his fellow survivors are captured and executed by the Japanese, he ...
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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
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- 117 min
Summaries. Borneo, 1942: An American soldier escapes WWII and becomes the king of the headhunters in the jungle. Two British soldiers are parachuted into the area to find local support for the battle against the Japanese. An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader ...