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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.
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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- John Milius
- 1989-03-03
Nick Nolte stars as a WWII veteran who becomes the king of a Pacific island tribe and resists the war. Roger Ebert praises his performance and the film's philosophy, but criticizes its plot and action.
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After escaping from imprisonment by Japanese forces, American soldier Learoyd (Nick Nolte) takes shelter in the remote wilderness of Borneo. When Learoyd encounters a primitive tribe out in the ...
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- John Milius
- PG-13
- Nick Nolte
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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 story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling.
PG-13. Adventure · Drama · Ambitious · Heartwarming. This video is currently unavailable. to watch in your location. Details. 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.