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The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 romantic drama film directed by Peter Weir and co-written by Weir and David Williamson. It was adapted from Christopher Koch's 1978 novel The Year of Living Dangerously. The story is about a love affair set in Indonesia during the overthrow of President Sukarno.
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The Year of Living Dangerously: Directed by Peter Weir. With Linda Hunt, Mel Gibson, Bembol Roco, Domingo Landicho. 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.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Peter Weir
- 1983-02-18
“The Year of Living Dangerously” is a wonderfully complex film about personalities more than events, and we really share the feeling of living in that place, at that time. It does for Indonesia what Bogdanovich’s “Saint Jack” did for Singapore.
The Year of Living Dangerously. When journalist Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) arrives in Jakarta, Indonesia, he has difficulty making contacts. He forms a friendship with dwarf photographer Billy...
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- Peter Weir
- PG
- Mel Gibson
Jan 28, 2004 · Year of Living Dangerously, The - (Original Trailer) Mel Gibson stars as an Australian journalist caught up in the 1965 Indonesian coup in. , 1982, with TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz and guest Anderson Cooper. Two American journalists get more than they'd bargained for during an Indonesian revolution.
- Peter Weir
- Mel Gibson
Banned in Indonesia for nearly 20 years after its release, Peter Weir's 1983 political melodrama THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY (TYLD) remains the only film in existence set during the failed Communist revolution of 1965 which swept corrupt dictator Sukarno out of office only to replace him with the equally corrupt Suharto.
Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people, and also falls in love with a British national.
