The Year of living dangerously [videorecording] / Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Freddie Fields presentation ; a McElroy & McElroy production ; a Peter Weir film ; produced by James McElroy ; directed by Peter Weir ; screenplay by David Williamson, Peter Weir, C.J. Koch.
"From the novel by C.J. Koch". (Cf.: A year of living dangerously = Tahun "Vivere pericoloso" : independence day message / by H.E. President Sukarno. Djakarta : Dept. of Information, Republic of Indonesia, 1964 Aug. 17) "MV800243". Rated PG. Reissue of the "original motion picture version" released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. in 1982. VHS format. Mel Gibson (Guy Hamilton), Sigourney Weaver (Jill Bryant), Bill Kerr (Colonel Henderson), Michael Murphy (Pete Curtis), Linda Hunt (Billy Kwan), Noel Ferrier (Wally O'Sullivan). "Filmed in Manila, Philippines, Sydney, Australia, Artransa Park Film Studios, Mobbs Lane, Epping, Australia, Mort Bay Studios, Balmain, Australia".
Summary:
Guy Hamilton is an ambitious Australian reporter on his first overseas assignment and is befriended by a short Eurasian cameraman with connections in high places. Hamilton soon gains an entree to the rebel leaders, as well as insight into Jakarta's grim realities.
Indexed by:
Variety, 12/15/1982; Magill's cinema annual, 1984, p. 462-467; Film review annual, 1984, p. 1401-1420.
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