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21 January 1983 (USA)
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A Love Caught In The Fire Of Revolution more
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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. full summary | full synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 7 wins
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15 nominations
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(8 articles)
Gender-bending actors: Who makes the cut?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 2 September 2009, 3:00 AM, PDT)
10 Most Unforgettable Peter Weir Movies
(From The Movie Fanatic. 26 August 2009, 7:55 AM, PDT)
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 2 September 2009, 3:00 AM, PDT)
10 Most Unforgettable Peter Weir Movies
(From The Movie Fanatic. 26 August 2009, 7:55 AM, PDT)
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Despite some weaknesses, a strong movie
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mel Gibson | ... | Guy Hamilton |
 | Sigourney Weaver | ... | Jill Bryant |
 | Linda Hunt | ... | Billy Kwan |
 | Michael Murphy | ... | Pete Curtis |
 | Bill Kerr | ... | Colonel Henderson |
| Noel Ferrier | ... | Wally O'Sullivan |
| Bembol Roco | ... | Kumar |
| Paul Sonkkila | ... | Kevin Condon |
| Ali Nur | ... | Ali |
| Dominador Robridillo | ... | Betjak Man |
| Joel Agona | ... | Palace Guard |
| Mike Emperio | ... | Sukarno |
| Bernardo Nacilla | ... | Dwarf |
| Domingo Landicho | ... | Hortono |
| Hermino De Guzman | ... | Immigration Officer |
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115 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Argentina:Atp |
Iceland:16 |
South Korea:12 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
West Germany:16
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Factual errors: Billy Kwan should have the same type of dwarfism as his father, and yet his limbs and body are perfectly normal despite his small size.
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Billy Kwan:
I would have given up the world for her. You wouldn't even give up one story.
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Referenced in This Revolution (2005)
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Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
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Peter Weir's movie, set in Sukarno's Indonesia in 1965, can be seen as four films in one. The first is socio-political, focusing on the plight of the impoverished Indonesian people, the impending insurrection by the communist movement, and the bloody, chaotic aftermath of the coup. The second, coloured in Graham Greene-ish tones, has a cast of western journalists and diplomats failing to make sense of what's happening around them, and falling back on sex, drink and cynicism. The third - and most important in commercial-cinema terms - is a convincingly acted romance between rookie foreign correspondent Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) and British diplomat Jill Bryant (Sigourney Weaver), culminating in an unlikely and sentimental ending to the film.
But it is the fourth of these "sub-movies" which is the most intriguing; this concerns the diminutive and enigmatic Australian/Chinese photographer Billy Kwan, an astonishing - and Oscar winning - portrayal by actress Linda Hunt. Billy sees himself as a puppet-master, pulling the strings of friends and colleagues, particularly of Jill and Guy, whom he throws together. But his need to take control also motivates him to help local people, not through indirect and political means, but directly like an early Christian, and this apparently benign course leads to tragedy. Billy is the true heart and conscience of this film.
Weir is not entirely successful in weaving these strands together, and leaves a few gaps in both plot and characterisation. He is also occasionally guilty of melodrama (a fault which, in the movie, Jill warns Guy about), especially in the film's closing scenes - though certainly not where he shows communist sympathisers being shot, which is factual. On the whole, however, the movie works on both commercial and artistic levels, and should be seen.