The Year of Living Dangerously
A love caught in the fire of revolution.
Country
Production
Budget
$6 000 000
Box office
$13 200 000
Director
Actors
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr, Noel Ferrier, Bembol Roco, Paul Sonkkila, Domingo Landicho, Kuh Ledesma
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Jim McElroy, Freddie Fields
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Anni Browning
Audition
Alison Barrett
Editing
William M. Anderson, Mark Egerton
Whole Team (43)
Whole Team (43)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The majority of the film was shot in the Philippines.
- In addition to the music of Maurice Jarre, the film features compositions by Vangelis ("L«Enfant") and several rock and roll and blues songs: "Whole Lotta Shakin» Goin» On" (Jerry Lee Lewis), "Be Bop A Lula" (Gene Vincent), "Ain»t That Lovin' You Baby" (Jimmy Reed), "Long Tall Sally" and "Tutti-Frutti" (Little Richard).
- Director Peter Weir cast Linda Hunt in the role of Billy Kwan when he was unable to find a male actor who could play the part as he envisioned.
- Until 1999, the film was banned in Indonesia due to its frank depiction of the events surrounding Suharto's rise to power (1921-2008). The first screening in Indonesia took place on November 6, 2000, two years after Suharto was forced to abdicate after 32 years of sole rule.
- Filming was initially planned for Jakarta, but news arrived that a ban had been placed on filming in Indonesia, and production had to be moved to the Philippines, near Manila. Filming in Manila itself stalled for 3 weeks due to threats against the film crew. It is alleged that the threats were directed at Mel Gibson and Peter Weir, who were accused of making a film that would supposedly be anti-Islamic. To complete filming, the production had to move to Sydney. The film turned out to be very expensive to produce.
- A significant portion of the non-English dialogue in the film is spoken not in Javanese, but in Filipino. When Billy visits the home of a deceased child in the slums, an old man recites the "Our Father" in Tagalog (one of the main languages of the Republic of the Philippines).
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Casting calls in USA
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