The Year of Living Dangerously poster
Director Peter Weir
Screenplay Peter Weir, David Williamson, C.J. Koch

The Year of Living Dangerously

Tagline: A love caught in the fire of revolution.

Release Date: 1982-12-17

Duration: 115 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Mel Gibson
    Guy Hamilton
  • Sigourney Weaver
    Jill Bryant
  • Linda Hunt
    Billy Kwan
  • Joel Lamangan
    Security Man No. 1
  • Bembol Roco
    Kumar
  • Michael Murphy
    Pete Curtis
  • Bill Kerr
    Colonel Henderson
  • Paul Sonkkila
    Kevin Condon
  • Cecily Polson
    Moira
  • Joonee Gamboa
    Naval Officer