The Year of Living Dangerously

The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 film directed by Peter Weir and written by C. J Koch (from his novel), Weir, and David Williamson.

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1982 - Peter Weir - C. J Koch - David Williamson

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The film is a complicated psychological plot set in Indonesia during the overthrow of the rule of President Sukarno. It stars Mel Gibson as an Australian journalist, Sigourney Weaver as a British Embassy officer, and Linda Hunt as Gibson's local contact, a (male) photographer (for which role she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress).

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Indonesia - Sukarno - Mel Gibson - Sigourney Weaver - Linda Hunt - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

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The story follows a group of expatriate journalists in Jakarta before and around a supposed coup attempt by the Communist Party of Indonesia on September 30, 1965. These events were pivotal in shaping the modern History of Indonesia.

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Communist Party of Indonesia - September 30 - History of Indonesia

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The film was banned in Indonesia until 1999.

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The title of the film The Year of Living Dangerously, is a quote and refers to a famous Italian sentence made by Sukarno; vivere pericoloso, which was supposed to mean "living dangerously". Sukarno popularized this sentence in a speech in 1965.

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Italian - Sukarno - 1965

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