The Year of Living Dangerously (movie)

The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1983 Australian American romantic drama movie. It was based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Koch. It is about a journalist Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson), who arrives in Jakarta, Indonesia, He has difficulty making contacts. He forms a friendship with dwarf photographer Billy Kwan (Linda Hunt), through whom he meets British diplomat Jill Bryant (Sigourney Weaver). Bryant falls for Hamilton, and she gives him key information about an approaching Communist uprising. As the city becomes more dangerous, Hamilton stays to pursue the story. However, he faces more threats as he gets closer to the government.

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Category:1983 war movies
Category:Australian drama movies
Category:Australian romance movies
Category:American romantic drama movies
Category:Movies based on books
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Category:Movies about coups d'état
Category:Movies set in the 1960s
Category:Movies set in Australia
Category:Movies set in Indonesia
Category:Movies directed by Peter Weir
Category:Movies composed by Maurice Jarre
Category:1983 romantic drama movies