Journalism In The Movies - The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982)

Year of Living Dangerously, The - (Original Trailer)

Mel Gibson stars as an Australian journalist caught up in the 1965 Indonesian coup in The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982).

Year Of Living Dangerously, The (1982) -- (Movie Clip) The Tightrope Image

New man in 1965 Jakarta, Australian journalist Hamilton (Mel Gibson), with American colleague Curtis (Michael Murphy) and others (Noel Ferrier, Paul Sonkkila), at the palace of President Sukarno, failing to impress his bosses in Sydney, in Peter Weir's The Year Of Living Dangerously, 1982.

Year Of Living Dangerously, The (1982) -- (Movie Clip) We Are Divided Men

Savvy cameraman Billy (Linda Hunt) brings new pal Australian reporter Hamilton (Mel Gibson) to a club in 1965 Jakarta, introducing Brit officer Henderson (Bill Kerr) and diplomat Jill (Sigourney Weaver), just hints of political tension, in Peter Weir's The Year Of Living Dangerously, 1982.

Year Of Living Dangerously, The (1982) -- (Movie Clip) Most Of Us Become Children Again

Joining director Peter Weir's opening, Linda Hunt in her Academy Award-winning role, playing a guy and narrating as "Billy Kwan," covers the arrival of Australian newsman Hamilton (Mel Gibson), met by native Kumar (Bembol Roco), in 1965 Jakarta, in The Year Of Living Dangerously, 1982.