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{{short description|1982 Australian romantic political drama}} {{About|the 1982 film|the TV series on climate change|Years of Living Dangerously}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Year of Living Dangerously | image = Year of living dangerously.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Peter Weir]] | producer = [[Hal and Jim McElroy|James McElroy]] | screenplay = {{Plainlist| * [[David Williamson]] * Peter Weir * [[Christopher Koch|C.J. Koch]] }} | based_on = {{Based on|''[[The Year of Living Dangerously (novel)|The Year of Living Dangerously]]''<br>1978 novel|C.J. Koch}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Mel Gibson]] * [[Sigourney Weaver]] * [[Bill Kerr]] * [[Michael Murphy (actor)|Michael Murphy]] * [[Linda Hunt]] * [[Noel Ferrier]] }} | music = [[Maurice Jarre]] | cinematography = [[Russell Boyd]] | editing = [[William M. Anderson]] | production_companies = {{Plainlist| * [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] * [[Freddie Fields|Freddie Fields Productions]] * [[Hal and Jim McElroy|McElroy and McElroy]] }} | distributor = {{Plainlist| * [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM/UA Entertainment Company]] {{small|(US)}} * [[United International Pictures]] {{small|(International)}} }} | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1982|12|16}} | runtime = 114 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 114:33--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/year-living-dangerously-1970-3 | title=''THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY'' (PG) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=17 February 1983 | access-date=20 December 2015 | archive-date=22 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112230/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/year-living-dangerously-1970-3 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | country = {{plainlist| * Australia * United States * Philippines }} | language = {{Plainlist| * English * Tagalog * Indonesian }} | budget = [[Australian dollar|A$]]6 million<ref name="stratton2">David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p166-171</ref><ref name=Formica/> | gross = {{Plainlist| * A$2.9 million<ref name=ausbox/> * [[United States dollar|US$]]10.3 million<ref name=mojo/> }} }} '''''The Year of Living Dangerously''''' is a 1982 [[Romance film|romantic]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Peter Weir]] and co-written by Weir and [[David Williamson]]. It was adapted from [[Christopher Koch]]'s 1978 novel ''[[The Year of Living Dangerously (novel)|The Year of Living Dangerously]]''. The story is about a love affair set in [[Indonesia]] during the [[Transition to the New Order|overthrow]] of President [[Sukarno]]. It follows a group of foreign correspondents in [[Jakarta]] during the weeks leading up to the attempted coup by the [[30 September Movement]] in 1965. The film is considered one of the last in the [[Australian New Wave]] genre. The film stars [[Mel Gibson]] as Australian journalist Guy Hamilton, and [[Sigourney Weaver]] as British Embassy officer Jill Bryant. It also stars [[Linda Hunt]] as a Chinese-Australian man with dwarfism, Billy Kwan, Hamilton's local photographer contact, a role for which Hunt won the 1983 [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]].<ref name= "Worrell">{{cite magazine | last1 = Worrell | first1 = Denise | first2= Gerald | last2=Clarke | title = The Night off the Great Prom | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = 23 April 1984 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921697,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101029145951/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921697,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 29 October 2010 | access-date =24 May 2010 }}</ref> The film was shot in both [[Australia]] and the [[Philippines]] and includes Australian actors [[Bill Kerr]] as Colonel Henderson and [[Noel Ferrier]] as Wally O'Sullivan. It was banned from being shown in Indonesia until 2000, after the [[Fall of Suharto|forced resignation]] of coup-leader and political successor [[Suharto]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-11-mn-50398-story.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20Year%20of%20Living%20Dangerously,the%20Jakarta%20International%20Film%20Festival.&text=%E2%80%9CThe%20Year%20of%20Living%20Dangerously%E2%80%9D%20was%20the%20name,Sukarno%20himself%20gave%20to%201965. |title='Year' at Last Gets Its Day in Indonesia |date=11 November 2000|newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |last1= Paddock |first1=Richard C. }}</ref> The title ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' is a quote which refers to a famous [[Italian language|Italian]] phrase used by Sukarno: ''[[Vivere pericoloso|vivere pericolosamente]]'', meaning "living dangerously". Sukarno used the line for the title of his [[Independence Day (Indonesia)|Indonesian Independence Day]] [[:s:id:Tahun "Vivere Pericoloso"|speech of 1964]]. ==Plot== Guy Hamilton, a novice [[foreign correspondent]] for an [[Australia]]n TV network, arrives in [[Jakarta]] on assignment. He meets the close-knit members of the foreign correspondent community, including journalists from the [[United Kingdom|UK]], the [[United States|US]], and [[New Zealand]]; diplomatic personnel; and Billy Kwan, a photo-journalist and outlier in the journalist community. A [[Chinese Australians|Chinese Australian]] man with dwarfism, high intelligence, and moral seriousness, Kwan is deeply involved with and concerned for the people of Jakarta and their tribulations, even regularly providing for a destitute woman and her young son. Guy is initially unsuccessful as a journalist because his predecessor, tired of life in [[Indonesia]], had departed without introducing Guy to his contacts. He receives limited sympathy from the journalist community, which competes for scraps of information from [[Sukarno]]'s regime, the [[Communist Party of Indonesia]] (PKI), and the conservative, Muslim-dominated [[Indonesian National Armed Forces|Indonesian military]]. However, Billy takes a liking to Guy and arranges interviews for him with key political figures. Billy introduces Guy to Jill Bryant, a beautiful young assistant at the [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Jakarta|British embassy]]. Billy and Jill are close friends, yet Billy subtly manipulates her encounters with Guy. Since she is returning to the UK shortly, Jill initially resists Guy's attentions, but eventually they fall in love. When Jill discovers that the [[Chinese Communist Party|Chinese communists]] are arming the PKI in preparation for civil war, she passes this information to Guy, informing him that all foreigners will be in danger. She advises him to leave the country, but he uses the information to write about the communist rebellion that will occur when the arms shipment reaches Jakarta. Upset with Guy's lack of discretion and concerned it will lead back to Jill as the informant, Billy and Jill cut off contact with Guy; he is left with the American journalist Pete Curtis and his own assistant and driver Kumar, who is secretly a member of the PKI. Kumar, however, remains loyal to Guy, and tries to open his eyes to all that is going on. After the boy Billy had been caring for becomes ill and dies, Billy becomes despondent and disillusioned over Sukarno's failure to meet the needs of the Indonesian people. He hangs a banner with "Sukarno feed your people" from the [[Hotel Indonesia]] to express his outrage, but he is thrown from the window by security men and dies in Guy's arms. His death is also witnessed by Jill. Still pursuing his civil war scoop, Guy attempts to access the [[Merdeka Palace|presidential palace]] where, having learned of the communist shipment, the army generals have taken over and [[Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66|unleashed executions]]. Struck down by an army officer, Guy suffers a serious eye injury. Resting alone in Billy's bungalow, Guy recalls a passage from the [[Bhagavad Gita]], "all is clouded by desire", which Billy had recited to him. Kumar visits him and tells him about the failed coup attempt. Risking permanent damage to his eye, a bandaged Guy implores Kumar to drive him to the airport, where he boards the last plane out of Jakarta and is reunited with Jill. ==Cast== {{castlist| * [[Mel Gibson]] as Guy Hamilton * [[Sigourney Weaver]] as Jill Bryant * [[Bill Kerr]] as Colonel Henderson * [[Michael Murphy (actor)|Michael Murphy]] as Pete Curtis * [[Linda Hunt]] as Billy Kwan * [[Noel Ferrier]] as Wally O'Sullivan * [[Bembol Roco]] as Kumar * [[Paul Sonkkila]] as Kevin Condon * Ali Nur as Ali * Mike Emperio as [[Sukarno]] * Domingo Landicho as Hartono * [[Kuh Ledesma]] as Tiger Lily * [[Cecily Polson]] as Moira }} ==Production== ===Development=== A number of filmmakers were interested in buying the rights to [[Christopher Koch]]'s novel including [[Phillip Noyce]]. It was [[Peter Weir]] who was successful. Koch wrote an early draft but Weir was unhappy with it. [[Alan Sharp]] wrote three more drafts, then [[David Williamson]] was brought on to do several more drafts. Koch later came back on to work on some of the voice over, although he never spoke with Peter Weir. Koch later claimed that the final script was "55% Williamson/Weir, and 45% Koch".<ref name="koch">Christopher Koch, "Screenplay by...", ''Cinema Papers'', March 1983 p10</ref> The film was originally backed by the [[South Australian Film Corporation]] and the [[Australian Film Commission]], with international distribution arranged by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM/UA Entertainment Company]]. However, the SAFC then dropped out and Weir's agent suggested MGM provide the entire $6 million budget themselves, which is what happened.<ref name="stratton2"/><ref>{{cite news | title = Mel Gibson Has All Ingredients For Superstardom | author = Bob Thomas | publisher = [[Associated Press]] | date = 15 February 1983}}</ref> It was by far the most ambitious Australian film undertaken at the time and was one of the first co-productions between Australia and a Hollywood studio. ===Casting=== [[File:Linda hunt billy kwan year of living dangerously.png|thumb|Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan]] Dancer [[David Atkins]] was originally cast as Billy Kwan. However, during rehearsals Weir began to feel that the relationship between his character and [[Mel Gibson]]'s was not working so he decided to recast. Several actors auditioned, including [[Bob Balaban]] and [[Wallace Shawn]], when Weir saw a photo of [[Linda Hunt]]. He asked for her to audition and decided to cast her.<ref name="stratton2"/> Weir said on casting Hunt, "I never would have started out looking for a woman, [...] But from the moment I saw her test, I knew she was appropriate."<ref name="Hollie">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/13/movies/threats-to-living-dangerously-come-too-close-for-comfort.html|title=THREATS TO 'LIVING DANGEROUSLY' COME TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT|website=[[The New York Times]]|first=Pamela G.|last=Hollie|date=13 April 1982|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> To accomplish the role during production, Hunt shortened "her hair and dye[d] it black[,] wore padding around her waist, shaved her eyebrows, and carried something in her shirt pocket."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KwROAAAAIBAJ&pg=6522%2C3742512 |title=Size Is Small Problem for Hunt |first=Bertil |last=Unger |work=[[New Straits Times]] |date=15 January 1986 }}</ref> In her 1986 interview with ''[[Bomb (magazine)|Bomb]]'' magazine, Hunt agreed with the interviewer's remarks that Billy Kwan "is supra-personal [with] layers of sexual ambiguity[.]"<ref>{{cite interview |url=http://bombsite.com/issues/16/articles/791 |title=Linda Hunt |first=Linda |last=Hunt |subject-link=Linda Hunt |interviewer=Vincent Caristi and Craig Gholson |work=[[Bomb (magazine)|Bomb]] |date=Summer 1986 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316163916/http://bombsite.com/issues/16/articles/791 |archive-date=16 March 2013 }}</ref> ===Filming=== Although originally set to be filmed in [[Jakarta]], permission to film in [[Indonesia]] was denied, so the bulk of the film was shot in the [[Philippines]], in [[Manila]]'s [[Quiapo, Manila|Quiapo]] district and the [[Banaue Rice Terraces]]. Weir said, "All slums look alike, after all."<ref>Brad Newsham, Take Me with You: A Round-the-world Journey to Invite a Stranger Home, Traveler's Tales, 2000.</ref> Death threats against Weir and Gibson from Muslims who believed the film would be anti-Islam forced the production to move to Australia. The crew moved to Sydney in early April 1982 during its fifth week of the six-week Philippine shoot with only a few small scenes remaining. Filming in Australia took another six weeks.<ref name="Hollie"/> Gibson downplayed the death threats, saying, "It wasn't really that bad. We got a lot of death threats to be sure, but I just assumed that when there are so many, it must mean nothing is really going to happen. I mean, if they meant to kill us, why send a note?"<ref>{{cite news | title = An American from Kangaroo-land hops to the top | author = Davin Seay | publisher = Ampersand |date=February 1983}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube |id=Mzsz08GKhv0 |title=GTV 9 Don Lane Show, Interview with Peter Weir and Mel Gibson, 1982}} {{Dead link|date=June 2014}}</ref> Gibson described his character Guy, saying, "He's not a silver-tongued devil. He's kind of immature and he has some rough edges and I guess you could say the same for me."<ref>{{cite news | title = Mel Gibson: Australia's new hunk | author = Vernon Scott | publisher = [[United Press International]] | date = 24 February 1983 }}</ref> ===Music=== The original score is by [[Maurice Jarre]], and contains several period pieces, such as ''[[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]]'' and ''[[Long Tall Sally]]'' by [[Little Richard]], and ''[[Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On]]'' by [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]. The theme music, for which it is best-known, is ''[[Opéra sauvage#Track listing|L’Enfant]]'' by [[Vangelis]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086617/soundtrack/?ref_=tt_trv_snd soundtrack] at [[IMDb]]; retrieved 9 May 2024</ref> The character Billy Kwan has an appreciation of classical music, including a piece from "[[Four Last Songs]]" by [[Richard Strauss]]. ==Release== ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' opened in Australia on 16 December 1982 at Sydney’s Pitt Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.in70mm.com/library/70mm_in/australia/sydney/pdf/george_street.pdf|title=SYDNEY IN 70MM – PART 3 THE MULTIPLEX|access-date=26 April 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028085236/https://www.in70mm.com/library/70mm_in/australia/sydney/pdf/george_street.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was entered into the [[1983 Cannes Film Festival]] attended by Weir, Gibson and Weaver to promote it,<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1375/year/1983.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Forbidden Relations |access-date=17 June 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-date=1 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001090052/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1375/year/1983.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> where it was well received by audiences and critics. Gibson attended the festival during a break from filming ''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]'' in London.<ref name= "Dionne">{{cite news | last = Dionne | first = E.J. | title = Cannes Over, Films Face the Public | work = [[The New York Times]] | pages = 13 | date = 23 May 1983 }}</ref> ===Home media=== The film was released for sale or rental in Australia on [[VHS]] in 1984 and on [[LaserDisc]] in 1985 with a runtime of 117-minute cut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/year-living-dangerously-2|title=The Year of Living Dangerously Videotape|website=classification.gov.au|date=July 1984|access-date=26 April 2020|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031111815/https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/year-living-dangerously-2|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/year-living-dangerously|title=The Year of Living Dangerously LaserDisc|website=classification.gov.au|date=June 1985|access-date=26 April 2020|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031111907/https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/year-living-dangerously|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Warner Bros.]] released ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' in the United States on [[DVD]] in June 2000 with a [[theatrical trailer]] as the sole extra feature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/1738/year-of-living-dangerously-the/|title=The Year of Living Dangerously Warner Bros. DVD review|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> In 2002 it was issued on DVD in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/The-Year-of-Living-Dangerously-DVD/28204/|title=The Year of Living Dangerously] DVD United States Warner Bros. 1982|website=Blu-ray.com|date=6 June 2000|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/The-Year-of-Living-Dangerously-DVD/125412/|title=The Year of Living Dangerously DVD Australia Warner Bros.|website=Blu-ray.com|date=1 July 2002|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> ==Reception== ===Box office=== The film opened in Australia on 17 December 1982. Filmed on a budget of $6 million,<ref name=Formica>{{cite book|last1=Formica|first1=Serena|title=Peter Weir: A Creative Journey from Australia to Hollywood|date=2012|publisher=Intellect Books|location=Bristol, UK|isbn=978-1-84150-477-3|page=109|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEPyweFbjXEC&q=The+Year+of+Living+Dangerously+film+budget&pg=PA109|access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' grossed $2,898,000 at the box office in Australia.<ref name=ausbox>[http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf ''Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218045303/http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |date=18 February 2011 }}</ref> The film opened in the United States via [[limited release]] on 21 January 1983 before receiving a [[wide release]] on 18 February 1983. In its limited release opening weekend in the US, the film earned $35,000 from one theatre.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1983&wknd=03&p=.htm | title=The Year of Living Dangerously Weekend Box Office Results for January 21–23, 1983 | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] | date=24 January 1983 | access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> When released nationwide, the film ranked thirteenth in the box office grossing $1,716,040 on 690 theatres during the [[Washington's Birthday|Presidents' Day weekend]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1983&wknd=07a&p=.htm | title=The Year of Living Dangerously Weekend Box Office Results for February 18–21, 1983 | work=Box Office Mojo | publisher=Internet Movie Database|date=22 February 1983 | access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> In its sixth weekend since its limited opening (however, second nationwide release weekend), ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' made $1.2 million in 679 theatres (a total of $3,469,305 over that period), rising to eleventh.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1983&wknd=07a&p=.htm | title=The Year of Living Dangerously Weekend Box Office Results for February 18–21, 1983 | work=Box Office Mojo | publisher=Internet Movie Database | date=22 February 1983 | access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> It then made $932,370 on its seventh weekend (third nationwide) a 25.7% drop, and $802,753 on its eighth weekend across 290 screens—both finishing thirteenth.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1983&wknd=07a&p=.htm | title=The Year of Living Dangerously Weekend Box Office Results for February 18–21, 1983 | work=Box Office Mojo | publisher=Internet Movie Database | date=22 February 1983 | access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> After 49 weeks in theatres, the film would finish with a box office gross of $10.3 million.<ref name=mojo>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=yearoflivingdangerously.htm | title=The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] | access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> ===Critical reception=== On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an 88% rating based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's consensus states: "Both a smart, suspenseful tale of intrigue and a sweeping romance, ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' features excellent performances from Mel Gibson as a journalist and Sigourney Weaver as a staffer at the British Embassy in Jakarta during the political unrest in Indonesia."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/year_of_living_dangerously/ | title=The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Flixster]] | access-date=6 October 2024}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] reports a 65 out of 100 rating based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-year-of-living-dangerously | title=The Year of Living Dangerously reviews | publisher=[[Metacritic]]| access-date=20 December 2015}}</ref> Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film four out of four stars and praised Hunt's performance: "Billy Kwan is played, astonishingly, by a woman—Linda Hunt, a New York stage actress who enters the role so fully that it never occurs to us that she is not a man. This is what great acting is, a magical transformation of one person into another".<ref name= "Ebert">{{cite news | last = Ebert | first = Roger | title = ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date = 1 June 1983 | url = http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19830601/REVIEWS/50602001/1023 | access-date = 24 May 2010 | archive-date = 1 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121001212125/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19830601%2FREVIEWS%2F50602001%2F1023 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In his review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Vincent Canby]] praised Gibson's performance: "If this film doesn't make an international star of Mr. Gibson (''[[Gallipoli (1981)|Gallipoli]]'', ''[[Mad Max 2|The Road Warrior]]''), then nothing will. He possesses both the necessary talent and the screen presence".<ref name= "Canby">{{cite news | last = Canby | first = Vincent | author-link=Vincent Canby | title = ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = 21 January 1983 | url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9951A0C0173BF932A35750C8BF67 | access-date =24 May 2010 }}</ref> However, [[Richard Corliss]] of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' wrote, "But in his attempt to blend his preoccupations with the plot of C. J. Koch's 1978 novel, Weir has perhaps packed too much imagery and information into his movie ... The plot becomes landlocked in true-life implausibilities; the characters rarely get a hold on the moviegoer's heart or lapels".<ref name= "Corliss">{{cite magazine | last = Corliss | first = Richard | title = Waist-Deep in the Big Money | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = 17 January 1983 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951890,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080612215805/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951890,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 12 June 2008 | access-date =24 May 2010 }}</ref> In his review for the ''[[Washington Post]]'', Gary Arnold described the film as "a grievously flawed yet compelling tale of political intrigue, certainly a triumph of atmosphere if not of coherent dramatization".<ref name= "Arnold">{{cite news | last = Arnold | first = Gary | title = Tale of Political Intrigue Is Flawed but Compelling | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]| pages = C1 | date = 18 February 1983 }}</ref> ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine called the film "an annoying failure because it fritters away so many rich opportunities".<ref name= "Newsweek">{{cite news | title = Our Man in Jakarta | work = [[Newsweek]] | pages = 66 | date = 24 January 1983 }}</ref> Weir was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the 1983 [[Cannes Film Festival]] and Hunt won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]].<ref name=Formica/> ===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Award ! Category ! Subject ! Result |- | [[56th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]] | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | [[Linda Hunt]] | {{won}} |- | rowspan="12"| [[1983 Australian Film Institute Awards|Australian Film Institute Awards]] | [[AACTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]] | [[Hal and Jim McElroy|Jim McElroy]] | {{nom}} |- | [[AACTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] | [[Peter Weir]] | {{nom}} |- | [[AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]] | [[Mel Gibson]] | {{nom}} |- | [[AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] | Linda Hunt | {{won}} |- | [[AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] | [[Christopher Koch]], Peter Weir and [[David Williamson]] | {{nom}} |- | [[AACTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] | [[Russell Boyd]] | {{nom}} |- | [[AACTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] | Terry Ryan | {{nom}} |- | [[AACTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] | [[William M. Anderson]] | {{nom}} |- | [[AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score|Best Original Music Score]] | [[Maurice Jarre]] | {{nom}} |- | [[AACTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]] | [[Wendy Stites]] and Herbert Pinter | {{nom}} |- | [[AACTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]] | Jeanine Chiavlo, Peter Fenton, Lee Smith and Andrew Steuart | {{nom}} |- | [[Australian Film Institute Jury Prize|Jury Prize]] | Peter Weir and Linda Hunt | {{won}} |- | [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1983|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]] | [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | Linda Hunt | {{won}} |- | [[1983 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] | [[Palme d'Or]] | Peter Weir | {{nom}} |- | [[Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos|Cinema Writers Circle Awards]] | colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film | {{won}} |- | [[41st Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]] | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]] | rowspan="6"| Linda Hunt | {{nom}} |- | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | {{won}} |- | [[1983 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]] | [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | {{won}} |- | [[National Board of Review Awards 1983|National Board of Review Awards]] | [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | {{won}} |- | [[1983 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]] | [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | {{draw|3rd Place}} |- | [[1983 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]] | [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] | {{won}} |- | [[36th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]] | [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Drama – Adapted from Another Medium]] | David Williamson, Peter Weir and C.J. Koch | {{nom}} |} ==See also== * [[Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966]] * [[Examples of Yellowface]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb title|0086617|The Year of Living Dangerously}} * [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-year-of-living-dangerously-am23501 ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' at AllMovie] * {{TCMDb title|id=96371}} * {{Mojo title|yearoflivingdangerously|The Year of Living Dangerously}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|year_of_living_dangerously|The Year of Living Dangerously}} * {{Metacritic film|title=The Year of Living Dangerously}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150729/http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/year-of-living-dangerously ''The Year of Living Dangerously''] at Oz Movies {{Peter Weir}} {{David Williamson}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Year Of Living Dangerously, The}} [[Category:1980s historical romance films]] [[Category:1982 films]] [[Category:1980s Tagalog-language films]] [[Category:1980s Indonesian-language films]] [[Category:1982 romantic drama films]] [[Category:Australian historical romance films]] [[Category:Australian romantic drama films]] [[Category:Films scored by Maurice Jarre]] [[Category:Films about journalists]] [[Category:Films based on Australian novels]] [[Category:Films directed by Peter Weir]] [[Category:Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award–winning performance]] [[Category:Films set in 1965]] [[Category:Films set in Australia]] [[Category:Films set in Indonesia]] [[Category:Films set in Jakarta]] [[Category:Films set in Manila]] [[Category:Films set in Sydney]] [[Category:Films set in the Philippines]] [[Category:Films shot in Australia]] [[Category:Films shot in Manila]] [[Category:Films shot in Sydney]] [[Category:Films shot in the Philippines]] [[Category:Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966]] [[Category:Transition to the New Order]] [[Category:Films about photojournalists]] [[Category:Films about coups d'état]] [[Category:1980s English-language films]] [[Category:English-language romantic drama films]]
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