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Farewell to the King (1989)
Directed by John Milius
“In the midst of war, one man vanished into the jungle, and emerged as king.”
War, Adventure · 1h 57m
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
Cast
Nick Nolte
Nigel Havers
Marilyn Tokuda
Frank McRae
Gerry Lopez
James Fox
Marius Weyers
John Bennett Perry
Aki Aleong
Wayne Pygram
Crew
- Director
- John Milius
- Screenplay
- John Milius
- Novel
- Pierre Schoendoerffer
- Director of Photography
- Dean Semler
- Original Music Composer
- Basil Poledouris
- Editor
- Anne V. Coates
- Producer
- Albert S. Ruddy, Andre Morgan
Details
- Release date
- 1989-03-03
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- War, Adventure
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Orion Pictures, Cine Location Services, David Hannay Productions, Film Plan Financing Number 1, Ruddy Morgan Productions, Southeast Asia Film Location Services Sdn. Bhd.
- Budget
- $16,000,000
- Box office
- $2,420,917