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©2014
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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on the novel of the same title by C.J. Koch
Guy Hamilton, an ambitious Australian reporter on his first overseas assignment, is befriended by a Eurasian cameraman, Billy Kwan, with connections in high places. Hamilton soon gains an entree to Indonesian Communist Party leaders, as well as insight into Jakarta's grim realities on the eve of a major political upheaval
Was originally created as a motion picture in 1982
Includes theatrical trailer
Writers, David Williamson, Peter Weir, C.J. Koch ; director of photography, Russell Boyd ; film editor, William Anderson ; original music by Maurice Jarre
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Kerr, Michael Murphy, Linda Hunt, Noel Ferrier
Rated : PG
DVD ; Dolby digital mono ; region 4 PAL ; widescreen (16 x9), 2.35:1
Language options: English, French, Spanish; subtitle options: English, French, Spanish