The Year of Living Dangerously
1982 · 115 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 23,742 VOTES · DIR. Peter Weir
Overview
Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people, and also falls in love with a British national.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,100 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:08 Dossier H-10: Hamilton, Guy.
00:05:25 Most of us become children again when we enter the slums of Asia.
00:09:09 When a thought crosses your mind, it's been on the shortest trip in Jakarta.
00:13:18 excluding one with Sukarno, who would it be?
00:15:46 He lets the Communists have arms, and we'll have a civil war here tomorrow.
00:18:01 Here we are. Come on.
00:21:47 That's the real Jakarta.
00:24:24 - Colonel Ralph Henderson. - How are you?
00:27:02 Come on, Colonel. Keep pace.
00:32:41 - Christ, what do we do now? - I think we get out.
00:35:45 - I keep files on everybody. - What for?
00:41:28 Anglo-Saxons are better in the tropics
00:46:10 I'm glad you did. It's been a high-wastage day.
00:49:49 He thinks the world of you.
00:53:04 It's green stuff.
00:58:04 Any regrets?
01:05:29 I must be mad.
01:11:35 You can't use this.
01:18:34 You're P.K.I., aren't you?
01:22:06 - Take it easy. - Out!
01:27:48 Tell them that he says, "Eat rats!"
01:32:50 719, please.
01:41:17 - Take me to Billy Kwan's. - Okay, boss.
01:45:33 Means something one cannot ever have.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,100
Dialogue density9.6 lines / min
First line00:02:08
Final line01:45:33
Production Record
DirectorPeter Weir
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue$1,300,000
IMDb votes23,742