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Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 The Year of Living Dangerously
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Film Details - McElroy and McElroy , 1982

Producers:

James McElroy.

Production Companies:

McElroy and McElroy and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

Director of Photography:

Russell Boyd.

Editors:

William M. Anderson.

Music:

Maurice Jarre.

Cast:

Including Mel Gibson (Guy Hamilton), Sigourney Weaver (Jill Bryant), Linda Hunt (Billy Kwan), Michael Murphy (Pete Curtis), Bill Kerr (Colonel Henderson), Noel Ferrier (Wally O'Sullivan), Bembol Roco (Kumar), Paul Sonkkila (Kevin Condon), and Ali Nur (Ali).

Release Dates:

17 December 1982 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in The Phillipines (including Metro Manila, Luzon) and Australia (Artransa Park Film Studios, Mobbs Lane, Epping).

Awards:

  • Best Achievement in Cinematography (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
  • Jury Award (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
  • Best Original Music Score (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
  • Best Film (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
  • Best Director (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
  • Best Actor in a Lead Role (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
  • Best Achievement in Sound (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
  • Best Achievement in Production Design (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
  • Best Achievement in Editing (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
  • Best Achievement in Costume Design (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
  • Palme d'Or (nomination), Cannes Film Festival, 1983.
  • CEC Award (Best Foreign Film: Mejor Película Extranjera), Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, 1984.
  • Also attracted a number of acting awards and nominations for supporting actress Linda Hunt, including an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe nomiantion.
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    Indonesia,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1960s
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