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Farewell to the King

Farewell to the King

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 3, 1989

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

War, Adventure

User Score

60%

Original Title

Farewell to the King

Production Companies

Orion Pictures, Cine Location Services, David Hannay Productions, Film Plan Financing Number 1, Ruddy Morgan Productions, Southeast Asia Film Location Services Sdn. Bhd.

Director

John Milius

Budget

$16,000,000

Revenue

$2,420,917

Description

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.