Farewell to the King
Farewell to the King
PG-13
6.0
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1989

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117m

Farewell to the King

Summary

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.

Director, Screenplay

John Milius

Novel

Pierre Schoendoerffer

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$16,000,000.00

Revenue:

$2,420,917.00

Keywords

guerrilla warfare
paradise
island
shipwreck
desertion
world war ii
infantry
u.s. navy
tribe
borneo
jungle