Search results
Summaries. Borneo, 1942: An American soldier escapes WWII and becomes the king of the headhunters in the jungle. Two British soldiers are parachuted into the area to find local support for the battle against the Japanese. An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader ...
After fleeing his Japanese captors in Borneo during World War II, American prisoner of war Learoyd hides out in the jungle, where he’s taken in by a tribe of headhunters who consider him sacred because of his intricate tattoos.
Released March 3rd, 1989, 'Farewell to the King' stars Nigel Havers, Frank McRae, Gerry Lopez, Nick Nolte The PG-13 movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 57 min, and received a user score of 59 (out ...
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 26, 2002. What is most interesting about Farewell to the King is its impulse to tell this story at all. It could so easily have become ridiculous, or merely ...
May 22, 2012 · Farewell to the King should have been John Milius' masterpiece. Harking back to Joseph Conrad and the days of high adventure so beloved of the writer-director, this WW2 tale of a deserter who becomes a king in Borneo only to lose everything fighting the Japanese and betrayed by the Allies, it seemed made to measure for his brand of bravado and myth making.
- DVD
Apr 13, 2023 · Farewell to the King is a 1989 American action adventure drama film written and directed by John Milius. It stars Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae, and ...
- 1 min
- 139
- Bygone Attractions
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.
