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Farewell to the King

Movie (1989)

"In the midst of war, one man vanished into the jungle, and emerged as king."

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 ...

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Released:	Mar 3rd, 1989
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Farewell to the King Main Cast

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Nigel Havers
plays Capt. Fairbourne

Frank McRae
plays Sgt. Tenga

Gerry Lopez
plays Gwai

Nick Nolte
plays Learoyd

Marilyn Tokuda
plays Yoo

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Movie Goof (factual errors): When Faibourne flies to Morotai to get Gen. MacArthur's recognition of Learoyd as a king, Ferguson says the war in Europe has ended. In May 1945 MacArthur's headquarters was in the Philippines, and he had been a five-star general almost six months. In the film he wears four stars.
Movie Goof (audio/visual unsynchronized): According to Learoyd's narration, he kills Lian the Magnificent by striking him "in the heart," but the scene clearly shows him stabbing Lian in the lower side of his abdomen.
Movie Goof (audio/visual unsynchronized): Lian the Magnificent's lips don't match his words.
Movie Goof (continuity error): MacArthur is wearing sunglasses when he is first shown. Suddenly, he is not wearing glasses, and they are not visible in his hands or on his desk.

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