Farewell to the King (1989) - full transcript
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.
( lion roars )
*...
HE'D DEAD.
HE'S DEAD.
LIGHTS!
IT'S A VILLAGE!
NO, NO!
THAT'S JAPANESE!
THERE'S NO CHOICE!
NO, I'VE HAD ENOUGH--
BATAAN, CORREGIDOR...
YOU WERE WRONG!
WE'RE FREE NOW!
WE'RE FREE--
FREE TO GO OUR OWN WAYS.
( men in distance
shouting in foreign language )
( horse snorts )
( gunshot )
Male narrator:
BORNEO...
FOR MOST OF YOU,
BORNEO DOESN'T EXIST--
AN IMAGINARY NAME
ON A MAP,
LIKE TIBET
OR TIERRA DEL FUEGO--
THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
BUT I KNOW THE ISLAND EXISTS.
YOU SEE, I WAS THERE,
NEAR THE END OF
THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
MY WAR...MY YOUTH.
I WAS A BOTANIST BEFORE.
I'VE BEEN A BOTANIST
EVER SINCE.
THAT'S WHY THEY CHOSE ME,
I SUPPOSE.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS
TRAINED ME.
I WAS TO HELP LEAD THE TRIBES
AGAINST THE JAPANESE.
BUT I DIDN'T LEAD THEM,
REALLY.
NO...THAT WAS SOMEONE ELSE.
I KNEW HIM.
HE WAS THE LAST KING
OF BORNEO.
IT'S ALL RIGHT
TO TELL HIS TALE NOW.
THE WIND HAS SWEPT AWAY
THE STENCH OF THE CORPSES,
AND ALL THAT WE REMEMBER
IS THE FLAIR OF OUR YOUTH.
DAMN!
( grunting )
TENGA, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
TENGA!
YES, SIR.
I DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE
BROKEN ANYTHING, SIR.
YOURSELF, SIR?
WELL, I'M UPSIDE-DOWN.
YES, SIR.
USE YOUR KNIFE.
YES, SIR.
UNH! UNH!
Tenga:
SORRY ABOUT THAT, SIR.
PERUTE?
PUNAN?
KENABIT?
NAAAH.
COMANCHE.
HE'S A COMANCHE, SIR.
HE SPEAKS ENGLISH.
I COMANCHE.
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST, SIR.
TOWARDS THE CENTER
AND UP...
INTO THE MIDDLE
OF BORNEO.
I'LL TAKE THE FIRST WATCH.
Tenga: YES, SIR.
WELL, GOOD NIGHT, SIR.
GOOD NIGHT,
TENGA.
( laughter )
WHAT THE HELL'S
GOING ON, TENGA?!
( natives
laughing )
( natives
excitedly chattering )
HE'S A WHITE MAN,
BY GOD...
HE'S AS WHITE
AS WE ARE.
MY NAME IS FAIRBOURNE.
I'M A BRITISH
SERVING OFFICER.
NOW, WHY HAVE
YOU DONE THIS?
( fires gun;
natives cheer )
OH, MY GOD.
AS I SAID BEFORE,
I'M A BRITISH SERVING OFFICER.
MY NAME IS CAPTAIN
NIGEL FAIRBOURNE.
THIS IS SERGEANT LIONEL TENGA,
MY RADIO MAN.
I'M WITH ZED-FORCE,
SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
THE JAPANESE
ARE LOSING THE WAR,
AS WELL AS THE GERMANS.
OUR SIDE IS WINNING.
AM I RIGHT, TENGA?
RIGHT, SIR.
THANK YOU.
GENERAL MacARTHUR
IS BACK IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THE AUSTRALIANS WILL BE
LANDING SHORTLY TO RECAPTURE--
I MEAN...LIBERATE THIS COUNTRY.
I HAVE THE TASK
OF ORGANIZING RESISTANCE
AMONGST THE TRIBES.
Tenga: WE NEED
YOUR HELP, SIR.
THE WIND HAS VEERED
TO THE WEST AGAIN.
THE BRITISH WILL BE BACK.
( thumps )
LEAROYD.
I AM LEAROYD.
WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED
AT THIS HOUSE,
THEY WANTED TO
SELL MY HEAD TO THE JAPANESE.
BUT I DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT IT.
I HAD TO LEARN THEIR LANGUAGE
LIKE A CHILD.
THEY KNOW A LITTLE ENGLISH.
IT'S SACRED, RELIGIOUS.
I HAD TO EXPLAIN THAT
YOU WERE IN THE SPIRIT COUNTRY.
MY PEOPLE ARE THE SONS
OF THE FIRST MAN
LIVING BY THE LAW
OF THE ANCIENTS.
( speaking tribal language )
ALL WE MEN ARE FREE.
I HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE SPIRITS.
I DIED ONCE...
I HAD TO.
I HAD TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING...
EVEN THE WILL TO LIVE.
IT STARTED IN APRIL OF '42,
JUST BEFORE THE FALL
OF CORREGIDOR.
WHEN MacARTHUR SKIPPED OUT,
SOME OF US FIGURED
IT WAS TIME TO GO, TOO.
I REMEMBER THE WAVES,
GIANT WAVES...
MEN DROWNED.
JAPS KILLED OTHERS.
I ALONE ESCAPED.
I LEFT THE COASTAL PLAINS
AND I WANDERED INLAND,
AND THEN I CAME TO WHERE
THE REAL JUNGLE BEGINS.
( gasping )
I WAS SUFFOCATED
BY THE TREES,
I LONGED FOR THE SKY,
BUT I WAS FREE.
HA HA HA HA!
HA HA HA HA!
FREE TO DO WHAT?
AAAH!
AAAAH! AAAH!
( whimpering
and screaming )
( crying )
HE HAD BEEN HUNTING,
AND HE CAUGHT NOTHING--
ONLY ME.
( Learoyd screaming )
IT WAS GWAI WHO
BROUGHT ME HERE.
OF COURSE, IT WAS THIS DRAGON
TATTOOED ON MY CHEST
THAT PROBABLY SAVED ME.
I GOT IT IN MANILA ONE NIGHT
WHEN I WAS DRUNK.
LIAN THE MAGNIFICENT
WAS ALL FOR SELLING MY HEAD
TO THE JAPS.
HE HAD A BUNCH OF HOTHEADS
WITH HIM,
AND THEY WERE
ALL STEAMED UP.
THEY WERE RUNNING
THESE PEOPLE DOWN.
( yelling in
tribal language )
IT WAS THE WOMEN
WHO STOPPED HIM.
THEY WERE FASCINATED
BY MY EYES.
THEY SAID MY EYES
WERE LIKE THE SEA.
THE SEA MEANS SALT,
AND HERE, SALT IS LIFE.
( crying )
HER NAME WAS YOO...
GWAI'S SISTER.
IT WAS SAID,
FROM WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD
SHE WAS BORN TO RULE.
BOOA.
BOOA. BOOA.
SMACKEE.
( giggles )
SMACKEE.
MMM.
BOOA.
NO, MOONSHINE.
MOONSHINE.
MOONSHINE.
TOORAK.
I LIVED WITH THE FOREST
LIKE AN ANIMAL.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MY LIFE,
I WAS TRULY FREE.
MEN HERE DREAM OF GODS
AND STRIKE NOBLE ATTITUDES.
THEY WANT TO RIVAL
THE HEROES OF THE PAST,
THE TIME OF RAJAH BROOKE
AND THE DAYS OF HIGH
ADVENTURE.
FOR THEM, IT IS A MAN
THAT COUNTS, NOT LIFE.
( speaking tribal language )
Lian: AAAAHH!
AAAAH!
HEEYAH!!!!
HEEYAH!!!!
WE FOUGHT FOR
OVER AN HOUR.
LIAN THE MAGNIFICENT
WOUNDED ME SEVEN TIMES.
I STRUCK HIM IN THE HEART.
OHHHH!!!!
I TOOK HIM TO HIS MOTHER.
WE ALL MOURNED HIM.
HE WAS A BAD MAN,
BUT THEY ALL REMEMBERED
THE LITTLE BOY
WHO PLAYED IN
THIS LONGHOUSE.
( children laughing )
MY CHILDREN--COMANCHES.
YOU CALL THEM
COMANCHES?
YES, THEY REMIND ME
OF INDIANS, YOU KNOW.
ONLY NOT LIKE
THEY ARE IN THE STATES--
LIKE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY.
I WON'T HAVE MY PEOPLE
SELLING COCHINA DOLLS AND BEADS
BY THE GRAND CANYON,
AT SOME TRAIN.
MY COMANCHES WILL
REMAIN COMANCHES--
FREE MEN, HEAD-HUNTERS.
GO ON, THEN.
WHAT WAS THAT?
YOU'RE REALLY QUITE SOMETHING,
AREN'T YOU?
MANY PEOPLE
FROM THE LONGHOUSES CAME.
THEY CAME FROM THE BLACKLANDS,
AND ALSO FROM THE REDLANDS
WHERE THE SPIRITS HAD FLED.
SIX BUFFALOES WERE
SLAUGHTERED AND EATEN.
IT LASTED FOR
THREE WHOLE DAYS,
AND THEN ON THE THIRD DAY,
I SPOKE.
I TOLD YOU, MEN DREAM OF GODS,
BUT YOU MUST FIND THE WORDS
TO FIRE THE DREAM.
I SPENT A WHOLE YEAR
LEARNING THE WORDS.
( tribal language )
( natives shout
affirmation )
( playing native music )
WELL, I GUESS IT WAS TIME
I GOT MARRIED.
( natives cheering)
( all singing
in English )
I BROUGHT THEM
THE JOY OF SONG
AND THE FELLOWSHIP
OF THE ROUND TABLE.
I HAD UNITED 22 LONGHOUSES,
FORGED A NEW NATION.
AND, WELL, I...
I GUESS I--
I'D BECOME KING.
AND I GUESS
I BECAME KING.
IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT YOU DO,
I'LL NEVER GO BACK.
WHAT IS IT YOU WANT?
IN THE NORTH...
THE AMERICANS ARE BOMBING
THE SULU PIRATES.
IN THE SOUTH
ARE THE TEAMS LIKE MINE,
ORGANIZING
THE DAYAKS OF SARAWAK.
THERE'LL SOON BE
GENERAL HOSTILITIES
IN BORNEO.
THE AUSTRALIANS
ARE GOING TO LAND.
( snoring )
NO ONE HAS EVER
CONTROLLED BORNEO
FROM WITHIN.
THE JAPANESE,
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE,
HAVE ONLY INHABITED
THE RIM.
BUT WHEN WE INVADE,
WE WILL DRIVE THEM
INTO THE CENTER.
WHAT WILL YOUR KINGDOM
BE WORTH THEN?
YOU CAN NO LONGER
AVOID HISTORY.
THIS IS THE FOREST
OF THE SPIRITS.
IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS
FOREVER.
( click )
IT'S A REAL
HANGOVER MORNING,
EH, SIR?
THE GREAT MOUNTAIN
OF THE DEAD.
BEYOND IS THE PLAIN
OF ELEPHANTS,
AND AFTER THAT
THERE'S THE SEA.
THEY'LL HAVE TO
LEAVE US A WAY
TO THE SEA.
WHO, THE JAPANESE?
NO, THE OTHERS,
THE REST OF THE WORLD.
AFTER THE WAR.
WE NEED SALT
FROM THE SEA.
WHAT'S LIFE WITHOUT
A LITTLE SALT, EH?
AS I SAID,
YOU CAN NO LONGER
AVOID HISTORY.
LOOK, WHEN I SAID
I WAS A DESERTER,
I MEANT IT.
I QUIT YOUR WORLD,
AND YOUR WAR.
THIS IS A BETTER WORLD
I LIVE IN.
THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR WAR--
I'M THEIR KING,
AND I DON'T WANT THEM
TO KNOW.
IT'S ALMOST OVER ANYWAY--
YOU CAN FINISH IT WITHOUT ME.
AND THE JAPANESE?
THE JUNGLE'S A BIG PLACE!
THEY'LL WANDER AROUND
TILL THEY DIE
OR SOMEBODY FINDS THEM.
BUT IT WON'T BE ME!
FIGURE IT THIS WAY--
YOU'RE LUCKY--I COULD
SELL YOUR HEADS TO THE JAPS.
( tribal language )
WELL, TENGA.
YES--WELL, SIR.
YOU DO HAVE TO
SEE IT HIS WAY, SIR.
I MEAN, HE REALLY
DOESN'T NEED WORLD WAR II,
SIR.
YES, BUT WORLD WAR II
NEEDS HIM.
HE JUST DOESN'T
BLOODY WELL UNDERSTAND,
THAT'S ALL.
YOU KNOW, SIR,
THIS PLACE IS NOT HALF BAD
IF THE SUN WOULD COME OUT.
OLD LEAROYD MIGHT
KNOW WHAT HE'S UP TO, SIR.
WATCH IT, SERGEANT.
DON'T LET THIS LIFE
SEDUCE YOU.
REMEMBER,
YOU'RE BRITISH.
NO, SIR.
I'M AFRICAN, SIR.
KIKUYU--THE KING'S
AFRICAN RIFLES.
ALMOST A SAVAGE.
YOU'RE BRITISH,
SIR.
HA HA HA!
SECTOR HANNIBAL.
THIS IS SECTOR ONE
ACKNOWLEDGING END
OF TRANSMISSION.
OVER AND OUT.
"AS FAR AS
YOUR MAD AMERICAN,
"MAKE USE OF HIM
AS NECESSARY,
BUT ARRANGE EARLIEST
POSSIBLE EVACUATION."
WE CAN EXPECT THAT,
EH, LIONEL?
YES, SIR.
CAN'T HAVE ANY KINGS,
SAVE THE ONE IN LONDON, SIR.
DO YOU THINK SHE
UNDERSTOOD US, SIR?
YES.
MAYBE NOT THE WORDS,
BUT...
SHE UNDERSTOOD.
( rooster crows )
GOOD MORNING,
SIR.
GOOD MORNING,
SIR.
All:
GOOD MORNING, SIR!
I HOPE YOU KNOW, SIR,
THOSE ARE THE LARGEST BOOTS
IN ALL OF ASIA.
AND PERHAPS THE WORLD,
FOR THAT MATTER.
GOOD MORNING, LADIES!
GOOD MORNING, SIR!
GOOD MORNING, SIR!
GOOD MORNING, SIR!
( commotion in distance )
( all shouting )
I'LL BE DAMNED.
( machine-gun fire )
( screaming )
( coughing )
YOU!
YEAH, YOU!
YOU DID THIS
WITH YOUR RADIO!
YES, WE HAVE A RADIO.
YOU KNOW THAT.
THE JAPS HEARD IT!
THEY KNOW YOU'RE HERE!
WELL, MORE OR LESS.
IF WE CAN HEAR THEM,
THEY CAN HEAR US.
AND IF WE STAY ON
A BIT TOO LONG,
THEY CAN TRIANGULATE,
AND, I SUPPOSE...
WE STAYED ON TOO LONG.
LOOK--I'M SORRY.
IT'S SIMPLE, THEN.
I KILL YOU
AND BREAK YOUR RADIO!
THEY'LL JUST
SEND ANOTHER MAN
WITH ANOTHER RADIO.
LISTEN, YOU CAN NO LONGER
AVOID HISTORY!
I'M SORRY!
I'VE SAID THAT!
IT'S NOT HISTORY!
THE WORLD'S SO FULL OF CRAP,
SOONER OR LATER
YOU'RE GONNA STEP IN IT.
YOU CALL THAT HISTORY?
IT WON'T GO AWAY.
YOU'VE GOT SOME FEATHERS
IN YOUR HAIR.
I WANT A DEAL.
( woman crying )
A TREATY.
AN AMBASSADOR
WITH A SASH--
THE WHOLE BANANA!
WHO'S THE BOSS?
COLONEL FERGUSON'S
ZED-FORCE.
NO, NO, NO--
THE KINGFISH, THE BIG GUY!
THE BANANA! TOP GUY!
THAT'LL BE MacARTHUR.
YOU EXPECT ME TO MAKE A DEAL
WITH THE GUY THAT RAN OUT ON ME?
HE CAME BACK.
OH, WELL,
I'LL FORGIVE HIM.
HE'LL BE GRATEFUL.
YES, I'LL BET SO.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
FREEDOM.
TO BE LIKE WE ARE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
GUNS, SO THEY CAN'T
TAKE THE FREEDOM AWAY.
I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
AND GRENADES, MORTARS AND MINES,
SO THEY CAN'T
TAKE THE GUNS AWAY!
YES, I'LL SEE
WHAT I CAN DO.
NO TREATY, NO WAR!
OH, YOU'LL DO IT, ALL RIGHT.
YOU'LL DO IT.
I KNOW YOU BOSSES.
YOU MADE US HUNGRY.
YOU HURT US.
WORST OF ALL,
YOU HURT OUR FEELINGS.
I KNOW, BECAUSE
I WAS IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
I WAS A RENEGADE.
I WAS IN JAIL.
HELL...I WAS A COMMUNIST!
IF YOU WERE A COMMUNIST...
HOW CAN YOU BE A KING?
ONLY A COMMUNIST
WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF IT.
I WOULDN'T STAY IN THERE
TOO LONG,
THAT'S WHERE THE PIGS SHIT.
AH, PARACHUTES.
PARACHUTES!
( cheering )
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
KNOCKED 'EM IN THE AISLES,
EH, YOUR MAJESTY?
THEY WERE PROMISED
AN ARRIVAL FROM THE SKY.
THEY'VE SEEN IT,
THEY ARE CONTENT.
SHE WANTS TO TOUCH 'EM
TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE NOT GHOSTS.
I'M LEAROYD.
THIS IS MY DAUGHTER.
DAVE COONITZ, DEMOLITION--
DYNAMITE DAVE.
I'M AN AMERICAN
LIKE YOURSELF. O.S.S.
WHERE YOU FROM, DAVE?
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA.
LITTLE TOWN
JUST NORTH OF LOS ANGELES.
LOTS OF ORANGE TREES.
CALIFORNIA--
MUST BE NICE.
OH, IT IS, SIR.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
DOROTHY LAMOUR?
OH, MAMA!
SHE MUST BE SOMETHING, HUH?
OH, SHE IS, SIR.
I MEAN, YOUR MAJESTY.
I ASKED FOR
FIRST-RATE NCOs
AS ADVISORS
SO THAT YOUR
PERSONAL AUTHORITY
COULD GRADUALLY REPLACE
LEAROYD'S POWER.
OH, YOU MEAN
THE KING, SIR?
HE SEEMS A GOOD BLOKE.
IS HE...
REALLY A KING?
FOR NOW, HE IS A KING.
YOUR NAME, SERGEANT?
CONKLIN, SIR.
TEAM SERGEANT.
BRETT ARMSTRONG.
HEAVY WEAPONS.
DYNAMITE DAVE,
DEMOLITION.
AMERICAN?
O.S.S.
STRETCH LEWIS, MATE.
HOW ARE YA?
SERGEANT LIONEL TENGA,
MY RADIO MAN.
I WANT TO STRESS
FROM THE START
THAT WE REPRESENT
GREAT BRITAIN HERE--
THE CIVILIZED WORLD
AND ALL THAT IT ENTAILS.
WE'RE BRINGING
MODERN WARFARE
TO THESE SAVAGES--
THIS IS A HEAVY
RESPONSIBILITY.
SIR?
YES.
WHAT'S THE DEAL
ON THE WOMEN?
ARE THEY FREE?
NOW YOU'RE TALKIN'!
( explosions in distance )
ARTILLERY--
BOY, THAT'S SOMETHING.
DO YOU THINK
THEY CAN GRASP IT?
OH, YES,
IT'S QUITE SIMPLE, SIR.
IT'S LIKE
THEIR BLOWPIPES--
ONLY BIGGER.
TEACH THEM THAT,
AND THEY WON'T BE SAVAGES
ANY LONGER, WILL THEY?
YOU'VE GOT THAT
WELL ORGANIZED,
HAVEN'T YOU?
( chuckles )
Fairbourne:
OUR DAYS PASSED.
AND THEN, AN INCIDENT
AT OLSANGER'S LONG HOUSE.
YOU WANT BURUNDI?!
Conklin:
WHAT IS IT?
IT CAN GO OFF LIKE THIS
AT ANY TIME.
IF A GIRL HAS A CHILD,
AND SHE DIES,
THEN THEY KILL THE BABY.
NOW, A GIRL FROM
THIS VILLAGE HERE,
SHE HAD THE CHILD,
SHE HAD A SON.
AND SHE DIED.
WHAT'S THE FUSS?
WHY ARE THEY MOVING APART?
BECAUSE THE FATHER
IS FROM OUR VILLAGE.
HE'S A NOBLE,
AN ARISTOCRAT.
HE TOOK THE GIRL, SHE DIED.
NOW, IF THEY KILL HIS SON...
IT WILL START A FEUD,
A BLOOD FEUD.
WHO IS THE FATHER?
MY BROTHER...
GWAI.
( thunder rumbles )
WHERE IS THE CHILD?
BRING ME THE CHILD!
NIANAK!
NIANAK!
( fires rifle )
ANAK!
Fairbourne: THESE LAWS
DO NOT APPLY TO ME,
AND I COME FROM FAR AWAY.
SO I CAN KILL THE CHILD...
AS IS THE WAY.
( baby crying )
AKU!
MOONA ANAK!
( cocks pistol )
ANANATAH!
ANAKAKU!
MY CHILD.
THIS IS MY CHILD.
( speaking tribal language )
WHY WOULD YOU
HAVE KILLED THIS BABY?
WHY?
WHY WOULD YOU
HAVE LET ME?
I'VE SEEN YOU DO
ALL MANNER OF THINGS.
BUT NOW...
I SEE YOU'RE KING.
( crying )
( thunder )
Conklin: DO YOU THINK
HE'S SLEEPING WITH HER?
Fairbourne: NO, NO.
HE SAYS HE LOVES HIS WIFE,
AND I BELIEVE HIM.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF BEING KING
IF YOU CAN'T HAVE THE GIRLS?
HE CAN HAVE
ANYTHING HE WANTS,
NO DOUBT.
WELL, A MAN IS A MAN.
YOU KNOW HIM
AS WELL AS I DO.
I THINK HE'S
HIDING SOMETHING
FROM US.
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING.
( speaking tribal language )
YOU HAVE NO WIVES.
SHE'S GOING TO
KEEP YOU WARM AT NIGHT.
SHE SAYS YOU WOULD ENJOY
THE LUSTER OF HER THIGHS
AND THE LOVING TEXTURE
OF HER BELLY.
THAT IS,
IF YOU'RE NOT TOO TIRED.
DID SHE REALLY
SAY THAT?
WELL, YOU'RE
TWISTING MY ARM,
SIR.
THERE'S NO GREATER PLEASURE
THAN A WOMAN'S LOVE.
NO, NO.
AS YOU ONCE TOLD ME,
WAR MUST BE CHASTE
AND THE WARRIOR PURE.
I SAID THAT?
MM-HMM.
I DON'T TRUST A MAN
WHO CAN TURN AWAY
FROM THE HIPS AND THIGHS
FASHIONED BY THE SPIRITS.
BUT YOU DO. WHY?
MAYBE IT'S
THE OLD MORALITY.
I LOVE MY WIFE.
YOU'LL GO WITH
ONE OF THESE WOMEN...
IN TIME.
DO YOU TRUST ME?
YES.
IF I HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN
THE GOOD OR BAD IN A MAN,
I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THE GOOD.
THE WARRIOR KING, HMM?
NO, YOU'RE THE WARRIOR.
I'M JUST THE KING.
WHAT DO YOU SEE
UP THERE?
ALTAIR...
THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
THERE'S SOMETHING HERE--
SOMETHING YOU'RE
NOT TELLING ME.
I'LL SHOW YOU...
IN TIME.
WE MUST SEE THE JAP--
OPERATIONS DEMAND IT.
OR HOW ELSE AM I TO KNOW
THEY'RE REALLY OUT THERE?
OH, THEY'RE OUT THERE,
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA SPLIT UP.
ONE OF US WILL FIND A JAP
ON THE RIVER SOMEWHERE.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS,
WE'RE GONNA MEET UP
AT THIS OPEN SPOT--
GRID COORDINATE 32 WEST
BY 16 NORTH.
YOU'LL HAVE TO WRAP YOUR BOOTS.
IF THE JAPS SEE THOSE PRINTS,
THEY'LL BOMB US AGAIN FOR SURE.
I'D RATHER GO BAREFOOT.
DAMN BRITISH STOICISM.
I'D HAVE YOU CARRIED
UPSIDE-DOWN ON A POLE
IF I WANTED.
AND I SHOULD--
YOU'VE GOT MALARIA.
( voices in distance )
A JAP, BY GOD.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE.
HE'S GOT A RIFLE, TOO.
AND A LONG BAYONET.
NASTY.
I THINK YOU OUGHT
TO HAVE A LOOK, CONKLIN.
NO, THANK YOU, SIR.
I'VE SEEN QUITE ENOUGH
OF THEM BEFORE.
MY GOD.
HE'S PISSING IN THE RIVER.
JUST LIKE ONE OF US...
JUST A MAN.
I'VE GOT TO GET
A CLOSER LOOK--
I'VE SIMPLY GOT TO
GET A CLOSER LOOK.
GET THE HELL OUT!
( gunfire )
( bullets ricochet )
HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN HERE?
QUITE A WHILE, SIR.
AND YOU?
THE SAME.
HE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN HERE BY NOW.
IF WE WAIT MUCH LONGER,
THEIR PATROLS WILL BE HERE.
NO.
WE'RE NOT GOING BACK
WITHOUT HIM.
HE'S JUST LOST.
HE HAS MALARIA.
WAIT HERE.
KEEP EVERYBODY
UNDER COVER.
I'LL BE BACK SOON.
( yelling in Japanese )
( gunfire continues )
TENGA.
HOW LONG HAVE I--
GOD, I CAN'T
REMEMBER A THING.
THREE DAYS, SIR.
MALARIA.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TAKING
YOUR QUININE, SIR.
VERY BAD.
SOMETHING'S HAPPENED--
I CAN FEEL IT.
WELL, IT'S STARTED,
SIR.
WHAT'S STARTED?
THE WAR.
THEY'VE LANDED
AT TARAKAN.
JUST AN AUSSIE BRIGADE--
JUST A BEACHHEAD--
BUT IT'LL GROW, SIR.
STIRRED UP
A HORNET'S NEST
THEY DID, SIR.
I'LL BET IT DID.
LEAROYD--
WHERE'S LEAROYD?
YOU SAVED MY LIFE.
I FOUND YOU.
IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE ME.
WHO'S VIVIENNE?
YOU KEPT MENTIONING
HER NAME.
SHE'S MY FIANCéE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU WOULDN'T.
I SAID I NEVER TRUSTED A MAN
WHO HAD NO WOMAN.
I WAS BEGINNING TO
WORRY ABOUT YOU!
I'LL GET YOU WHAT YOU WANT.
SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE YOU.
WHY NOT?
BECAUSE YOU'RE WHITE.
SO ARE YOU.
WHEN I CAME HERE
I WANTED TO REMAKE THE WORLD.
I DID. I REMADE MY WORLD,
BUT I CANNOT REMAKE YOURS.
I'LL BE BACK...
WITH THE TREATY.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
I CAN TRUST.
I KNOW.
( speaking tribal language )
LIFE.
LIFE, ENGLISH.
DON'T START THE WAR
WITHOUT ME.
YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME.
I'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH.
BUT I'M STILL JEALOUS OF YOUR
JUNGLE AND YOUR HEAD-HUNTERS.
IT'S NOT FAIR,
YOU HAVING ALL THE FUN.
FUN? YOU THINK
THAT'S FUN?
I SUPPOSE YOU STILL
THINK YOU'RE TARZAN,
DO YOU?
AND YOU THINK YOU'RE
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA,
I'M SURE.
( laughs )
ALL RIGHT,
SAY A PRAYER.
RIGHT.
( starts engine )
AAH!
NOW, WHAT ABOUT
THESE SAVAGES?
THIS WHOLE THING--
YOU'VE REALLY DONE IT!
YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TIME
YOU RADIOED IN,
FERGUSON THOUGHT
THEY'D LANDED ON YOUR HEAD!
IT'S NOT FAR
FROM THE TRUTH.
HE DOESN'T
THINK THAT NOW,
DOES HE?
OH, NO, HE'S
VERY PROUD OF YOU.
BUT THIS SO-CALLED KING--
IT DISTURBS HIM.
WHAT'S HE LIKE?
HE IS A KING--
A REAL KING.
IS HE YOURS?
HITLER'S DEAD.
THE WAR IN EUROPE'S OVER--
WE HEARD IT YESTERDAY.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
HOW DO YOU FEEL REALLY?
YOU'VE DONE
A HELL OF A PIECE
OF SOLDIERING,
BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT.
IF YOUR AMERICAN
BELIEVES HE'S A KING,
THEN HE'S MAD.
AND IF YOU BELIEVE HIS FANTASY,
THEN YOU'RE MAD.
WORSE THINGS
HAVE HAPPENED, SIR.
YES. YES, THEY HAVE.
VIVIENNE'S LIKE A DAUGHTER,
AND YOU'RE LIKE A SON TO ME.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SONS
I HAVE TRAINED
AND DROPPED IN SOME
GODFORSAKEN JUNGLE
NEVER TO COME BACK?
SHOW ME THAT RESPECT,
OR AT LEAST PRETEND TO.
TELL ME ABOUT
THESE COMANCHES.
WELL, SIR, THERE ARE
ABOUT 600 OF THEM.
AND THEY FIGHT
OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL,
DEPENDING ON THEIR MOOD.
MOOD?
YES.
SOMETIMES AN ENTIRE MILITIA
CAN JUST...
MARCH OFF IN
A FIT OF NOSTALGIA
TO VISIT SOME ANCIENT VALLEY.
MAKES PERFECT SENSE
IF YOU'RE OUT THERE--
IT'S VERY HARD
TO UNDERSTAND
IF YOU'RE NOT.
YES, YES. SO?
AN ARMY AFTER
MY OWN HEART, SIR.
OH, STOP IT.
OH, YOU CAN BUILD THEM
ROADS AND BRIDGES...
YOU CAN LOVE THEIR WOMEN--
SIRE THEIR CHILDREN, EVEN.
YOU CAN LEARN FROM THEM.
BY GOD, YOU CAN LEARN.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO STAY BRITISH.
IT'S NOT CONTEMPT--
IT'S A LINE OF CONDUCT.
YOU'LL NEVER BE ONE OF THEM.
NO LONGER ONE OF US, EITHER.
PEOPLE NEVER SEE YOU
THE SAME AGAIN...
DEAD LEAF.
YOU KNOW THAT ONE FINE DAY
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
BETRAY THEM.
IT HAPPENED TO YOU, SIR,
DIDN'T IT?
YOU'VE GOT TO STAY BRITISH.
Fairbourne:
WHAT WAS IT, SIR?
FOR ME,
IT WAS ONLY A GIRL.
BUT I SAW INDIA
THROUGH HER.
I SAW THINGS
THAT VERY FEW WHITE MEN--
OR ANY MEN,
FOR THAT MATTER--
WILL EVER SEE.
I LOVED THE EAST.
I WAS NEVER THE SAME AGAIN.
BUT IT WAS ONLY A GIRL--
I WAS NO KING.
THEN WE HAVE TO
PUT IT TO MacARTHUR.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
HE WAS HERE?
I TOLD HIM HE WAS HERE TO
OBSERVE THE LANDINGS AT BRUNEI.
WELL, SEEMS LIKE
IT'S OUT OF MY HANDS.
WHICH IS JUST AS WELL,
BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY
WANT IT ON MY HANDS.
( marchers counting cadence )
GENERAL SUTHERLAND, SIR!
THIS IS GENERAL SUTHERLAND,
THE SUPREME COMMANDER'S
CHIEF OF STAFF.
COLONEL FERGUSON, SIR,
COMBINED SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
CLOAK AND DAGGER, HUH?
WELL, I'M SORRY
TO SAY, COLONEL,
THAT THE GENERAL JUST DOESN'T
HAVE ANY TIME RIGHT NOW
FOR KINGS OR TREATIES
WITH MYTHICAL EMPIRES.
ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY
IT'S CERTAINLY
ENTERTAINING
AND ROMANTIC.
MacArthur:
ARE YOU THE FELLAS
WHO'VE GOT THE KING?
YES, SIR,
WE DO!
WELL, DICK...
YES, SIR!
BRING THEM IN.
YES, SIR.
KING?
YES, SIR.
WHAT DOES HE WANT?
WELL, SIR, HE WANTS FREEDOM.
THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT,
ISN'T IT?
FREEDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE, SIR.
AND A GUARANTEE
THEY CAN REMAIN AS THEY ARE.
HE WANTS AN ALLIED PROMISE
TO PROTECT THAT RIGHT, SIR.
ANY PAPERS?
THERE ARE ALWAYS PAPERS.
OH, YES, YES.
I'VE GOT THEM RIGHT HERE.
I HAD A...
HAD A TREATY DRAWN UP.
SIR!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO
ANY MORE OF THIS NONSENSE, SIR.
THIS ISN'T NONSENSE, DICK,
THIS IS HISTORY.
HISTORY IS WRITTEN
BY UNUSUAL MEN.
SOME WHO EVEN
BECOME KINGS,
AND SOME WHO MAKE
NO MORE MARK
THAN THAT OF A STONE
THROWN INTO AN OCEAN.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE...
WELL, WE JUST
DON'T KNOW, DO WE?
BUT CAPTAIN,
IF YOU SAY HE'S A KING,
THEN I'LL GO ALONG WITH IT.
I'LL SIGN THESE TREATIES
AS SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER
OF THE PACIFIC FORCES.
AND IF YOUR KING WERE HERE,
I'D KNEEL BEFORE HIM
AND OFFER HIM MY SWORD.
IF I HAD A SWORD.
HAVE COPIES MADE,
HANDLE THIS AS YOU WOULD
DEALINGS WITH
ANY OTHER SOVEREIGN.
YOUR COPIES WILL BE
RETURNED IN THE MORNING,
CAPTAIN.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, SIR,
I'VE GOT SOME COPIES HERE.
YES. YES, YOU WOULD.
THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH INDEED, SIR.
IT'S NOTHING.
BESIDES, YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE
UNTIL I SIGNED, WOULD YOU?
CAPTAIN....
YOU REMIND ME
OF MYSELF.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
AND LET ME KNOW
HOW THINGS GO IN THE KINGDOM.
GOOD DAY, NOW.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
HE'S JUST A MAN
LIKE ANY OTHER.
HE'LL NEVER HAVE TO
THINK OF IT AGAIN.
HISTORY WILL
WASH HIS HANDS...
NOT YOURS.
( natives excitedly chattering )
WELCOME BACK, SIR.
THANK YOU.
YOU'VE LANDED
IN AN UPROAR, SIR.
YOU'LL SEE.
HOW'S MISS VIVIENNE
AND THE OLD MAN,
SIR?
SHE'S FINE, TENGA,
SHE'S JUST FINE.
A PRESENT FROM MORATAI.
DID YOU MISS ME?
OF COURSE, SIR.
THINGS WEREN'T THE SAME.
SERGEANT CONKLIN GOT IN
A TERRIBLE ROW WITH HIS WIVES.
WIVES?
( men shouting )
WHAT IS THIS?
REFUGEES, SIR.
MORE COME EVERY DAY.
THERE'S BEEN AN UPRISING
ON THE COAST.
THE JAPANESE HAVE BEEN
QUITE BRUTAL, SIR.
( Conklin yelling
at woman in tribal tongue )
Conklin: HI, CAPTAIN,
HOW WAS YOUR TRIP?
Tenga: THERE'S NO
CONTROLLING HIM, SIR.
Fairbourne:
I'VE BEEN AWAY
FOR THREE DAYS
AND YOU'RE ACTING
LIKE SCHOOLCHILDREN!
( natives singing )
WELL...
I GUESS I OWE YOU
MORE THAN I CAN SAY.
DON'T BE FOOLED.
IT'S ONLY A BIT OF PAPER.
THEY'VE BROKEN
A TREATY OR TWO BEFORE,
YOU KNOW.
NO, NO, IT'S YOU--
YOU DID THIS FOR ME.
NOT MacARTHUR,
NOT YOUR SPECIAL FORCES
OR THE ALLIES
OR YOUR WHOLE
GODDAMN EMPIRE.
YOU DID THIS FOR ME!
FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
OH...
NOW GO TO SLEEP.
LIFE, ENGLISH.
LIFE, RAJAH.
SO THIS IS THE PASS
OF THE CLOUDS, HMM?
I SAID I'D SHOW YOU SOMEDAY.
GOLD? JEWELS?
NO, SOMETHING BEYOND
ALL THAT CRAP.
THE PASS OF THE CLOUDS.
THERE! THERE!
THERE ARE THE PUNAN!
THEY'RE CALLED
THE HONEY GATHERERS.
WE CALL IT
VALLEY OF THE CHILDREN.
THEY'RE STONE AGE!
YES!
THEY DON'T KNOW
OF POSSESSIONS.
THEY HAVE NO WORD
FOR JEALOUSY OR GREED.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
INCREDIBLE, ISN'T IT?
WHY DO YOU
BRING US HERE?
IF YOU FOLLOW THE GORGE
OF THE PEDASS RIVER
AND THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS,
YOU END UP HERE.
GO THROUGH THEIR CAVES,
AND OUR WHOLE VALLEY
IS AT YOUR FEET.
AND YOU'RE AFRAID
THE JAPS--
I'M NOT AFRAID
OF THE JAPS,
I'M AFRAID OF ANYBODY!
I WANT YOU TO
RIG THEIR CAVES
WITH DYNAMITE.
AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS...
WE BLOW IT.
THEY CAN STILL
COME THROUGH THE JUNGLE,
LIKE YOU DID.
NO ONE WOULD
WANT IT THAT BAD.
WE CONTROL THE JUNGLE.
IT'S HERE--DYNAMITE.
SO NO ONE WILL GET IN--EVER.
SO IT'LL BE HERE
FOR ALL OF US.
SPOKEN LIKE A FREE MAN.
( all chuckling )
Fairbourne:
SO ENDED OUR DAYS OF PEACE...
PERHAPS SOME OF
THE HAPPIEST OF MY LIFE.
THEN WITH
THE NORTHWESTERLY MONSOON
GATHERING BEFORE US,
CAME OUR DAYS OF WAR.
Fairbourne: THE DEATH AGONY
OF THE JAPANESE ARMY IN BORNEO
WAS AS SAD AS
THE SINKING OF A GREAT SHIP.
BULLETS, EXPLOSIVES,
POISONED ARROWS,
MEN STUMBLING
THROUGH THE NIGHT,
MUMBLING INCOHERENTLY.
HUNGER--MEN EATING WEEDS,
LEECHES, INSECTS...
AND EACH OTHER.
DESPAIR, MADNESS.
FOR ME, FOR US,
THE SAME PERIOD
WAS AS THRILLING
AS A CAVALRY CHARGE...
MAY GOD FORGIVE US.
FIRE!!!
( men screaming )
ADVANCE...
THE COLORS!
COMPANY, DOUBLE-TIME!
SIMPAT.
WHAT'S HE GOT THERE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT'S A REGRESSION.
BARBARIC.
OH, COME ON, SIR.
IT'S GOOD FOR THE LONGHOUSE.
BESIDES, IT'S ALSO
AN ACCURATE WAY TO KEEP COUNT.
( explosions )
Fairbourne:
THE WAR IS GETTING CLOSER.
Conklin:
THEY SLIPPED THROUGH
THE WHOLE 9th DIVISION.
FROM THE BEGINNING
THE NIPPERS MOVED
WITH A PURPOSE.
HERE FROM TARAKAN,
UP THIS GORGE,
IN THE KRAKA RANGE.
BUT THAT'S NOT OUR CONCERN.
OUR CONCERN IS MORE IMMEDIATE.
THE PHANTOM COLUMN--
THE PHANTOM COLONEL.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THESE HAVE CHOSEN
NOT TO DIE.
THEY FIGHT LIKE GENGHIS KHAN,
DESTROY EVERYTHING
IN THEIR PATH--NO PRISONERS.
THEY STILL WEAR FULL UNIFORMS,
WEAPONS....
THEY EVEN SEEM WELL-FED.
AND THEY MOVE
AS FAST AS WE DO.
HOW?
I DON'T KNOW, SIR.
BUT WE'LL KNOW
SOON ENOUGH.
THEY'RE COMING OUR WAY.
THEY SAY THE COLONEL--
THE PHANTOM COLONEL--
RIDES A HORSE.
A HORSE?
A WHITE HORSE?
I DON'T KNOW, SIR.
THEY SEEM TO BE
COMING FROM HERE TO--
WHAT'S THIS PASS CALLED?
PASS OF THE CLOUDS.
PASS OF THE CLOUDS.
( thunder rumbling )
IT IS THE TIME OF FEAR.
THE SOUTHWESTERLY WIND
BRINGS DEATH.
IT IS THE WIND
OF THE FLIES.
Learoyd: WHO SAYS THAT?
GWAI.
HE SAYS THAT IT WILL END
WHEN THE NORTHWESTERLY WIND
RETURNS.
EVERYTHING ENDS.
YES, EVERYTHING ENDS.
EVEN ME.
DON'T LET THIS WIND
COME HERE TO US...
TO OUR PEOPLE.
FORGET THIS WAR.
THIS WAR IS FOR EVIL MEN.
SEND HIS OTHERS ON.
LET THEM HAVE
THE WIND OF THE FLIES.
THE WIND IS TOO STRONG.
THE TREES CANNOT
STAND IN THE WIND,
I MUST HOLD THEM UP.
IT IS THE ONLY GOOD THING
MAN CAN DO.
MEN DREAM.
YES.
YOU'LL BE HERE TO TRY.
BUT HE IS A STRANGER--
HE'S NOT ONE OF YOU.
WHAT DID SHE SAY?
SHE SAYS SHE WANTS
TO BE JUST LIKE YOU.
NO, NO, NO, NO.
YOU MUST NOT BE LIKE ME.
YOU MUST BE
MUCH, MUCH MORE--
NOT LIKE ME.
Conklin:
THEY'RE AN HOUR AHEAD.
Learoyd:
THEY KILLED EVERYONE HERE,
DIDN'T THEY?
( moans )
WHAT IS IT, TENGA?
WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, SIR.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THEY'RE DEAD, SIR.
THEY ARE ALL DEAD, SIR!
THEY'VE BEEN MASSACRED, SIR!
THEY'RE BONES...
JUST BONES, SIR.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, TENGA?
THEY'RE EATIN' THE DEAD.
THEY AIN'T STARVIN'.
CANNIBALS.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING.
THAT'S HOW THEY'RE LIVING.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE AFTER.
THEN WE MUST DESTROY THEM--
EVERY ONE OF THEM,
BY GOD.
EVERY ONE.
NO QUARTER ASKED
OR GIVEN.
( thunder rumbling )
( whispers order
in tribal language )
ALL RIGHT, GET DOWN.
( thunder crashes )
( thunder )
( men screaming;
gunfire; explosions )
AAAH!
GET OFF OF ME!
Fairbourne: THEY'VE GONE.
WE'VE GOT TO
GET TO THE LONGHOUSE!
THEY'VE GONE.
THEY'VE GONE TO
THE PASS OF THE CLOUDS--
I FEEL IT! I KNOW IT!
WE'VE GOT TO BLOW THE PASS!
THEY'VE KILLED EVERYONE!
EVERYONE'S DEAD,
MY WHOLE CREW!
THEY CAN MARCH
MUCH FASTER THAN WE CAN.
WE'VE GOT TO
BE THERE BY NOON!
( both yelling )
THEY'VE BROKEN THROUGH!
WE'VE GOT TO GET
TO THE LONGHOUSE!
( explosion )
BLOW IT!
( explosions )
GET 'EM OUT!
GO! GO!
BLOW IT!
GET OUT OF HERE!
GET OUT OF HERE!
DAMNIT!
BLOW THE SON-OF-A-BITCH!
GET THE HELL
OUT OF HERE!
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!
YOU HAVE TO GO!
YOU WANT ME TO THROW ROCKS?
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
GET OUTTA HERE! SCRAM!
GO ON, MOVE! SCRAM!
VAMOOSE!
UNH!
WE'VE GOT TO GET
TO THE LONGHOUSE!
STOP, WOULD YOU?!
COME ON!
WE'VE LOST TIME!
( screaming )
( Japanese soldier
shouting )
( machine-gun fire;
explosions )
( Learoyd screams )
( Learoyd wailing )
Fairbourne:
CONKLIN'S GOT THEM SPOTTED
IN THE GORGE BY FALCON'S PEAK.
WE CAN HOLD THEM THERE
TILL MORNING
AND THEN CALL IN
FOR THE AIR FORCE.
VENGEANCE IS FUTILE--
IT NEVER ENDS.
YOU TOLD ME THAT.
IT'S NOT MAN THAT COUNTS,
IT'S LIFE, LEAROYD.
IT'S LIFE!
BLOOD MUST BE
ANSWERED BY BLOOD.
( natives singing )
( singing in distance )
( singing )
COME ON.
LEAROYD!!!
BASTARDS!
( clicks )
RAJAH.
WHY ARE THEY
DOING THAT?
SHOWING ME
THEIR BRAVERY, SUFFERING.
BUT I'VE SEEN ENOUGH.
IT'S ALL GONE--
ALL I HAD IN THIS WORLD.
NONE OF IT WILL
BRING THEM BACK.
THEY'RE GONE FOR TOMORROW,
THE DAY AFTER, FOREVER.
WHAT DAY IS IT?
WHAT DAY IS IT?
IT'S AUGUST THE 6th.
WHAT YEAR?
AUGUST THE 6th...
1945.
IT'S AROUND EIGHT O'CLOCK.
FROM THIS DAY,
FROM THIS TIME ON,
I'LL NEVER RAISE MY HAND
AGAINST ANOTHER MAN.
Fairbourne:
I WENT ON TO PURSUE
THE JAPANESE COLONEL,
WHO, LIKE THE PHANTOM HE WAS,
HAD ESCAPED.
Radio:
ALL ALLIED ARMED FORCES,
PACIFIC THEATER.
ALL ALLIED FORCES,
CHINA, BURMA, INDIA--
THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Harry S Truman:
THE WORLD WILL NOTE
THAT THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB
WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA,
A MILITARY BASE.
WE'VE WON THE RACE OF
DISCOVERY AGAINST THE GERMANS.
WE HAVE USED IT
IN ORDER TO SHORTEN
THE AGONY OF WAR,
IN ORDER TO SAVE THE LIVES
OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF YOUNG AMERICANS.
WE SHALL CONTINUE TO USE IT
UNTIL WE COMPLETELY DESTROY
JAPAN'S POWER TO MAKE WAR--
( machine-gun fire )
UNH!
( cocks pistol )
( groaning )
( thunder rumbling )
LEAROYD.
LEAROYD...
LEAROYD...
VIVIENNE.
VIVIENNE?
YES.
I'M AWAKE.
HAVE I BEEN AWAKE BEFORE?
I THOUGHT SO--
EVERY DAY
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
WHERE ARE WE?
WHAT'S HAPPENED?
HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN HERE?
YOU'RE IN BRUNEI,
AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE
ALMOST THREE WEEKS.
THE WAR...
WHAT ABOUT--
THE WAR IS OVER.
"LEAVE US ALONE,
AND WE'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE."
IT'S SIMPLE, ELOQUENT.
IT'S GREAT STUFF--
CONRAD, KIPLING,
THE DAYS OF HIGH ADVENTURE.
LORD LEAROYD,
THE RAJAH RAYAH.
AN AUSSIE PATROL
WAS SHOT UP YESTERDAY.
MEN HAVE DIED.
YOU MADE A DEAL--
SIGNED A TREATY.
MacARTHUR SIGNED IT.
I WOULDN'T.
THEY ARE NOT GONNA TOLERATE
ANY KINGS RUNNING AROUND
IN THE HILLS.
HE'LL NEVER COME DOWN, SIR.
HE WON'T TOE THE LINE.
HE WILL, POOR DEVIL--
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
VIVIENNE, WOULD YOU GET ME
SOME OF THAT ICED TEA?
WHY, YES, OF COURSE.
NIGEL?
NO, I'M ALL RIGHT,
THANK YOU.
NO ONE MOVES
VERY FAR OUT OF LINE.
WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, YOU THINK
YOU'RE BLAZING A TRAIL.
ONE DAY YOU LOOK DOWN AND NOTICE
IT'S A BEATEN TRACK.
THAT'S MY MAP, SIR.
EXACTLY.
WHAT'S THIS PLACE?
PASS OF THE CLOUDS?
IT'S NOTHING.
JUST A PASS, THAT'S ALL.
WHY?
THE DIVISION WANTS TO PUT
A BLOCKING FORCE IN THERE,
SEND UP A BATTERY
OF 105-MILLIMETER HOWITZERS
AND...
BLAST HIM TO OBLIVION
WHEREVER HE GOES.
IT WON'T COST THEM ANYTHING--
THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW
EXTRA 105-MILLIMETER SHELLS
AT THE END OF A WAR.
IT'S NOT MY PLAN, BUT--
YOU WON'T HAVE TO.
WHY?
SALT.
YES?
THEY NEED SALT.
THEY GET IT FROM THE SEA.
IF YOU CUT OFF
THEIR SUPPLY OF SALT,
THE REVOLT WILL DIE
WITHIN WEEKS--NO BLOODSHED.
SALT.
IT'S SO SIMPLE.
WHAT IS LIFE
WITHOUT A LITTLE SALT?
ICE! HOW MARVELOUS.
THANK YOU, VIVIENNE.
ARE YOU FEELING
ALL RIGHT?
DID JUDAS FEEL ALL RIGHT?
I'M SORRY, VIVIENNE.
IT HAD TO BE.
YOU'RE SO LUCKY
TO HAVE EACH OTHER.
MOST OF US HAVE NOTHING.
TAKE SOMETHING DECENT
OUT OF THIS WRETCHED WAR.
SOMEBODY OUGHT TO.
WE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE.
WE COME IN PEACE.
( Australian accent )
JUST WHO MIGHT YOU BE,
FELLA?
HE RAJAH.
KING LEAROYD.
YOU KNOW WHO I AM.
YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOIN' HERE?
THESE ARE THE FOREST PEOPLE.
THEY NEED SALT.
SALT, EH?
WE HEARD THAT.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
GIVE ME FOR IT?
YOU CAN HAVE ME...
SERGEANT CONKLIN,
COLONEL MITAMURA.
BUT THE OTHERS...
THEY'RE FREE.
AND WHAT IF I DON'T
BUY THIS ARRANGEMENT?
OH...
OH, YEAH,
DON'T CRY, LITTLE ONE,
DON'T CRY.
I'LL BE WITH YOU
IN THE SONGS THEY SING
IN THE LONGHOUSES.
AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE OLDER
AND YOU HAVE CHILDREN,
YOU'LL SING THE SONGS TO THEM,
AND THEN THEY'LL SING
TO THEIR CHILDREN.
AND THE SONGS...
THE SONGS WILL
MAKE YOU STRONG,
AND YOU WON'T
NEED ME ANYMORE.
OKAY?
WHO DID THIS?
HE REFUSED TO SPEAK, SIR.
LIKE NOW.
THE MEN GAVE HIM
A BIT OF A PASTING.
AFTER ALL, SIR,
HE IS A DESERTER.
YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO THE ARMY!
YOU'LL BE STRIPPED!
I DIDN'T WANT IT
TO BE THIS WAY.
IT ENDS UP SHABBILY...
IT ALWAYS DOES.
I'M SORRY.
Fairbourne: I WAS NEVER
TO SEE BORNEO AGAIN.
THE WIND FROM THE SEA
WOULD CARRY ME HOME.
SOMEHOW I MANAGED
TO GO WITH LEAROYD.
HE WAS IN THE PRISON HOLD,
WHILE I HAD A ROOM TO MYSELF.
HE WAS TO STAND COURT-MARTIAL
IN MANILA FOR DESERTION,
WHILE I WAS A MAJOR
WITH A D.S.O.--
EASY STAGES.
AND THEN, SOMEWHERE NEAR
THE STRAITS OF MALACCA...
( crashing;
alarm sounds )
WHAT'S THE MATTER,
SAILOR?
WE'VE RUN AGROUND,
SIR!
( alarm continues;
men shouting )
WHERE'S THE PRISONER KEPT?
IN THE HOLD!
GET FORWARD!
WE'VE RUN AGROUND!
AYE, SIR!
WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE?
WHERE'S THE PRISONER?!
OVER THERE, SIR.
PRISONER, YOU'RE
COMING WITH ME. COME ON.
WHY'D WE STOP?
THIS WAY. QUICK!
IN THERE. QUICKLY!
GET FORWARD, SAILOR!
WE'VE RUN AGROUND!
WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?!
GET GOING!
COME ON.
KEEP GOING!
GO ON!
NOW TURN AROUND.
I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU.
HOW WELL DO YOU SWIM?
WELL ENOUGH.
THEY'LL TAKE AWAY
YOUR D.S.O.
THEY'VE ALREADY
GIVEN IT TO ME.
BESIDES, WITH A BIT OF LUCK,
THEY'LL NEVER KNOW.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
GOD BLESS.
NOW GET GOING!
LIFE, ENGLISH!
LIFE, RAJAH.
Fairbourne:
I'LL ALWAYS KNOW
THAT HE'S OUT THERE...
A FREE MAN.
I HOPE HE FOUND HIS VALLEY...
SOMEWHERE.
FAREWELL, MY KING...
FAREWELL.
*...
HE'D DEAD.
HE'S DEAD.
LIGHTS!
IT'S A VILLAGE!
NO, NO!
THAT'S JAPANESE!
THERE'S NO CHOICE!
NO, I'VE HAD ENOUGH--
BATAAN, CORREGIDOR...
YOU WERE WRONG!
WE'RE FREE NOW!
WE'RE FREE--
FREE TO GO OUR OWN WAYS.
( men in distance
shouting in foreign language )
( horse snorts )
( gunshot )
Male narrator:
BORNEO...
FOR MOST OF YOU,
BORNEO DOESN'T EXIST--
AN IMAGINARY NAME
ON A MAP,
LIKE TIBET
OR TIERRA DEL FUEGO--
THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
BUT I KNOW THE ISLAND EXISTS.
YOU SEE, I WAS THERE,
NEAR THE END OF
THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
MY WAR...MY YOUTH.
I WAS A BOTANIST BEFORE.
I'VE BEEN A BOTANIST
EVER SINCE.
THAT'S WHY THEY CHOSE ME,
I SUPPOSE.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS
TRAINED ME.
I WAS TO HELP LEAD THE TRIBES
AGAINST THE JAPANESE.
BUT I DIDN'T LEAD THEM,
REALLY.
NO...THAT WAS SOMEONE ELSE.
I KNEW HIM.
HE WAS THE LAST KING
OF BORNEO.
IT'S ALL RIGHT
TO TELL HIS TALE NOW.
THE WIND HAS SWEPT AWAY
THE STENCH OF THE CORPSES,
AND ALL THAT WE REMEMBER
IS THE FLAIR OF OUR YOUTH.
DAMN!
( grunting )
TENGA, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
TENGA!
YES, SIR.
I DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE
BROKEN ANYTHING, SIR.
YOURSELF, SIR?
WELL, I'M UPSIDE-DOWN.
YES, SIR.
USE YOUR KNIFE.
YES, SIR.
UNH! UNH!
Tenga:
SORRY ABOUT THAT, SIR.
PERUTE?
PUNAN?
KENABIT?
NAAAH.
COMANCHE.
HE'S A COMANCHE, SIR.
HE SPEAKS ENGLISH.
I COMANCHE.
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST, SIR.
TOWARDS THE CENTER
AND UP...
INTO THE MIDDLE
OF BORNEO.
I'LL TAKE THE FIRST WATCH.
Tenga: YES, SIR.
WELL, GOOD NIGHT, SIR.
GOOD NIGHT,
TENGA.
( laughter )
WHAT THE HELL'S
GOING ON, TENGA?!
( natives
laughing )
( natives
excitedly chattering )
HE'S A WHITE MAN,
BY GOD...
HE'S AS WHITE
AS WE ARE.
MY NAME IS FAIRBOURNE.
I'M A BRITISH
SERVING OFFICER.
NOW, WHY HAVE
YOU DONE THIS?
( fires gun;
natives cheer )
OH, MY GOD.
AS I SAID BEFORE,
I'M A BRITISH SERVING OFFICER.
MY NAME IS CAPTAIN
NIGEL FAIRBOURNE.
THIS IS SERGEANT LIONEL TENGA,
MY RADIO MAN.
I'M WITH ZED-FORCE,
SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
THE JAPANESE
ARE LOSING THE WAR,
AS WELL AS THE GERMANS.
OUR SIDE IS WINNING.
AM I RIGHT, TENGA?
RIGHT, SIR.
THANK YOU.
GENERAL MacARTHUR
IS BACK IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THE AUSTRALIANS WILL BE
LANDING SHORTLY TO RECAPTURE--
I MEAN...LIBERATE THIS COUNTRY.
I HAVE THE TASK
OF ORGANIZING RESISTANCE
AMONGST THE TRIBES.
Tenga: WE NEED
YOUR HELP, SIR.
THE WIND HAS VEERED
TO THE WEST AGAIN.
THE BRITISH WILL BE BACK.
( thumps )
LEAROYD.
I AM LEAROYD.
WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED
AT THIS HOUSE,
THEY WANTED TO
SELL MY HEAD TO THE JAPANESE.
BUT I DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT IT.
I HAD TO LEARN THEIR LANGUAGE
LIKE A CHILD.
THEY KNOW A LITTLE ENGLISH.
IT'S SACRED, RELIGIOUS.
I HAD TO EXPLAIN THAT
YOU WERE IN THE SPIRIT COUNTRY.
MY PEOPLE ARE THE SONS
OF THE FIRST MAN
LIVING BY THE LAW
OF THE ANCIENTS.
( speaking tribal language )
ALL WE MEN ARE FREE.
I HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE SPIRITS.
I DIED ONCE...
I HAD TO.
I HAD TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING...
EVEN THE WILL TO LIVE.
IT STARTED IN APRIL OF '42,
JUST BEFORE THE FALL
OF CORREGIDOR.
WHEN MacARTHUR SKIPPED OUT,
SOME OF US FIGURED
IT WAS TIME TO GO, TOO.
I REMEMBER THE WAVES,
GIANT WAVES...
MEN DROWNED.
JAPS KILLED OTHERS.
I ALONE ESCAPED.
I LEFT THE COASTAL PLAINS
AND I WANDERED INLAND,
AND THEN I CAME TO WHERE
THE REAL JUNGLE BEGINS.
( gasping )
I WAS SUFFOCATED
BY THE TREES,
I LONGED FOR THE SKY,
BUT I WAS FREE.
HA HA HA HA!
HA HA HA HA!
FREE TO DO WHAT?
AAAH!
AAAAH! AAAH!
( whimpering
and screaming )
( crying )
HE HAD BEEN HUNTING,
AND HE CAUGHT NOTHING--
ONLY ME.
( Learoyd screaming )
IT WAS GWAI WHO
BROUGHT ME HERE.
OF COURSE, IT WAS THIS DRAGON
TATTOOED ON MY CHEST
THAT PROBABLY SAVED ME.
I GOT IT IN MANILA ONE NIGHT
WHEN I WAS DRUNK.
LIAN THE MAGNIFICENT
WAS ALL FOR SELLING MY HEAD
TO THE JAPS.
HE HAD A BUNCH OF HOTHEADS
WITH HIM,
AND THEY WERE
ALL STEAMED UP.
THEY WERE RUNNING
THESE PEOPLE DOWN.
( yelling in
tribal language )
IT WAS THE WOMEN
WHO STOPPED HIM.
THEY WERE FASCINATED
BY MY EYES.
THEY SAID MY EYES
WERE LIKE THE SEA.
THE SEA MEANS SALT,
AND HERE, SALT IS LIFE.
( crying )
HER NAME WAS YOO...
GWAI'S SISTER.
IT WAS SAID,
FROM WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD
SHE WAS BORN TO RULE.
BOOA.
BOOA. BOOA.
SMACKEE.
( giggles )
SMACKEE.
MMM.
BOOA.
NO, MOONSHINE.
MOONSHINE.
MOONSHINE.
TOORAK.
I LIVED WITH THE FOREST
LIKE AN ANIMAL.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MY LIFE,
I WAS TRULY FREE.
MEN HERE DREAM OF GODS
AND STRIKE NOBLE ATTITUDES.
THEY WANT TO RIVAL
THE HEROES OF THE PAST,
THE TIME OF RAJAH BROOKE
AND THE DAYS OF HIGH
ADVENTURE.
FOR THEM, IT IS A MAN
THAT COUNTS, NOT LIFE.
( speaking tribal language )
Lian: AAAAHH!
AAAAH!
HEEYAH!!!!
HEEYAH!!!!
WE FOUGHT FOR
OVER AN HOUR.
LIAN THE MAGNIFICENT
WOUNDED ME SEVEN TIMES.
I STRUCK HIM IN THE HEART.
OHHHH!!!!
I TOOK HIM TO HIS MOTHER.
WE ALL MOURNED HIM.
HE WAS A BAD MAN,
BUT THEY ALL REMEMBERED
THE LITTLE BOY
WHO PLAYED IN
THIS LONGHOUSE.
( children laughing )
MY CHILDREN--COMANCHES.
YOU CALL THEM
COMANCHES?
YES, THEY REMIND ME
OF INDIANS, YOU KNOW.
ONLY NOT LIKE
THEY ARE IN THE STATES--
LIKE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY.
I WON'T HAVE MY PEOPLE
SELLING COCHINA DOLLS AND BEADS
BY THE GRAND CANYON,
AT SOME TRAIN.
MY COMANCHES WILL
REMAIN COMANCHES--
FREE MEN, HEAD-HUNTERS.
GO ON, THEN.
WHAT WAS THAT?
YOU'RE REALLY QUITE SOMETHING,
AREN'T YOU?
MANY PEOPLE
FROM THE LONGHOUSES CAME.
THEY CAME FROM THE BLACKLANDS,
AND ALSO FROM THE REDLANDS
WHERE THE SPIRITS HAD FLED.
SIX BUFFALOES WERE
SLAUGHTERED AND EATEN.
IT LASTED FOR
THREE WHOLE DAYS,
AND THEN ON THE THIRD DAY,
I SPOKE.
I TOLD YOU, MEN DREAM OF GODS,
BUT YOU MUST FIND THE WORDS
TO FIRE THE DREAM.
I SPENT A WHOLE YEAR
LEARNING THE WORDS.
( tribal language )
( natives shout
affirmation )
( playing native music )
WELL, I GUESS IT WAS TIME
I GOT MARRIED.
( natives cheering)
( all singing
in English )
I BROUGHT THEM
THE JOY OF SONG
AND THE FELLOWSHIP
OF THE ROUND TABLE.
I HAD UNITED 22 LONGHOUSES,
FORGED A NEW NATION.
AND, WELL, I...
I GUESS I--
I'D BECOME KING.
AND I GUESS
I BECAME KING.
IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT YOU DO,
I'LL NEVER GO BACK.
WHAT IS IT YOU WANT?
IN THE NORTH...
THE AMERICANS ARE BOMBING
THE SULU PIRATES.
IN THE SOUTH
ARE THE TEAMS LIKE MINE,
ORGANIZING
THE DAYAKS OF SARAWAK.
THERE'LL SOON BE
GENERAL HOSTILITIES
IN BORNEO.
THE AUSTRALIANS
ARE GOING TO LAND.
( snoring )
NO ONE HAS EVER
CONTROLLED BORNEO
FROM WITHIN.
THE JAPANESE,
LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE,
HAVE ONLY INHABITED
THE RIM.
BUT WHEN WE INVADE,
WE WILL DRIVE THEM
INTO THE CENTER.
WHAT WILL YOUR KINGDOM
BE WORTH THEN?
YOU CAN NO LONGER
AVOID HISTORY.
THIS IS THE FOREST
OF THE SPIRITS.
IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS
FOREVER.
( click )
IT'S A REAL
HANGOVER MORNING,
EH, SIR?
THE GREAT MOUNTAIN
OF THE DEAD.
BEYOND IS THE PLAIN
OF ELEPHANTS,
AND AFTER THAT
THERE'S THE SEA.
THEY'LL HAVE TO
LEAVE US A WAY
TO THE SEA.
WHO, THE JAPANESE?
NO, THE OTHERS,
THE REST OF THE WORLD.
AFTER THE WAR.
WE NEED SALT
FROM THE SEA.
WHAT'S LIFE WITHOUT
A LITTLE SALT, EH?
AS I SAID,
YOU CAN NO LONGER
AVOID HISTORY.
LOOK, WHEN I SAID
I WAS A DESERTER,
I MEANT IT.
I QUIT YOUR WORLD,
AND YOUR WAR.
THIS IS A BETTER WORLD
I LIVE IN.
THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR WAR--
I'M THEIR KING,
AND I DON'T WANT THEM
TO KNOW.
IT'S ALMOST OVER ANYWAY--
YOU CAN FINISH IT WITHOUT ME.
AND THE JAPANESE?
THE JUNGLE'S A BIG PLACE!
THEY'LL WANDER AROUND
TILL THEY DIE
OR SOMEBODY FINDS THEM.
BUT IT WON'T BE ME!
FIGURE IT THIS WAY--
YOU'RE LUCKY--I COULD
SELL YOUR HEADS TO THE JAPS.
( tribal language )
WELL, TENGA.
YES--WELL, SIR.
YOU DO HAVE TO
SEE IT HIS WAY, SIR.
I MEAN, HE REALLY
DOESN'T NEED WORLD WAR II,
SIR.
YES, BUT WORLD WAR II
NEEDS HIM.
HE JUST DOESN'T
BLOODY WELL UNDERSTAND,
THAT'S ALL.
YOU KNOW, SIR,
THIS PLACE IS NOT HALF BAD
IF THE SUN WOULD COME OUT.
OLD LEAROYD MIGHT
KNOW WHAT HE'S UP TO, SIR.
WATCH IT, SERGEANT.
DON'T LET THIS LIFE
SEDUCE YOU.
REMEMBER,
YOU'RE BRITISH.
NO, SIR.
I'M AFRICAN, SIR.
KIKUYU--THE KING'S
AFRICAN RIFLES.
ALMOST A SAVAGE.
YOU'RE BRITISH,
SIR.
HA HA HA!
SECTOR HANNIBAL.
THIS IS SECTOR ONE
ACKNOWLEDGING END
OF TRANSMISSION.
OVER AND OUT.
"AS FAR AS
YOUR MAD AMERICAN,
"MAKE USE OF HIM
AS NECESSARY,
BUT ARRANGE EARLIEST
POSSIBLE EVACUATION."
WE CAN EXPECT THAT,
EH, LIONEL?
YES, SIR.
CAN'T HAVE ANY KINGS,
SAVE THE ONE IN LONDON, SIR.
DO YOU THINK SHE
UNDERSTOOD US, SIR?
YES.
MAYBE NOT THE WORDS,
BUT...
SHE UNDERSTOOD.
( rooster crows )
GOOD MORNING,
SIR.
GOOD MORNING,
SIR.
All:
GOOD MORNING, SIR!
I HOPE YOU KNOW, SIR,
THOSE ARE THE LARGEST BOOTS
IN ALL OF ASIA.
AND PERHAPS THE WORLD,
FOR THAT MATTER.
GOOD MORNING, LADIES!
GOOD MORNING, SIR!
GOOD MORNING, SIR!
GOOD MORNING, SIR!
( commotion in distance )
( all shouting )
I'LL BE DAMNED.
( machine-gun fire )
( screaming )
( coughing )
YOU!
YEAH, YOU!
YOU DID THIS
WITH YOUR RADIO!
YES, WE HAVE A RADIO.
YOU KNOW THAT.
THE JAPS HEARD IT!
THEY KNOW YOU'RE HERE!
WELL, MORE OR LESS.
IF WE CAN HEAR THEM,
THEY CAN HEAR US.
AND IF WE STAY ON
A BIT TOO LONG,
THEY CAN TRIANGULATE,
AND, I SUPPOSE...
WE STAYED ON TOO LONG.
LOOK--I'M SORRY.
IT'S SIMPLE, THEN.
I KILL YOU
AND BREAK YOUR RADIO!
THEY'LL JUST
SEND ANOTHER MAN
WITH ANOTHER RADIO.
LISTEN, YOU CAN NO LONGER
AVOID HISTORY!
I'M SORRY!
I'VE SAID THAT!
IT'S NOT HISTORY!
THE WORLD'S SO FULL OF CRAP,
SOONER OR LATER
YOU'RE GONNA STEP IN IT.
YOU CALL THAT HISTORY?
IT WON'T GO AWAY.
YOU'VE GOT SOME FEATHERS
IN YOUR HAIR.
I WANT A DEAL.
( woman crying )
A TREATY.
AN AMBASSADOR
WITH A SASH--
THE WHOLE BANANA!
WHO'S THE BOSS?
COLONEL FERGUSON'S
ZED-FORCE.
NO, NO, NO--
THE KINGFISH, THE BIG GUY!
THE BANANA! TOP GUY!
THAT'LL BE MacARTHUR.
YOU EXPECT ME TO MAKE A DEAL
WITH THE GUY THAT RAN OUT ON ME?
HE CAME BACK.
OH, WELL,
I'LL FORGIVE HIM.
HE'LL BE GRATEFUL.
YES, I'LL BET SO.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
FREEDOM.
TO BE LIKE WE ARE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
GUNS, SO THEY CAN'T
TAKE THE FREEDOM AWAY.
I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
AND GRENADES, MORTARS AND MINES,
SO THEY CAN'T
TAKE THE GUNS AWAY!
YES, I'LL SEE
WHAT I CAN DO.
NO TREATY, NO WAR!
OH, YOU'LL DO IT, ALL RIGHT.
YOU'LL DO IT.
I KNOW YOU BOSSES.
YOU MADE US HUNGRY.
YOU HURT US.
WORST OF ALL,
YOU HURT OUR FEELINGS.
I KNOW, BECAUSE
I WAS IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
I WAS A RENEGADE.
I WAS IN JAIL.
HELL...I WAS A COMMUNIST!
IF YOU WERE A COMMUNIST...
HOW CAN YOU BE A KING?
ONLY A COMMUNIST
WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF IT.
I WOULDN'T STAY IN THERE
TOO LONG,
THAT'S WHERE THE PIGS SHIT.
AH, PARACHUTES.
PARACHUTES!
( cheering )
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
KNOCKED 'EM IN THE AISLES,
EH, YOUR MAJESTY?
THEY WERE PROMISED
AN ARRIVAL FROM THE SKY.
THEY'VE SEEN IT,
THEY ARE CONTENT.
SHE WANTS TO TOUCH 'EM
TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE NOT GHOSTS.
I'M LEAROYD.
THIS IS MY DAUGHTER.
DAVE COONITZ, DEMOLITION--
DYNAMITE DAVE.
I'M AN AMERICAN
LIKE YOURSELF. O.S.S.
WHERE YOU FROM, DAVE?
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA.
LITTLE TOWN
JUST NORTH OF LOS ANGELES.
LOTS OF ORANGE TREES.
CALIFORNIA--
MUST BE NICE.
OH, IT IS, SIR.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
DOROTHY LAMOUR?
OH, MAMA!
SHE MUST BE SOMETHING, HUH?
OH, SHE IS, SIR.
I MEAN, YOUR MAJESTY.
I ASKED FOR
FIRST-RATE NCOs
AS ADVISORS
SO THAT YOUR
PERSONAL AUTHORITY
COULD GRADUALLY REPLACE
LEAROYD'S POWER.
OH, YOU MEAN
THE KING, SIR?
HE SEEMS A GOOD BLOKE.
IS HE...
REALLY A KING?
FOR NOW, HE IS A KING.
YOUR NAME, SERGEANT?
CONKLIN, SIR.
TEAM SERGEANT.
BRETT ARMSTRONG.
HEAVY WEAPONS.
DYNAMITE DAVE,
DEMOLITION.
AMERICAN?
O.S.S.
STRETCH LEWIS, MATE.
HOW ARE YA?
SERGEANT LIONEL TENGA,
MY RADIO MAN.
I WANT TO STRESS
FROM THE START
THAT WE REPRESENT
GREAT BRITAIN HERE--
THE CIVILIZED WORLD
AND ALL THAT IT ENTAILS.
WE'RE BRINGING
MODERN WARFARE
TO THESE SAVAGES--
THIS IS A HEAVY
RESPONSIBILITY.
SIR?
YES.
WHAT'S THE DEAL
ON THE WOMEN?
ARE THEY FREE?
NOW YOU'RE TALKIN'!
( explosions in distance )
ARTILLERY--
BOY, THAT'S SOMETHING.
DO YOU THINK
THEY CAN GRASP IT?
OH, YES,
IT'S QUITE SIMPLE, SIR.
IT'S LIKE
THEIR BLOWPIPES--
ONLY BIGGER.
TEACH THEM THAT,
AND THEY WON'T BE SAVAGES
ANY LONGER, WILL THEY?
YOU'VE GOT THAT
WELL ORGANIZED,
HAVEN'T YOU?
( chuckles )
Fairbourne:
OUR DAYS PASSED.
AND THEN, AN INCIDENT
AT OLSANGER'S LONG HOUSE.
YOU WANT BURUNDI?!
Conklin:
WHAT IS IT?
IT CAN GO OFF LIKE THIS
AT ANY TIME.
IF A GIRL HAS A CHILD,
AND SHE DIES,
THEN THEY KILL THE BABY.
NOW, A GIRL FROM
THIS VILLAGE HERE,
SHE HAD THE CHILD,
SHE HAD A SON.
AND SHE DIED.
WHAT'S THE FUSS?
WHY ARE THEY MOVING APART?
BECAUSE THE FATHER
IS FROM OUR VILLAGE.
HE'S A NOBLE,
AN ARISTOCRAT.
HE TOOK THE GIRL, SHE DIED.
NOW, IF THEY KILL HIS SON...
IT WILL START A FEUD,
A BLOOD FEUD.
WHO IS THE FATHER?
MY BROTHER...
GWAI.
( thunder rumbles )
WHERE IS THE CHILD?
BRING ME THE CHILD!
NIANAK!
NIANAK!
( fires rifle )
ANAK!
Fairbourne: THESE LAWS
DO NOT APPLY TO ME,
AND I COME FROM FAR AWAY.
SO I CAN KILL THE CHILD...
AS IS THE WAY.
( baby crying )
AKU!
MOONA ANAK!
( cocks pistol )
ANANATAH!
ANAKAKU!
MY CHILD.
THIS IS MY CHILD.
( speaking tribal language )
WHY WOULD YOU
HAVE KILLED THIS BABY?
WHY?
WHY WOULD YOU
HAVE LET ME?
I'VE SEEN YOU DO
ALL MANNER OF THINGS.
BUT NOW...
I SEE YOU'RE KING.
( crying )
( thunder )
Conklin: DO YOU THINK
HE'S SLEEPING WITH HER?
Fairbourne: NO, NO.
HE SAYS HE LOVES HIS WIFE,
AND I BELIEVE HIM.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF BEING KING
IF YOU CAN'T HAVE THE GIRLS?
HE CAN HAVE
ANYTHING HE WANTS,
NO DOUBT.
WELL, A MAN IS A MAN.
YOU KNOW HIM
AS WELL AS I DO.
I THINK HE'S
HIDING SOMETHING
FROM US.
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING.
( speaking tribal language )
YOU HAVE NO WIVES.
SHE'S GOING TO
KEEP YOU WARM AT NIGHT.
SHE SAYS YOU WOULD ENJOY
THE LUSTER OF HER THIGHS
AND THE LOVING TEXTURE
OF HER BELLY.
THAT IS,
IF YOU'RE NOT TOO TIRED.
DID SHE REALLY
SAY THAT?
WELL, YOU'RE
TWISTING MY ARM,
SIR.
THERE'S NO GREATER PLEASURE
THAN A WOMAN'S LOVE.
NO, NO.
AS YOU ONCE TOLD ME,
WAR MUST BE CHASTE
AND THE WARRIOR PURE.
I SAID THAT?
MM-HMM.
I DON'T TRUST A MAN
WHO CAN TURN AWAY
FROM THE HIPS AND THIGHS
FASHIONED BY THE SPIRITS.
BUT YOU DO. WHY?
MAYBE IT'S
THE OLD MORALITY.
I LOVE MY WIFE.
YOU'LL GO WITH
ONE OF THESE WOMEN...
IN TIME.
DO YOU TRUST ME?
YES.
IF I HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN
THE GOOD OR BAD IN A MAN,
I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THE GOOD.
THE WARRIOR KING, HMM?
NO, YOU'RE THE WARRIOR.
I'M JUST THE KING.
WHAT DO YOU SEE
UP THERE?
ALTAIR...
THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
THERE'S SOMETHING HERE--
SOMETHING YOU'RE
NOT TELLING ME.
I'LL SHOW YOU...
IN TIME.
WE MUST SEE THE JAP--
OPERATIONS DEMAND IT.
OR HOW ELSE AM I TO KNOW
THEY'RE REALLY OUT THERE?
OH, THEY'RE OUT THERE,
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA SPLIT UP.
ONE OF US WILL FIND A JAP
ON THE RIVER SOMEWHERE.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS,
WE'RE GONNA MEET UP
AT THIS OPEN SPOT--
GRID COORDINATE 32 WEST
BY 16 NORTH.
YOU'LL HAVE TO WRAP YOUR BOOTS.
IF THE JAPS SEE THOSE PRINTS,
THEY'LL BOMB US AGAIN FOR SURE.
I'D RATHER GO BAREFOOT.
DAMN BRITISH STOICISM.
I'D HAVE YOU CARRIED
UPSIDE-DOWN ON A POLE
IF I WANTED.
AND I SHOULD--
YOU'VE GOT MALARIA.
( voices in distance )
A JAP, BY GOD.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE.
HE'S GOT A RIFLE, TOO.
AND A LONG BAYONET.
NASTY.
I THINK YOU OUGHT
TO HAVE A LOOK, CONKLIN.
NO, THANK YOU, SIR.
I'VE SEEN QUITE ENOUGH
OF THEM BEFORE.
MY GOD.
HE'S PISSING IN THE RIVER.
JUST LIKE ONE OF US...
JUST A MAN.
I'VE GOT TO GET
A CLOSER LOOK--
I'VE SIMPLY GOT TO
GET A CLOSER LOOK.
GET THE HELL OUT!
( gunfire )
( bullets ricochet )
HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN HERE?
QUITE A WHILE, SIR.
AND YOU?
THE SAME.
HE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN HERE BY NOW.
IF WE WAIT MUCH LONGER,
THEIR PATROLS WILL BE HERE.
NO.
WE'RE NOT GOING BACK
WITHOUT HIM.
HE'S JUST LOST.
HE HAS MALARIA.
WAIT HERE.
KEEP EVERYBODY
UNDER COVER.
I'LL BE BACK SOON.
( yelling in Japanese )
( gunfire continues )
TENGA.
HOW LONG HAVE I--
GOD, I CAN'T
REMEMBER A THING.
THREE DAYS, SIR.
MALARIA.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TAKING
YOUR QUININE, SIR.
VERY BAD.
SOMETHING'S HAPPENED--
I CAN FEEL IT.
WELL, IT'S STARTED,
SIR.
WHAT'S STARTED?
THE WAR.
THEY'VE LANDED
AT TARAKAN.
JUST AN AUSSIE BRIGADE--
JUST A BEACHHEAD--
BUT IT'LL GROW, SIR.
STIRRED UP
A HORNET'S NEST
THEY DID, SIR.
I'LL BET IT DID.
LEAROYD--
WHERE'S LEAROYD?
YOU SAVED MY LIFE.
I FOUND YOU.
IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE ME.
WHO'S VIVIENNE?
YOU KEPT MENTIONING
HER NAME.
SHE'S MY FIANCéE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU WOULDN'T.
I SAID I NEVER TRUSTED A MAN
WHO HAD NO WOMAN.
I WAS BEGINNING TO
WORRY ABOUT YOU!
I'LL GET YOU WHAT YOU WANT.
SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE YOU.
WHY NOT?
BECAUSE YOU'RE WHITE.
SO ARE YOU.
WHEN I CAME HERE
I WANTED TO REMAKE THE WORLD.
I DID. I REMADE MY WORLD,
BUT I CANNOT REMAKE YOURS.
I'LL BE BACK...
WITH THE TREATY.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
I CAN TRUST.
I KNOW.
( speaking tribal language )
LIFE.
LIFE, ENGLISH.
DON'T START THE WAR
WITHOUT ME.
YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME.
I'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH.
BUT I'M STILL JEALOUS OF YOUR
JUNGLE AND YOUR HEAD-HUNTERS.
IT'S NOT FAIR,
YOU HAVING ALL THE FUN.
FUN? YOU THINK
THAT'S FUN?
I SUPPOSE YOU STILL
THINK YOU'RE TARZAN,
DO YOU?
AND YOU THINK YOU'RE
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA,
I'M SURE.
( laughs )
ALL RIGHT,
SAY A PRAYER.
RIGHT.
( starts engine )
AAH!
NOW, WHAT ABOUT
THESE SAVAGES?
THIS WHOLE THING--
YOU'VE REALLY DONE IT!
YOU KNOW, THE FIRST TIME
YOU RADIOED IN,
FERGUSON THOUGHT
THEY'D LANDED ON YOUR HEAD!
IT'S NOT FAR
FROM THE TRUTH.
HE DOESN'T
THINK THAT NOW,
DOES HE?
OH, NO, HE'S
VERY PROUD OF YOU.
BUT THIS SO-CALLED KING--
IT DISTURBS HIM.
WHAT'S HE LIKE?
HE IS A KING--
A REAL KING.
IS HE YOURS?
HITLER'S DEAD.
THE WAR IN EUROPE'S OVER--
WE HEARD IT YESTERDAY.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
HOW DO YOU FEEL REALLY?
YOU'VE DONE
A HELL OF A PIECE
OF SOLDIERING,
BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT.
IF YOUR AMERICAN
BELIEVES HE'S A KING,
THEN HE'S MAD.
AND IF YOU BELIEVE HIS FANTASY,
THEN YOU'RE MAD.
WORSE THINGS
HAVE HAPPENED, SIR.
YES. YES, THEY HAVE.
VIVIENNE'S LIKE A DAUGHTER,
AND YOU'RE LIKE A SON TO ME.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SONS
I HAVE TRAINED
AND DROPPED IN SOME
GODFORSAKEN JUNGLE
NEVER TO COME BACK?
SHOW ME THAT RESPECT,
OR AT LEAST PRETEND TO.
TELL ME ABOUT
THESE COMANCHES.
WELL, SIR, THERE ARE
ABOUT 600 OF THEM.
AND THEY FIGHT
OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL,
DEPENDING ON THEIR MOOD.
MOOD?
YES.
SOMETIMES AN ENTIRE MILITIA
CAN JUST...
MARCH OFF IN
A FIT OF NOSTALGIA
TO VISIT SOME ANCIENT VALLEY.
MAKES PERFECT SENSE
IF YOU'RE OUT THERE--
IT'S VERY HARD
TO UNDERSTAND
IF YOU'RE NOT.
YES, YES. SO?
AN ARMY AFTER
MY OWN HEART, SIR.
OH, STOP IT.
OH, YOU CAN BUILD THEM
ROADS AND BRIDGES...
YOU CAN LOVE THEIR WOMEN--
SIRE THEIR CHILDREN, EVEN.
YOU CAN LEARN FROM THEM.
BY GOD, YOU CAN LEARN.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO STAY BRITISH.
IT'S NOT CONTEMPT--
IT'S A LINE OF CONDUCT.
YOU'LL NEVER BE ONE OF THEM.
NO LONGER ONE OF US, EITHER.
PEOPLE NEVER SEE YOU
THE SAME AGAIN...
DEAD LEAF.
YOU KNOW THAT ONE FINE DAY
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
BETRAY THEM.
IT HAPPENED TO YOU, SIR,
DIDN'T IT?
YOU'VE GOT TO STAY BRITISH.
Fairbourne:
WHAT WAS IT, SIR?
FOR ME,
IT WAS ONLY A GIRL.
BUT I SAW INDIA
THROUGH HER.
I SAW THINGS
THAT VERY FEW WHITE MEN--
OR ANY MEN,
FOR THAT MATTER--
WILL EVER SEE.
I LOVED THE EAST.
I WAS NEVER THE SAME AGAIN.
BUT IT WAS ONLY A GIRL--
I WAS NO KING.
THEN WE HAVE TO
PUT IT TO MacARTHUR.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
HE WAS HERE?
I TOLD HIM HE WAS HERE TO
OBSERVE THE LANDINGS AT BRUNEI.
WELL, SEEMS LIKE
IT'S OUT OF MY HANDS.
WHICH IS JUST AS WELL,
BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY
WANT IT ON MY HANDS.
( marchers counting cadence )
GENERAL SUTHERLAND, SIR!
THIS IS GENERAL SUTHERLAND,
THE SUPREME COMMANDER'S
CHIEF OF STAFF.
COLONEL FERGUSON, SIR,
COMBINED SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
CLOAK AND DAGGER, HUH?
WELL, I'M SORRY
TO SAY, COLONEL,
THAT THE GENERAL JUST DOESN'T
HAVE ANY TIME RIGHT NOW
FOR KINGS OR TREATIES
WITH MYTHICAL EMPIRES.
ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY
IT'S CERTAINLY
ENTERTAINING
AND ROMANTIC.
MacArthur:
ARE YOU THE FELLAS
WHO'VE GOT THE KING?
YES, SIR,
WE DO!
WELL, DICK...
YES, SIR!
BRING THEM IN.
YES, SIR.
KING?
YES, SIR.
WHAT DOES HE WANT?
WELL, SIR, HE WANTS FREEDOM.
THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT,
ISN'T IT?
FREEDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE, SIR.
AND A GUARANTEE
THEY CAN REMAIN AS THEY ARE.
HE WANTS AN ALLIED PROMISE
TO PROTECT THAT RIGHT, SIR.
ANY PAPERS?
THERE ARE ALWAYS PAPERS.
OH, YES, YES.
I'VE GOT THEM RIGHT HERE.
I HAD A...
HAD A TREATY DRAWN UP.
SIR!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO
ANY MORE OF THIS NONSENSE, SIR.
THIS ISN'T NONSENSE, DICK,
THIS IS HISTORY.
HISTORY IS WRITTEN
BY UNUSUAL MEN.
SOME WHO EVEN
BECOME KINGS,
AND SOME WHO MAKE
NO MORE MARK
THAN THAT OF A STONE
THROWN INTO AN OCEAN.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE...
WELL, WE JUST
DON'T KNOW, DO WE?
BUT CAPTAIN,
IF YOU SAY HE'S A KING,
THEN I'LL GO ALONG WITH IT.
I'LL SIGN THESE TREATIES
AS SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER
OF THE PACIFIC FORCES.
AND IF YOUR KING WERE HERE,
I'D KNEEL BEFORE HIM
AND OFFER HIM MY SWORD.
IF I HAD A SWORD.
HAVE COPIES MADE,
HANDLE THIS AS YOU WOULD
DEALINGS WITH
ANY OTHER SOVEREIGN.
YOUR COPIES WILL BE
RETURNED IN THE MORNING,
CAPTAIN.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, SIR,
I'VE GOT SOME COPIES HERE.
YES. YES, YOU WOULD.
THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH INDEED, SIR.
IT'S NOTHING.
BESIDES, YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE
UNTIL I SIGNED, WOULD YOU?
CAPTAIN....
YOU REMIND ME
OF MYSELF.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
AND LET ME KNOW
HOW THINGS GO IN THE KINGDOM.
GOOD DAY, NOW.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
HE'S JUST A MAN
LIKE ANY OTHER.
HE'LL NEVER HAVE TO
THINK OF IT AGAIN.
HISTORY WILL
WASH HIS HANDS...
NOT YOURS.
( natives excitedly chattering )
WELCOME BACK, SIR.
THANK YOU.
YOU'VE LANDED
IN AN UPROAR, SIR.
YOU'LL SEE.
HOW'S MISS VIVIENNE
AND THE OLD MAN,
SIR?
SHE'S FINE, TENGA,
SHE'S JUST FINE.
A PRESENT FROM MORATAI.
DID YOU MISS ME?
OF COURSE, SIR.
THINGS WEREN'T THE SAME.
SERGEANT CONKLIN GOT IN
A TERRIBLE ROW WITH HIS WIVES.
WIVES?
( men shouting )
WHAT IS THIS?
REFUGEES, SIR.
MORE COME EVERY DAY.
THERE'S BEEN AN UPRISING
ON THE COAST.
THE JAPANESE HAVE BEEN
QUITE BRUTAL, SIR.
( Conklin yelling
at woman in tribal tongue )
Conklin: HI, CAPTAIN,
HOW WAS YOUR TRIP?
Tenga: THERE'S NO
CONTROLLING HIM, SIR.
Fairbourne:
I'VE BEEN AWAY
FOR THREE DAYS
AND YOU'RE ACTING
LIKE SCHOOLCHILDREN!
( natives singing )
WELL...
I GUESS I OWE YOU
MORE THAN I CAN SAY.
DON'T BE FOOLED.
IT'S ONLY A BIT OF PAPER.
THEY'VE BROKEN
A TREATY OR TWO BEFORE,
YOU KNOW.
NO, NO, IT'S YOU--
YOU DID THIS FOR ME.
NOT MacARTHUR,
NOT YOUR SPECIAL FORCES
OR THE ALLIES
OR YOUR WHOLE
GODDAMN EMPIRE.
YOU DID THIS FOR ME!
FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
OH...
NOW GO TO SLEEP.
LIFE, ENGLISH.
LIFE, RAJAH.
SO THIS IS THE PASS
OF THE CLOUDS, HMM?
I SAID I'D SHOW YOU SOMEDAY.
GOLD? JEWELS?
NO, SOMETHING BEYOND
ALL THAT CRAP.
THE PASS OF THE CLOUDS.
THERE! THERE!
THERE ARE THE PUNAN!
THEY'RE CALLED
THE HONEY GATHERERS.
WE CALL IT
VALLEY OF THE CHILDREN.
THEY'RE STONE AGE!
YES!
THEY DON'T KNOW
OF POSSESSIONS.
THEY HAVE NO WORD
FOR JEALOUSY OR GREED.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
INCREDIBLE, ISN'T IT?
WHY DO YOU
BRING US HERE?
IF YOU FOLLOW THE GORGE
OF THE PEDASS RIVER
AND THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS,
YOU END UP HERE.
GO THROUGH THEIR CAVES,
AND OUR WHOLE VALLEY
IS AT YOUR FEET.
AND YOU'RE AFRAID
THE JAPS--
I'M NOT AFRAID
OF THE JAPS,
I'M AFRAID OF ANYBODY!
I WANT YOU TO
RIG THEIR CAVES
WITH DYNAMITE.
AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS...
WE BLOW IT.
THEY CAN STILL
COME THROUGH THE JUNGLE,
LIKE YOU DID.
NO ONE WOULD
WANT IT THAT BAD.
WE CONTROL THE JUNGLE.
IT'S HERE--DYNAMITE.
SO NO ONE WILL GET IN--EVER.
SO IT'LL BE HERE
FOR ALL OF US.
SPOKEN LIKE A FREE MAN.
( all chuckling )
Fairbourne:
SO ENDED OUR DAYS OF PEACE...
PERHAPS SOME OF
THE HAPPIEST OF MY LIFE.
THEN WITH
THE NORTHWESTERLY MONSOON
GATHERING BEFORE US,
CAME OUR DAYS OF WAR.
Fairbourne: THE DEATH AGONY
OF THE JAPANESE ARMY IN BORNEO
WAS AS SAD AS
THE SINKING OF A GREAT SHIP.
BULLETS, EXPLOSIVES,
POISONED ARROWS,
MEN STUMBLING
THROUGH THE NIGHT,
MUMBLING INCOHERENTLY.
HUNGER--MEN EATING WEEDS,
LEECHES, INSECTS...
AND EACH OTHER.
DESPAIR, MADNESS.
FOR ME, FOR US,
THE SAME PERIOD
WAS AS THRILLING
AS A CAVALRY CHARGE...
MAY GOD FORGIVE US.
FIRE!!!
( men screaming )
ADVANCE...
THE COLORS!
COMPANY, DOUBLE-TIME!
SIMPAT.
WHAT'S HE GOT THERE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT'S A REGRESSION.
BARBARIC.
OH, COME ON, SIR.
IT'S GOOD FOR THE LONGHOUSE.
BESIDES, IT'S ALSO
AN ACCURATE WAY TO KEEP COUNT.
( explosions )
Fairbourne:
THE WAR IS GETTING CLOSER.
Conklin:
THEY SLIPPED THROUGH
THE WHOLE 9th DIVISION.
FROM THE BEGINNING
THE NIPPERS MOVED
WITH A PURPOSE.
HERE FROM TARAKAN,
UP THIS GORGE,
IN THE KRAKA RANGE.
BUT THAT'S NOT OUR CONCERN.
OUR CONCERN IS MORE IMMEDIATE.
THE PHANTOM COLUMN--
THE PHANTOM COLONEL.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THESE HAVE CHOSEN
NOT TO DIE.
THEY FIGHT LIKE GENGHIS KHAN,
DESTROY EVERYTHING
IN THEIR PATH--NO PRISONERS.
THEY STILL WEAR FULL UNIFORMS,
WEAPONS....
THEY EVEN SEEM WELL-FED.
AND THEY MOVE
AS FAST AS WE DO.
HOW?
I DON'T KNOW, SIR.
BUT WE'LL KNOW
SOON ENOUGH.
THEY'RE COMING OUR WAY.
THEY SAY THE COLONEL--
THE PHANTOM COLONEL--
RIDES A HORSE.
A HORSE?
A WHITE HORSE?
I DON'T KNOW, SIR.
THEY SEEM TO BE
COMING FROM HERE TO--
WHAT'S THIS PASS CALLED?
PASS OF THE CLOUDS.
PASS OF THE CLOUDS.
( thunder rumbling )
IT IS THE TIME OF FEAR.
THE SOUTHWESTERLY WIND
BRINGS DEATH.
IT IS THE WIND
OF THE FLIES.
Learoyd: WHO SAYS THAT?
GWAI.
HE SAYS THAT IT WILL END
WHEN THE NORTHWESTERLY WIND
RETURNS.
EVERYTHING ENDS.
YES, EVERYTHING ENDS.
EVEN ME.
DON'T LET THIS WIND
COME HERE TO US...
TO OUR PEOPLE.
FORGET THIS WAR.
THIS WAR IS FOR EVIL MEN.
SEND HIS OTHERS ON.
LET THEM HAVE
THE WIND OF THE FLIES.
THE WIND IS TOO STRONG.
THE TREES CANNOT
STAND IN THE WIND,
I MUST HOLD THEM UP.
IT IS THE ONLY GOOD THING
MAN CAN DO.
MEN DREAM.
YES.
YOU'LL BE HERE TO TRY.
BUT HE IS A STRANGER--
HE'S NOT ONE OF YOU.
WHAT DID SHE SAY?
SHE SAYS SHE WANTS
TO BE JUST LIKE YOU.
NO, NO, NO, NO.
YOU MUST NOT BE LIKE ME.
YOU MUST BE
MUCH, MUCH MORE--
NOT LIKE ME.
Conklin:
THEY'RE AN HOUR AHEAD.
Learoyd:
THEY KILLED EVERYONE HERE,
DIDN'T THEY?
( moans )
WHAT IS IT, TENGA?
WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, SIR.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THEY'RE DEAD, SIR.
THEY ARE ALL DEAD, SIR!
THEY'VE BEEN MASSACRED, SIR!
THEY'RE BONES...
JUST BONES, SIR.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, TENGA?
THEY'RE EATIN' THE DEAD.
THEY AIN'T STARVIN'.
CANNIBALS.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING.
THAT'S HOW THEY'RE LIVING.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE AFTER.
THEN WE MUST DESTROY THEM--
EVERY ONE OF THEM,
BY GOD.
EVERY ONE.
NO QUARTER ASKED
OR GIVEN.
( thunder rumbling )
( whispers order
in tribal language )
ALL RIGHT, GET DOWN.
( thunder crashes )
( thunder )
( men screaming;
gunfire; explosions )
AAAH!
GET OFF OF ME!
Fairbourne: THEY'VE GONE.
WE'VE GOT TO
GET TO THE LONGHOUSE!
THEY'VE GONE.
THEY'VE GONE TO
THE PASS OF THE CLOUDS--
I FEEL IT! I KNOW IT!
WE'VE GOT TO BLOW THE PASS!
THEY'VE KILLED EVERYONE!
EVERYONE'S DEAD,
MY WHOLE CREW!
THEY CAN MARCH
MUCH FASTER THAN WE CAN.
WE'VE GOT TO
BE THERE BY NOON!
( both yelling )
THEY'VE BROKEN THROUGH!
WE'VE GOT TO GET
TO THE LONGHOUSE!
( explosion )
BLOW IT!
( explosions )
GET 'EM OUT!
GO! GO!
BLOW IT!
GET OUT OF HERE!
GET OUT OF HERE!
DAMNIT!
BLOW THE SON-OF-A-BITCH!
GET THE HELL
OUT OF HERE!
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!
YOU HAVE TO GO!
YOU WANT ME TO THROW ROCKS?
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
GET OUTTA HERE! SCRAM!
GO ON, MOVE! SCRAM!
VAMOOSE!
UNH!
WE'VE GOT TO GET
TO THE LONGHOUSE!
STOP, WOULD YOU?!
COME ON!
WE'VE LOST TIME!
( screaming )
( Japanese soldier
shouting )
( machine-gun fire;
explosions )
( Learoyd screams )
( Learoyd wailing )
Fairbourne:
CONKLIN'S GOT THEM SPOTTED
IN THE GORGE BY FALCON'S PEAK.
WE CAN HOLD THEM THERE
TILL MORNING
AND THEN CALL IN
FOR THE AIR FORCE.
VENGEANCE IS FUTILE--
IT NEVER ENDS.
YOU TOLD ME THAT.
IT'S NOT MAN THAT COUNTS,
IT'S LIFE, LEAROYD.
IT'S LIFE!
BLOOD MUST BE
ANSWERED BY BLOOD.
( natives singing )
( singing in distance )
( singing )
COME ON.
LEAROYD!!!
BASTARDS!
( clicks )
RAJAH.
WHY ARE THEY
DOING THAT?
SHOWING ME
THEIR BRAVERY, SUFFERING.
BUT I'VE SEEN ENOUGH.
IT'S ALL GONE--
ALL I HAD IN THIS WORLD.
NONE OF IT WILL
BRING THEM BACK.
THEY'RE GONE FOR TOMORROW,
THE DAY AFTER, FOREVER.
WHAT DAY IS IT?
WHAT DAY IS IT?
IT'S AUGUST THE 6th.
WHAT YEAR?
AUGUST THE 6th...
1945.
IT'S AROUND EIGHT O'CLOCK.
FROM THIS DAY,
FROM THIS TIME ON,
I'LL NEVER RAISE MY HAND
AGAINST ANOTHER MAN.
Fairbourne:
I WENT ON TO PURSUE
THE JAPANESE COLONEL,
WHO, LIKE THE PHANTOM HE WAS,
HAD ESCAPED.
Radio:
ALL ALLIED ARMED FORCES,
PACIFIC THEATER.
ALL ALLIED FORCES,
CHINA, BURMA, INDIA--
THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Harry S Truman:
THE WORLD WILL NOTE
THAT THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB
WAS DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA,
A MILITARY BASE.
WE'VE WON THE RACE OF
DISCOVERY AGAINST THE GERMANS.
WE HAVE USED IT
IN ORDER TO SHORTEN
THE AGONY OF WAR,
IN ORDER TO SAVE THE LIVES
OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF YOUNG AMERICANS.
WE SHALL CONTINUE TO USE IT
UNTIL WE COMPLETELY DESTROY
JAPAN'S POWER TO MAKE WAR--
( machine-gun fire )
UNH!
( cocks pistol )
( groaning )
( thunder rumbling )
LEAROYD.
LEAROYD...
LEAROYD...
VIVIENNE.
VIVIENNE?
YES.
I'M AWAKE.
HAVE I BEEN AWAKE BEFORE?
I THOUGHT SO--
EVERY DAY
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
WHERE ARE WE?
WHAT'S HAPPENED?
HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN HERE?
YOU'RE IN BRUNEI,
AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE
ALMOST THREE WEEKS.
THE WAR...
WHAT ABOUT--
THE WAR IS OVER.
"LEAVE US ALONE,
AND WE'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE."
IT'S SIMPLE, ELOQUENT.
IT'S GREAT STUFF--
CONRAD, KIPLING,
THE DAYS OF HIGH ADVENTURE.
LORD LEAROYD,
THE RAJAH RAYAH.
AN AUSSIE PATROL
WAS SHOT UP YESTERDAY.
MEN HAVE DIED.
YOU MADE A DEAL--
SIGNED A TREATY.
MacARTHUR SIGNED IT.
I WOULDN'T.
THEY ARE NOT GONNA TOLERATE
ANY KINGS RUNNING AROUND
IN THE HILLS.
HE'LL NEVER COME DOWN, SIR.
HE WON'T TOE THE LINE.
HE WILL, POOR DEVIL--
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
VIVIENNE, WOULD YOU GET ME
SOME OF THAT ICED TEA?
WHY, YES, OF COURSE.
NIGEL?
NO, I'M ALL RIGHT,
THANK YOU.
NO ONE MOVES
VERY FAR OUT OF LINE.
WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, YOU THINK
YOU'RE BLAZING A TRAIL.
ONE DAY YOU LOOK DOWN AND NOTICE
IT'S A BEATEN TRACK.
THAT'S MY MAP, SIR.
EXACTLY.
WHAT'S THIS PLACE?
PASS OF THE CLOUDS?
IT'S NOTHING.
JUST A PASS, THAT'S ALL.
WHY?
THE DIVISION WANTS TO PUT
A BLOCKING FORCE IN THERE,
SEND UP A BATTERY
OF 105-MILLIMETER HOWITZERS
AND...
BLAST HIM TO OBLIVION
WHEREVER HE GOES.
IT WON'T COST THEM ANYTHING--
THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW
EXTRA 105-MILLIMETER SHELLS
AT THE END OF A WAR.
IT'S NOT MY PLAN, BUT--
YOU WON'T HAVE TO.
WHY?
SALT.
YES?
THEY NEED SALT.
THEY GET IT FROM THE SEA.
IF YOU CUT OFF
THEIR SUPPLY OF SALT,
THE REVOLT WILL DIE
WITHIN WEEKS--NO BLOODSHED.
SALT.
IT'S SO SIMPLE.
WHAT IS LIFE
WITHOUT A LITTLE SALT?
ICE! HOW MARVELOUS.
THANK YOU, VIVIENNE.
ARE YOU FEELING
ALL RIGHT?
DID JUDAS FEEL ALL RIGHT?
I'M SORRY, VIVIENNE.
IT HAD TO BE.
YOU'RE SO LUCKY
TO HAVE EACH OTHER.
MOST OF US HAVE NOTHING.
TAKE SOMETHING DECENT
OUT OF THIS WRETCHED WAR.
SOMEBODY OUGHT TO.
WE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE.
WE COME IN PEACE.
( Australian accent )
JUST WHO MIGHT YOU BE,
FELLA?
HE RAJAH.
KING LEAROYD.
YOU KNOW WHO I AM.
YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOIN' HERE?
THESE ARE THE FOREST PEOPLE.
THEY NEED SALT.
SALT, EH?
WE HEARD THAT.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
GIVE ME FOR IT?
YOU CAN HAVE ME...
SERGEANT CONKLIN,
COLONEL MITAMURA.
BUT THE OTHERS...
THEY'RE FREE.
AND WHAT IF I DON'T
BUY THIS ARRANGEMENT?
OH...
OH, YEAH,
DON'T CRY, LITTLE ONE,
DON'T CRY.
I'LL BE WITH YOU
IN THE SONGS THEY SING
IN THE LONGHOUSES.
AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE OLDER
AND YOU HAVE CHILDREN,
YOU'LL SING THE SONGS TO THEM,
AND THEN THEY'LL SING
TO THEIR CHILDREN.
AND THE SONGS...
THE SONGS WILL
MAKE YOU STRONG,
AND YOU WON'T
NEED ME ANYMORE.
OKAY?
WHO DID THIS?
HE REFUSED TO SPEAK, SIR.
LIKE NOW.
THE MEN GAVE HIM
A BIT OF A PASTING.
AFTER ALL, SIR,
HE IS A DESERTER.
YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO THE ARMY!
YOU'LL BE STRIPPED!
I DIDN'T WANT IT
TO BE THIS WAY.
IT ENDS UP SHABBILY...
IT ALWAYS DOES.
I'M SORRY.
Fairbourne: I WAS NEVER
TO SEE BORNEO AGAIN.
THE WIND FROM THE SEA
WOULD CARRY ME HOME.
SOMEHOW I MANAGED
TO GO WITH LEAROYD.
HE WAS IN THE PRISON HOLD,
WHILE I HAD A ROOM TO MYSELF.
HE WAS TO STAND COURT-MARTIAL
IN MANILA FOR DESERTION,
WHILE I WAS A MAJOR
WITH A D.S.O.--
EASY STAGES.
AND THEN, SOMEWHERE NEAR
THE STRAITS OF MALACCA...
( crashing;
alarm sounds )
WHAT'S THE MATTER,
SAILOR?
WE'VE RUN AGROUND,
SIR!
( alarm continues;
men shouting )
WHERE'S THE PRISONER KEPT?
IN THE HOLD!
GET FORWARD!
WE'VE RUN AGROUND!
AYE, SIR!
WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE?
WHERE'S THE PRISONER?!
OVER THERE, SIR.
PRISONER, YOU'RE
COMING WITH ME. COME ON.
WHY'D WE STOP?
THIS WAY. QUICK!
IN THERE. QUICKLY!
GET FORWARD, SAILOR!
WE'VE RUN AGROUND!
WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?!
GET GOING!
COME ON.
KEEP GOING!
GO ON!
NOW TURN AROUND.
I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU.
HOW WELL DO YOU SWIM?
WELL ENOUGH.
THEY'LL TAKE AWAY
YOUR D.S.O.
THEY'VE ALREADY
GIVEN IT TO ME.
BESIDES, WITH A BIT OF LUCK,
THEY'LL NEVER KNOW.
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
GOD BLESS.
NOW GET GOING!
LIFE, ENGLISH!
LIFE, RAJAH.
Fairbourne:
I'LL ALWAYS KNOW
THAT HE'S OUT THERE...
A FREE MAN.
I HOPE HE FOUND HIS VALLEY...
SOMEWHERE.
FAREWELL, MY KING...
FAREWELL.