The Year of Living DangerouslyThe Year of Living Dangerously - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesThe Year of Living Dangerously
The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 drama directed by Peter Weir that stars Mel Gibson as Guy Hamilton, an Australian journalist caught up in the tumultuous events surrounding the overthrow of Indonesia's President Sukarno in 1965. The film was shot in the Philippines and Australia and the cast included Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt, who portrayed the male character Billy Kwan, and would subsequently receive an Academy Award for her role in the film.
The following weapons were used in the film The Year of Living Dangerously:
An angry Indonesian soldier points a M1911A1 pistol at Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) and Pete Curtis (Michael Murphy) when they dance with local women at a bar.
A PKI militant sitting on a truck waves a Madsen M50 when it rams Hamilton's car during the protest. Later, an Indonesian soldier is also seen with a M50.
Most of the Indonesian soldiers in the film are armed with the Norinco Type 56, with and without the folding "pig-sticker" bayonets. A PKI militant who helps treat Hamilton after he is beaten by soldiers also carries a Type 56. In reality, Indonesian soldiers in 1965 would have used Soviet-supplied AK-47s rather than the Type 56.
An Indonesian officer (Agoes Widjaya Soedjarwo) at roadblock uses a genuine AK-47, distinguished by its open sights, to strike Hamilton when he refuses to stop walking towards the presidential palace after the attempted coup d'etat by the 30 September Movement.
Indonesian soldiers fire M16A1 rifles at Hamilton and Jill when they drive through their checkpoint in defiance of a curfew. The use of the M16A1 is an anachronism since the Indonesian military only adopted the rifle in the 1970s, well after the period in which the film is set.
U.S. Marine guards at the American embassy in Jakarta carry M1 Garand rifles. Later, several Indonesian soldiers surrounding the presidential palace during the coup attempt hold M1 Garands as well.
Browning M1919 machine guns are mounted atop the M41 tanks surrounding the presidential palace. This is inaccurate; the M41 was never used by Indonesia.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA variant of the Browning M1919 developed during World War 2, this model is designated the M37, with the ability to feed from either the left or the right of the weapon - 30-06. This example is shown without a tripod, only the pintle mount. This the MOST likely .30 cal machine gun to be seen firing from armored vehicles.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA soldier wields a M1919 machine gun mounted on the tank.
M60
A soldier is seen with a M60 machine gun in the conclusion of the film.
