A Dangerous Life

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The film focuses on American TV journalist Tony O'Neil (Gary Busey), who finds himself in the middle of key events that lead to the downfall of the Marcos regime. Originally airing on television as a mini-series that ran for a total of six hours, the film was edited to 162 minutes for the home video release.[1][2]

Filming of the movie took place in Manila, Philippines, Colombo, Sri Lanka and Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne in Australia.

Cast

Fictional characters

  • Gary Busey - Tony O'Neil, a television journalist and news correspondent who is sent to Manila to cover Ninoy Aquino's return and chooses to stay longer after finding himself in the midst of a revolution against Marcos and decides to cover it for the news.
  • Rebecca Gilling - Angie Fox
  • James Handy - Mike Heseltine
  • Roy Alvarez - Col. "Tiger" Tecson, a fictional colonel who is the colleague of Lt. Col. Kapunan and Col. Honasan. In real life, Alvarez has a physical resemblance to Col. Gringo Honasan and due to this, he was supposed to play Honasan in the film but the producers felt he was better suited as Angie's love interest.
  • Guy Stone - Peter
  • Alexander Cortez - Raoul
  • Jaime Fabregas - Ben Balamo, a Manila newspaper company owner who makes articles on what is going on after the Aquino assassination. He befriends Tony in the film after their meeting.
  • Dina Bonnevie - Celie Balamo - Though uncredited in the film, her performance was highly praised by Philippine media.
  • Spanky Manikan - Ramon, Tony's Filipino cameraman, assistant, and friend
  • Grace Parr - New York Times secretary
  • Arthur Sherman - Alex, the president of the news company Tony works for.
  • Betty Mae Piccio as a computer operator

Historical figures

Production credits

Production

Although the film was shot on location in the Philippines, some scenes were shot in Sri Lanka, mostly due to political and legal pressures from Juan Ponce Enrile who did not like the way he was represented (albeit as a fictional version as portrayed by Joonee Gamboa).

Release

  •  Australia - ABC, one of the companies who helped in producing the film, broadcast the film in 1989 under the title, The Four-Day Revolution. The film was released on home video in the country though CIC-Taft Home Video.
  •  Canada - the movie was released on home video in Canada in 1989 through Nova Home Video.
  •  Finland - the film was once shown in Finland under the title, Vaarallista elämää.
  •  Philippines - GMA Network (then known as GMA Radio Television Arts) broadcast the film in 1989. The movie was the first major Australian production to air in the network.
  •  United States - HBO broadcast the film on November 27, 1988. The film was released on home video in the country via J2 Communications.
  •  West Germany - the film was once shown in Germany under the title, Ein gefährliches Leben.

References

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External links

  1. ↑ The New York Times - A Dangerous Life
  2. ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p186
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