Original subtitles

( 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.