Beyond Rangoon (1995)
May 24, 1995Release Date
Beyond Rangoon (1995)
May 24, 1995Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Patricia Arquette
Laura Bowman
U Aung Ko
U Aung Ko
Frances McDormand
Andy Bowman
Spalding Gray
Jeremy Watt
Ann Howard
Australian Doctor
Tiara Jacquelina
San San - Hotel Desk Clerk
Kuswadinata
Colonel at Hotel
Kuswadinath Bujang
Colonel at Hotel
Victor Slezak
Mr. Scott
Jit Murad
Sein Htoo
Michael Pickells
Nick Bowman
Ye Myint
Zaw Win
Enzo Rossi
Danny Bowman
Cho Cho Myint
Zabai
John Boorman
Director
Alex Lasker
Writer
Johnny Cheah
Min Han
M.Rajoli
Karen Father
Bill Rubenstein
Writer
Eric Pleskow
Producer
Adelle Lutz
Aung San Suu Kyi
Sean Ryerson
Producer
Zaidi Omar
Checkpoint Officer #1 at Train
Barry Spikings
Producer
Ridzuan Hashim
Officer Min
Charley Boorman
Photographer
Hans Zimmer
Composer
John Seale
Cinematographer
Mr.Os
River trader
Ron Davis
Editor
Mary Gail Artz
CastingDirector
Mark Egerton
Associate Producer / First Assistant Camera
Barbara Cohen
CastingDirector
Anthony Pratt
ProductionDesigner
Eddie Fowlie
Set Decoration / Property Master
Errol Kelly
Art Direction
Derek Wallace
Standby Property Master
Martin Atkinson
Draughtsman
David Burr
Second Unit Director of Photography
Philip A. Patterson
Second Assistant Director
Robbie Burr
Best Boy Electric
Ian Plummer
Gaffer
Larry Waggoner
Key Hair Stylist
Brad Shield
Steadicam Operator / 'B' Camera Operator
Felicity Bowring
Key Makeup Artist
Deborah Kramer
Costume Design
Anna Howard
First Assistant 'B' Camera
Emma Schofield
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Darrin Keough
First Assistant Camera
Sunil Wijeratne
Assistant Art Director
Walter Donohue
Associate Producer
Maire O'Sullivan
Assistant Makeup Artist
Mansell Rivers-Bland
Sculptor
Selva Kumar
Electrician
Lal Harindranath
Property Master
Warren Grieef
Grip
Benn Hyde
Best Boy Grip
Michael Vivian
Grip
Brett Matthews
Second Assistant Camera
Emma Pounds
Second Assistant Director
Toby Pease
Second Unit First Assistant Director
John Davey
Scenic Artist
Jules Wurm
Second Assistant Camera
Athula Sulthanagoda
Set Dresser
Paul Thompson
Dolly Grip / Key Grip
Liz Legum
Third Assistant Director
Sherard Jayasuriya
Second Second Assistant Director
U.S. Goonatilleke
Grip
Thilak Pushpakumara
Grip
Nihal Silva
Grip
Rebecca Steele
Clapper Loader
Lloyd Yeoh Seng Chee
Assistant Hairstylist
Aloysius Chan
Property Buyer
Daya Dollapihila
Sculptor
Kathleen Fowlie
Assistant Set Dresser
U.U. Illangakoon
Sculptor
Wimal Jayawardene
Sculptor
K.D. Justin
Construction Foreman
Senaka Nawaratne
Scenic Artist
Peter Singho
Sculptor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 24, 1995
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingR
Budget$23,000,000
Box Office$14,700,000
Filming LocationsThailand
Genres
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Beyond Rangoon is a 1995 drama film directed by John Boorman about Laura Bowman (played by Patricia Arquette), an American tourist who vacations in the country of Burma (now known as Myanmar) in 1988, the year in which the 8888 Uprising takes place. The film was mostly filmed in Malaysia, and, though a work of fiction, was inspired by real people and real events.
Bowman joins, albeit initially unintentionally, political rallies with university students protesting for democracy, and travels with the student leader U Aung Ko throughout Burma. There, they see the brutality of the military dictatorship of the Ne Win Regime and attempt to escape to Thailand.
The film was an official selection at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
The film may have had an impact beyond movie screens, however. Only weeks into its European run, the Burmese military junta freed Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi (depicted in the film) after several years under strict house arrest. The celebrated democracy leader thanked the filmmakers in her first interview with the BBC. Suu Kyi was re-arrested a few years later, but Beyond Rangoon had already helped raise world attention on a previously "invisible" tragedy: the massacres of 1988 and the cruelty of her country's military rulers.