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1	A 1989 American Adventure Drama written and directed by Creator/JohnMilius that has an American deserter (Creator/NickNolte) surviving the jungle in the midst of WWII.
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3	The movie also stars Creator/NigelHavers, Creator/JamesFox, Creator/FrankMcRae, Creator/AkiAleong, Creator/MariusWeyers, Creator/GerryLopez, Creator/RichardMorganActor, Creator/JohnBennettPerry, Creator/WaynePygram, and Creator/MarilynTokuda.
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5	It was released on March 3, 1989.
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9	!Tropes for the film:
10	* TheFilmOfTheBook: Based on Pierre Schoendoerffer's book ''L'Adieu au Roi''.
11	* GoKartingWithBowser: In the scene following their confrontation, Learoyd and Colonel Mitamura are seen paddling a canoe together as though they were best friends on a trip together.
12	* GodGuise: The movie fits this plot to a T. Learoyd, a marooned US soldier evading the Japanese, is captured by Natives on the island of Borneo. He is saved by tattoos he had gotten in a drunken stupor in the Philippines, which the natives consider to be marks of a God.
13	* GoingNative: Learoyd is a deserter who becomes adopted by a tribe of Dayaks in Borneo, who consider him divine because of his blue eyes.
14	* MightyWhitey: The blond, blue-eyed American Learoyd [[DangerousDeserter deserts his command]], flees into the Borneo jungle, winds up with a tribe there, slays their best warrior in a duel, marries a beautiful princess, and becomes their chief.
15	* PeriodPiece: Takes place during World War II.
16	* {{Tagline}}: "In the midst of war, one man vanished into the jungle, and emerged as king".
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