1 00:02:07,271 --> 00:02:08,559 Borneo. 2 00:02:08,820 --> 00:02:10,971 For most of you, Borneo doesn't exist. 3 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:15,391 An imaginary name on a map like Tibet or Tierra del Fuego. 4 00:02:16,071 --> 00:02:17,871 The ends of the earth. 5 00:02:18,431 --> 00:02:20,471 But I know the island exists. 6 00:02:21,151 --> 00:02:25,151 You see, I was there near the end of the Second World War. 7 00:02:25,791 --> 00:02:28,231 My war. My youth. 8 00:02:29,071 --> 00:02:32,831 I was a botanist before. I've been a botanist ever since. 9 00:02:33,551 --> 00:02:35,391 That's why they chose me, I suppose. 10 00:02:35,871 --> 00:02:38,031 Special Operations trained me. 11 00:02:38,591 --> 00:02:41,751 I was to help lead the tribes against the Japanese. 12 00:02:41,871 --> 00:02:43,751 But I didn't lead them, really. 13 00:02:43,871 --> 00:02:46,671 No, that was someone else. 14 00:02:47,631 --> 00:02:51,511 I knew him. He was the last King of Borneo. 15 00:02:52,431 --> 00:02:54,791 It's all right to tell his tale now. 16 00:02:54,871 --> 00:02:57,711 The wind has swept away the stench of the corpses. 17 00:02:57,791 --> 00:03:01,351 And all that we remember is the flare of our youth. 18 00:03:21,631 --> 00:03:22,871 Oh, God damn. 19 00:03:29,471 --> 00:03:32,671 Tenga, are you all right? Tenga? 20 00:03:33,871 --> 00:03:35,111 Yes, sir. 21 00:03:36,991 --> 00:03:39,751 Don't appear to have broken anything, sir. 22 00:03:40,231 --> 00:03:43,071 - Yourself, sir? - Well, I'm upside-down. 23 00:03:43,551 --> 00:03:44,791 Yes, sir. 24 00:03:49,671 --> 00:03:52,311 - Use your knife. - Yes, sir. 25 00:03:58,751 --> 00:04:00,591 Sorry about that, sir. 26 00:04:53,471 --> 00:04:54,551 Murut? 27 00:04:55,511 --> 00:04:56,591 Iban? 28 00:04:58,071 --> 00:04:59,271 Kelabit? 29 00:05:02,311 --> 00:05:03,631 Comanche. 30 00:05:04,231 --> 00:05:06,951 He said Comanche, sir. He speaks English. 31 00:05:07,031 --> 00:05:08,471 I Comanche. 32 00:05:42,391 --> 00:05:44,231 South-southeast, sir. 33 00:05:45,311 --> 00:05:48,551 Towards the center and up, into the middle of Borneo. 34 00:06:10,911 --> 00:06:13,431 - I'll take the first watch. - Yes, sir. 35 00:06:13,591 --> 00:06:16,511 - Well, good night, sir. - Good night, Tenga. 36 00:06:42,751 --> 00:06:45,071 What the hell is going on, Tenga? 37 00:08:01,271 --> 00:08:03,511 He's a white man, my God. 38 00:08:04,951 --> 00:08:06,831 He's as white as we are. 39 00:08:19,311 --> 00:08:21,111 My name is Fairbourne. 40 00:08:22,911 --> 00:08:25,031 I'm a British serving officer. 41 00:08:29,471 --> 00:08:31,511 Now, why have you done this? 42 00:08:50,031 --> 00:08:51,511 Oh, God. 43 00:09:15,231 --> 00:09:18,231 As I said before, I'm a British serving officer. 44 00:09:18,791 --> 00:09:23,431 My name is Captain Nigel Fairbourne. This is Sergeant Lionel Tenga, my radioman. 45 00:09:23,551 --> 00:09:25,591 I'm with Zed Force, Special Operations. 46 00:09:25,671 --> 00:09:29,111 The Japanese are losing the war, as well as the Germans. 47 00:09:29,631 --> 00:09:31,192 Our side is winning. Am I right, Tenga? 48 00:09:31,271 --> 00:09:33,111 - Right, sir. - Thank you. 49 00:09:34,591 --> 00:09:37,471 General MacArthur is back in the Philippines. 50 00:09:38,031 --> 00:09:40,511 The Australians will be landing shortly to recapture... 51 00:09:40,591 --> 00:09:43,991 I mean, liberate this country. 52 00:09:45,311 --> 00:09:48,951 I have the task of organizing resistance amongst the tribes. 53 00:09:50,711 --> 00:09:52,551 We need your help, sir. 54 00:09:53,311 --> 00:09:55,871 The wind has veered to the West again. 55 00:09:58,911 --> 00:10:00,831 The British will be back. 56 00:10:47,231 --> 00:10:49,871 Learoyd. I am Learoyd. 57 00:10:53,471 --> 00:10:57,791 When I first arrived at this house, they wanted to sell my head to the Japanese... 58 00:10:59,231 --> 00:11:01,271 but I didn't know about it. 59 00:11:02,351 --> 00:11:05,151 I had to learn their language like a child. 60 00:11:06,271 --> 00:11:08,191 They know a little English. 61 00:11:08,391 --> 00:11:10,831 It's sacred. Religious. 62 00:11:12,151 --> 00:11:15,471 I ought to explain that you are in the spirit country. 63 00:11:15,831 --> 00:11:20,231 My people are the sons of the first man, living by the law of the ancients. 64 00:11:29,831 --> 00:11:31,551 All we men are free. 65 00:11:34,271 --> 00:11:37,271 I have a special relationship with the spirits. 66 00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:40,191 I died once. 67 00:11:42,191 --> 00:11:43,431 I had to. 68 00:11:44,791 --> 00:11:47,751 I had to give up everything. 69 00:11:48,071 --> 00:11:49,831 Even the will to live. 70 00:11:56,511 --> 00:11:58,911 It started in April of '42. 71 00:11:59,631 --> 00:12:02,071 Just before the fall of Corregidor. 72 00:12:04,151 --> 00:12:06,191 When MacArthur skipped out... 73 00:12:08,031 --> 00:12:10,751 some of us figured it was time to go, too. 74 00:12:22,175 --> 00:12:26,175 Took a small boat drifted all the way down here to Borneo 75 00:12:27,013 --> 00:12:28,913 I suppose we were all deserters. 76 00:12:31,255 --> 00:12:32,829 In say that way 77 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,720 I remember the waves. 78 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:41,880 Giant waves. 79 00:13:05,064 --> 00:13:07,064 He's dead. He's dead! 80 00:13:07,830 --> 00:13:10,630 - Lights! It's a village. - No, no. That's Japanese. 81 00:13:10,830 --> 00:13:12,330 There's no choice! 82 00:13:12,373 --> 00:13:13,473 No, I've had enough. 83 00:13:13,822 --> 00:13:17,922 Bataan. Corregidor. You were wrong! 84 00:13:17,923 --> 00:13:22,623 We're free now. We're free. Free to go our own ways. 85 00:13:22,624 --> 00:13:23,624 We're free. 86 00:15:17,197 --> 00:15:20,197 I left the coastal plains, and I wandered inland. 87 00:15:20,397 --> 00:15:23,997 And then I came to where the real jungle begins. 88 00:15:33,277 --> 00:15:35,397 I was suffocated by the trees. 89 00:15:35,637 --> 00:15:37,397 I longed for the sky. 90 00:15:38,637 --> 00:15:40,117 But I was free. 91 00:15:43,557 --> 00:15:45,117 Free to do what? 92 00:17:02,917 --> 00:17:06,077 He had been hunting, and he caught nothing. 93 00:17:07,197 --> 00:17:08,397 Only me. 94 00:17:13,477 --> 00:17:15,717 It was Gwai who brought me here. 95 00:17:15,797 --> 00:17:18,277 Of course, it was this dragon tattooed on my chest... 96 00:17:18,357 --> 00:17:19,877 that probably saved me. 97 00:17:19,917 --> 00:17:22,837 I got it in Manila one night when I was drunk. 98 00:17:25,037 --> 00:17:28,677 Lian the Magnificent was all for selling my head to the Japs. 99 00:17:28,717 --> 00:17:32,557 He had a bunch of hotheads with him, and they were all steamed up. 100 00:17:32,717 --> 00:17:35,157 They were running these people down. 101 00:17:47,637 --> 00:17:49,957 It was the women who stopped him. 102 00:17:49,997 --> 00:17:52,277 They were fascinated by my eyes. 103 00:17:52,917 --> 00:17:55,397 They said my eyes were like the sea. 104 00:17:55,597 --> 00:17:59,717 The sea means salt, and here, salt is life. 105 00:18:50,437 --> 00:18:53,917 Her name was Yoo, Gwai's sister. 106 00:18:54,877 --> 00:18:59,277 It was said from when she was a child, she was born to rule. 107 00:19:04,077 --> 00:19:06,477 Smackee. Smackee. 108 00:19:20,597 --> 00:19:23,997 No. Moonshine. 109 00:19:24,317 --> 00:19:26,637 - Moonshine. - Moonshine. 110 00:19:30,117 --> 00:19:32,757 I lived with the forest, like an animal. 111 00:19:33,197 --> 00:19:37,357 For the first time in my life, I was truly free. 112 00:19:59,117 --> 00:20:02,437 Men here dream of gods and strike noble attitudes. 113 00:20:02,637 --> 00:20:04,837 They want to rival the heroes of the past. 114 00:20:04,877 --> 00:20:08,317 The time of Rajah Brooke and the days of high adventure. 115 00:20:10,157 --> 00:20:14,597 For them, it is a man that counts, not life. 116 00:21:54,157 --> 00:21:56,077 We fought for over an hour. 117 00:21:56,117 --> 00:21:59,597 Lian the Magnificent wounded me seven times. 118 00:21:59,757 --> 00:22:01,717 I struck him in the heart. 119 00:22:22,397 --> 00:22:24,317 I took him to his mother. 120 00:22:24,517 --> 00:22:26,197 We all mourned him. 121 00:22:27,277 --> 00:22:28,877 He was a bad man... 122 00:22:29,037 --> 00:22:33,037 but they all remembered the little boy who played in this longhouse. 123 00:22:41,478 --> 00:22:43,838 My children. They were born Comanches. 124 00:22:45,923 --> 00:22:49,623 Your children? Yes they were born of strife. 125 00:22:51,849 --> 00:22:54,249 My children. Comanches. 126 00:22:54,250 --> 00:22:59,350 Comanches sir..your majesty? You called them Comanches? 127 00:22:59,491 --> 00:23:01,891 Yes, they remind me of Indians, you know. 128 00:23:07,938 --> 00:23:10,618 You know, only not like they are in the States... 129 00:23:10,658 --> 00:23:12,098 like they were originally. 130 00:23:12,138 --> 00:23:14,778 I won't have my people selling kachina dolls and beads... 131 00:23:14,858 --> 00:23:17,218 by the Grand Canyon at some train. 132 00:23:17,378 --> 00:23:19,858 My Comanches will remain Comanches. Free men. Headhunters. 133 00:23:20,670 --> 00:23:21,670 And women 134 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:24,100 Yes that's right spoken like a free man 135 00:23:26,078 --> 00:23:27,198 Who're they? 136 00:23:29,445 --> 00:23:30,445 Whose they? 137 00:23:32,109 --> 00:23:34,829 You're really quite something, aren't you? 138 00:23:36,353 --> 00:23:39,453 Well then uncle head man died. 139 00:23:39,709 --> 00:23:42,349 Many people from the longhouses came. 140 00:23:42,869 --> 00:23:44,549 They came from the black lands... 141 00:23:44,629 --> 00:23:47,949 and also from the red lands where the spirits had fled. 142 00:23:48,069 --> 00:23:50,749 Six buffaloes were slaughtered and eaten. 143 00:23:50,829 --> 00:23:53,069 It lasted for three whole days. 144 00:23:53,509 --> 00:23:56,229 And then, on the third day, I spoke. 145 00:23:57,189 --> 00:23:59,309 I told you, men dream of gods. 146 00:23:59,629 --> 00:24:02,469 But you must find the words to fire the dream. 147 00:24:02,549 --> 00:24:05,429 I spent a whole year learning the words. 148 00:25:12,530 --> 00:25:15,370 Well, I guess it was time I got married. 149 00:25:39,565 --> 00:25:45,465 And there was the matter of all singar's people, whose long house was on the river 150 00:25:45,849 --> 00:25:50,149 They had a blood few with wise ancestors since a time of God 151 00:25:51,437 --> 00:25:55,350 There was a girl from singar's own family and a boy 152 00:25:55,376 --> 00:25:59,062 from our village, they were like romeo & julliet. 153 00:25:59,141 --> 00:26:02,841 When she got pregnant, it happens 154 00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:09,430 Yeah well the man they wanted or the whole disaster 155 00:26:09,858 --> 00:26:15,158 I spoke to the women and I gave them some bad ideas. 156 00:26:29,698 --> 00:26:36,098 I don't like these girls, its more sex I will stop worship if chase superior anyway 157 00:26:36,402 --> 00:26:37,702 I never see these 158 00:26:43,336 --> 00:26:45,136 Sleep well, get for long. 159 00:26:51,593 --> 00:26:55,093 Well the man suits of the falling of their ways 160 00:26:56,174 --> 00:26:58,824 After the first time in several centuries there 161 00:26:58,850 --> 00:27:01,499 was peace and they all close and been settled. 162 00:27:12,659 --> 00:27:17,019 I brought them the joy of song and the fellowship of the round table. 163 00:27:18,539 --> 00:27:21,219 I had united 22 longhouses. 164 00:27:21,779 --> 00:27:23,499 Forged a new nation. 165 00:27:24,619 --> 00:27:28,739 Well, I guess I'd become King. 166 00:27:36,939 --> 00:27:39,419 And I guess I became King. 167 00:27:43,699 --> 00:27:47,339 It doesn't matter what you do, I'll never go back. 168 00:27:48,659 --> 00:27:50,459 What is it you wanted? 169 00:27:51,019 --> 00:27:52,419 In the north... 170 00:27:53,739 --> 00:27:56,739 the Americans are arming the Sulu pirates. 171 00:27:57,299 --> 00:28:01,739 In the south, other teams like mine are organizing the Dayaks of Sarawak. 172 00:28:02,659 --> 00:28:05,619 There'll soon be general hostilities in Borneo. 173 00:28:06,579 --> 00:28:08,979 The Australians are going to land. 174 00:28:24,299 --> 00:28:27,179 No one has ever controlled Borneo from within. 175 00:28:27,259 --> 00:28:31,539 The Japanese, like everybody else, have only inhabited the rim. 176 00:28:33,979 --> 00:28:37,659 But when we invade, we will drive them into the center. 177 00:28:38,579 --> 00:28:41,099 What will your kingdom be worth then? 178 00:28:41,219 --> 00:28:43,499 You can no longer avoid history. 179 00:28:43,899 --> 00:28:46,259 This is the Forest of the Spirits. 180 00:28:49,579 --> 00:28:51,659 It's been like this forever. 181 00:29:02,379 --> 00:29:04,699 It's a real hangover morning, eh, sir? 182 00:29:26,299 --> 00:29:29,339 Great Mountain of the Dead. Beyond is the Plain of Elephants. 183 00:29:29,419 --> 00:29:31,659 And after that, there's the sea. 184 00:29:32,019 --> 00:29:33,939 They'll have to leave us a way to the sea. 185 00:29:34,019 --> 00:29:35,059 Who? The Japanese? 186 00:29:35,139 --> 00:29:37,979 No, the others. The rest of the world. After the war. 187 00:29:38,059 --> 00:29:41,899 We need salt from the sea. What's life without a little salt, eh? 188 00:29:42,939 --> 00:29:45,779 As I said, you can no longer avoid history. 189 00:29:49,299 --> 00:29:52,299 Look, when I said I was a deserter, I meant it. 190 00:29:52,419 --> 00:29:54,699 I quit your world and your war. 191 00:29:55,339 --> 00:29:57,659 This is a better world I live in. 192 00:29:58,299 --> 00:29:59,819 They don't know about your war. 193 00:29:59,859 --> 00:30:02,659 I'm their king, and I don't want them to know. 194 00:30:04,019 --> 00:30:07,299 It's almost over, anyway. You can finish it without me. 195 00:30:07,859 --> 00:30:09,379 And the Japanese? 196 00:30:09,459 --> 00:30:10,819 The jungle's a big place. 197 00:30:10,899 --> 00:30:14,819 They'll wander around till they die or somebody finds them, but it won't be me. 198 00:30:14,899 --> 00:30:18,979 Figure it this way. You're lucky. I could sell your heads to the Japs. 199 00:30:30,099 --> 00:30:31,499 Well, Tenga? 200 00:30:31,579 --> 00:30:35,499 Yes. Well, sir, you do have to see it his way, sir. 201 00:30:35,779 --> 00:30:38,019 I mean, he really doesn't need World War II, sir. 202 00:30:38,099 --> 00:30:39,819 Yes, but World War II needs him. 203 00:30:39,859 --> 00:30:43,019 He just doesn't bloody well understand, that's all. 204 00:30:47,219 --> 00:30:50,859 You know, sir, this place is not half bad... 205 00:30:50,939 --> 00:30:52,939 if the sun would come out. 206 00:30:53,179 --> 00:30:55,299 Old Learoyd might know what he's up to, sir. 207 00:30:55,379 --> 00:30:58,499 Watch it, Sergeant. Don't let this life seduce you. 208 00:30:58,619 --> 00:31:00,539 Remember, you're British. 209 00:31:01,259 --> 00:31:03,179 No, sir. I'm African, sir. 210 00:31:03,379 --> 00:31:06,859 Kikuyu, the King's African Rifles. I'm almost a savage. 211 00:31:08,339 --> 00:31:10,059 You're British, sir. 212 00:31:15,579 --> 00:31:16,899 Yes, thank you, Hornbill. 213 00:31:16,979 --> 00:31:19,859 This is Semit One, acknowledging end of transmission. 214 00:31:19,939 --> 00:31:21,379 Over and out. 215 00:31:24,659 --> 00:31:26,219 Your reply from Hornbill, sir. 216 00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:29,259 "As far as your mad American, make use of him as necessary..." 217 00:31:29,299 --> 00:31:31,299 "but arrange earliest possible evacuation." 218 00:31:31,379 --> 00:31:34,019 - Yes, we could expect that, eh, Lionel? - Yes, sir. 219 00:31:34,099 --> 00:31:37,179 Can't have any kings save the one in London, sir. 220 00:31:42,779 --> 00:31:45,139 You think she understood us, sir? 221 00:31:45,379 --> 00:31:50,099 Yes. Maybe not the words, but she understood. 222 00:32:05,619 --> 00:32:07,059 Morning, sir. 223 00:32:08,539 --> 00:32:09,699 Good morning, sir. 224 00:32:09,779 --> 00:32:11,339 Good morning, sir. 225 00:32:11,459 --> 00:32:15,779 I hope you know, sir, those are the largest boots in all of Asia. 226 00:32:16,339 --> 00:32:18,379 And perhaps the world, for that matter. 227 00:32:18,459 --> 00:32:19,539 Good morning, ladies. 228 00:32:19,619 --> 00:32:21,979 - Good morning, sir. - Good morning, sir. 229 00:32:22,059 --> 00:32:25,139 Good morning, sir. Good morning, sir. 230 00:32:25,219 --> 00:32:28,299 Good morning, sir. Good morning, sir. 231 00:32:52,339 --> 00:32:53,819 I'll be damned. 232 00:33:30,179 --> 00:33:32,459 You! Yeah, you! 233 00:33:32,633 --> 00:33:35,394 - You did this with your radio! - Yes, we have a radio. You know that. 234 00:33:35,419 --> 00:33:36,939 Well, the Japs heard it. They know you're here. 235 00:33:37,019 --> 00:33:39,419 Well, more or less. If we can hear them, they can hear us. 236 00:33:39,499 --> 00:33:41,779 And if we stay on a bit too long, they can triangulate... 237 00:33:41,859 --> 00:33:44,219 and I suppose we stayed on too long! 238 00:33:44,299 --> 00:33:46,419 Look, I'm sorry. 239 00:33:46,499 --> 00:33:49,579 Well, it's simple then. I kill you and break your radio! 240 00:33:49,739 --> 00:33:52,019 Well, they'll just send another man with another radio! 241 00:33:52,099 --> 00:33:54,219 Listen, you can no longer avoid history! 242 00:33:54,299 --> 00:33:57,259 - I'm sorry. I've said that! - Shut up. History? 243 00:33:59,019 --> 00:34:02,179 The world's so full of crap, sooner or later, you're gonna step in it. 244 00:34:02,259 --> 00:34:04,059 You call that history? 245 00:34:05,299 --> 00:34:06,899 It won't go away. 246 00:34:10,419 --> 00:34:12,939 You've got some feathers in your hair. 247 00:34:17,219 --> 00:34:18,659 I want a deal. 248 00:34:20,859 --> 00:34:24,739 A treaty. An ambassador with a sash. The whole banana. 249 00:34:24,819 --> 00:34:27,419 - Who's the boss? - Colonel Ferguson, Zed Force. 250 00:34:27,499 --> 00:34:29,819 No, no, no! The kingfish! The big guy! 251 00:34:29,899 --> 00:34:31,939 - The banana! Top guy! - That'll be MacArthur. 252 00:34:32,019 --> 00:34:34,579 MacArthur? You expect me to make a deal with the guy that ran out on me? 253 00:34:34,659 --> 00:34:35,659 He came back. 254 00:34:35,739 --> 00:34:38,019 - Well, I'll forgive him. - He'll be grateful. 255 00:34:38,099 --> 00:34:40,339 Yes, I'll bet so. 256 00:34:48,979 --> 00:34:52,539 - What do you want? - Freedom to be like we are. 257 00:34:53,939 --> 00:34:57,499 - Anything else? - Guns. So they can't take the freedom away. 258 00:34:57,619 --> 00:34:58,819 Well, I'll see what I can do. 259 00:34:58,899 --> 00:35:01,659 And grenades, mortars and mines, so they can't take the guns away. 260 00:35:01,739 --> 00:35:03,819 Yes, I'll see what I can do. 261 00:35:06,819 --> 00:35:08,419 No treaty, no war. 262 00:35:09,659 --> 00:35:11,979 You'll do it all right. You'll do it. 263 00:35:12,019 --> 00:35:13,299 I know your bosses. 264 00:35:13,379 --> 00:35:16,259 You made us hungry. You hurt us. Worst of all, you hurt our feelings. 265 00:35:16,339 --> 00:35:18,659 I know, because I was in the labor movement. 266 00:35:18,739 --> 00:35:22,099 I was a renegade. I was in jail. 267 00:35:22,579 --> 00:35:25,499 Hell, I was a Communist! 268 00:35:26,819 --> 00:35:28,659 If you were a Communist... 269 00:35:30,539 --> 00:35:32,339 how can you be a king? 270 00:35:33,019 --> 00:35:35,659 Only a Communist would've thought of it. 271 00:35:35,699 --> 00:35:39,419 I wouldn't stay in there too long. That's where the pigs shit. 272 00:35:42,739 --> 00:35:44,579 Parachutes. Parachutes. 273 00:36:09,019 --> 00:36:10,179 Well, what do you think? 274 00:36:10,259 --> 00:36:11,819 Knocked them in the eye, eh, Your Majesty? 275 00:36:11,859 --> 00:36:15,379 They were promised an arrival from the sky. They've seen it. They are content. 276 00:36:15,459 --> 00:36:18,819 She wants to touch them to make sure they're not ghosts. 277 00:36:20,019 --> 00:36:21,499 I'm Learoyd. This is my daughter. 278 00:36:21,579 --> 00:36:24,459 Yeah, Dave Corbett, demolition. Dynamite Dave. 279 00:36:24,779 --> 00:36:26,699 - I'm an American like yourself. - Is that so? 280 00:36:26,779 --> 00:36:27,819 Where are you from, Dave? 281 00:36:27,899 --> 00:36:30,899 Ventura, California. A little town just north of Los Angeles. 282 00:36:30,979 --> 00:36:32,099 Lots of orange trees. 283 00:36:32,179 --> 00:36:34,859 - California. Must be nice. - It is, sir. 284 00:36:34,899 --> 00:36:37,499 Have you ever seen Dorothy Lamour? 285 00:36:37,579 --> 00:36:39,139 Oh, mama. 286 00:36:39,539 --> 00:36:43,299 - She must be something, huh? - She is, sir. I mean, Your Majesty. 287 00:36:45,619 --> 00:36:48,699 I asked for first rate NCO's as advisors... 288 00:36:48,779 --> 00:36:52,979 so that your personal authority could gradually replace Learoyd's power. 289 00:36:53,339 --> 00:36:56,139 What, you mean the King, sir? Well, he seems a good bloke. 290 00:36:56,179 --> 00:36:59,459 - Is he really a king? - For now he is a king. 291 00:37:00,499 --> 00:37:03,419 - Your name, Sergeant? - Conklin, sir. Team sergeant. 292 00:37:03,499 --> 00:37:04,939 - How do you do? - This is Armstrong. 293 00:37:05,019 --> 00:37:06,579 Bren Armstrong. Heavy weapons. 294 00:37:06,659 --> 00:37:08,779 - Dynamite Dave. Demolition. - How you doing, sir? 295 00:37:08,859 --> 00:37:10,739 - American? - OSS, sir. 296 00:37:10,819 --> 00:37:12,259 - Stretch Lewis, mate. How are you? - Very good. 297 00:37:12,339 --> 00:37:14,819 - Sergeant Lionel Tenga, my radioman. - Hi, Tenga. 298 00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:17,739 Now I want to stress from the start that we represent Great Britain here... 299 00:37:17,779 --> 00:37:20,619 the civilized world and all that it entails. 300 00:37:21,419 --> 00:37:24,019 We're bringing modern warfare to these savages. 301 00:37:24,179 --> 00:37:25,459 This is a heavy responsibility. 302 00:37:25,539 --> 00:37:26,859 - Sir? - Yes? 303 00:37:27,179 --> 00:37:29,139 What's the deal on the women? Are they free? 304 00:37:29,219 --> 00:37:31,099 Now you're talking. 305 00:38:29,779 --> 00:38:32,139 Artillery. Well, that's something. 306 00:38:32,939 --> 00:38:35,819 - You think they can grasp it? - Yes, it's quite simple, sir. 307 00:38:35,899 --> 00:38:38,819 It's like their blowpipes, only bigger. 308 00:38:39,539 --> 00:38:42,499 Teach them that and they won't be savages any longer, will they? 309 00:38:54,419 --> 00:38:57,299 You've got that well organized, haven't you? 310 00:38:59,859 --> 00:39:01,339 Our days passed. 311 00:39:01,419 --> 00:39:05,459 And then an incident at old Sengar's longhouse on the Srai. 312 00:39:11,819 --> 00:39:13,139 What is it? 313 00:39:13,939 --> 00:39:16,619 See, it can go off like this at any time. 314 00:39:18,659 --> 00:39:22,299 If a girl has a child, and she dies... 315 00:39:22,779 --> 00:39:24,099 then they kill the baby. 316 00:39:24,179 --> 00:39:26,699 Now, a girl from this village here, she had a child. 317 00:39:26,739 --> 00:39:29,259 She had a son, and she died. 318 00:39:29,859 --> 00:39:32,059 Well, what's the fuss? Why are they moving apart? 319 00:39:32,139 --> 00:39:36,139 Because the father is from our village. He's a noble, an aristocrat. 320 00:39:36,819 --> 00:39:38,859 He took the girl. She died. 321 00:39:39,699 --> 00:39:41,619 Now if they kill his son... 322 00:39:43,939 --> 00:39:47,299 it will start a feud, a blood feud. 323 00:39:48,379 --> 00:39:50,019 Who is the father? 324 00:39:51,299 --> 00:39:53,939 My brother, Gwai. 325 00:40:02,659 --> 00:40:04,339 Where is the child? 326 00:40:05,939 --> 00:40:07,659 Bring me the child. 327 00:40:26,019 --> 00:40:29,419 These laws do not apply to me, and I come from far away. 328 00:40:30,099 --> 00:40:33,419 So I can kill the child, as is the way. 329 00:41:23,179 --> 00:41:25,299 My child. This is my child. 330 00:41:42,459 --> 00:41:46,059 Why would you have killed this baby, huh? Why? 331 00:41:47,059 --> 00:41:49,059 Why would you have let me? 332 00:42:07,419 --> 00:42:09,939 I've seen you do all manner of things. 333 00:42:10,219 --> 00:42:11,379 But now... 334 00:42:14,219 --> 00:42:15,939 I've seen you King. 335 00:42:52,019 --> 00:42:54,539 - Do you think he's sleeping with her? - No, no, no. 336 00:42:54,939 --> 00:42:56,699 He says he loves his wife, and I believe him. 337 00:42:56,739 --> 00:42:59,019 What's the point of being king if you can't have the girls? 338 00:42:59,059 --> 00:43:00,779 Well, he can have anything he wants, but he doesn't. 339 00:43:00,859 --> 00:43:02,579 Well, a man is a man. 340 00:43:04,779 --> 00:43:06,859 You know him as well as I do. 341 00:43:07,539 --> 00:43:10,099 I think he's hiding something from us. 342 00:43:11,219 --> 00:43:13,139 There must be something. 343 00:43:17,499 --> 00:43:19,139 You have no wives. 344 00:43:20,099 --> 00:43:22,659 Who's going to keep you warm at night? 345 00:43:23,819 --> 00:43:28,259 She says you would enjoy the luster of her thighs... 346 00:43:28,339 --> 00:43:30,779 and the velvet texture of her belly. 347 00:43:30,899 --> 00:43:33,099 That is if you're not too tired. 348 00:43:34,299 --> 00:43:36,219 Did she really say that? 349 00:43:37,939 --> 00:43:40,299 Well, you're twisting my arm, sir. 350 00:43:52,659 --> 00:43:55,659 There's no greater pleasure than a woman's love. 351 00:43:56,019 --> 00:43:57,499 No, no. 352 00:43:58,379 --> 00:44:03,019 As you once told me, "War must be chaste and the warrior pure." 353 00:44:03,219 --> 00:44:04,579 I said that? 354 00:44:05,939 --> 00:44:07,059 I don't trust a man... 355 00:44:07,139 --> 00:44:10,859 who can turn away from the hips and thighs fashioned by the spirits. 356 00:44:10,899 --> 00:44:12,619 But you do. Why? 357 00:44:13,379 --> 00:44:15,459 Maybe it's the old morality. 358 00:44:15,779 --> 00:44:17,259 I love my wife. 359 00:44:18,019 --> 00:44:21,579 You'll go with one of these women in time. 360 00:44:27,219 --> 00:44:30,099 - Do you trust me? - Yes. 361 00:44:31,059 --> 00:44:33,499 If I have a choice between the good or bad in a man... 362 00:44:33,579 --> 00:44:35,459 I choose to believe the good. 363 00:44:35,539 --> 00:44:37,379 The Warrior King, huh? 364 00:44:38,419 --> 00:44:42,779 No, you're the warrior. I'm just a king. 365 00:44:47,459 --> 00:44:49,379 What do you see up there? 366 00:44:50,459 --> 00:44:51,659 Altair. 367 00:44:52,659 --> 00:44:54,339 The Southern Cross. 368 00:44:55,459 --> 00:44:59,179 There's something here, something you're not telling me. 369 00:45:01,899 --> 00:45:03,299 I'll show you... 370 00:45:04,939 --> 00:45:06,139 in time. 371 00:45:11,219 --> 00:45:13,939 We must see the Jap. Operations demand it. 372 00:45:14,714 --> 00:45:16,674 Or how else am I to know they're really out there? 373 00:45:16,699 --> 00:45:18,819 They're out there, all right. 374 00:45:18,899 --> 00:45:20,619 We're gonna split up. 375 00:45:21,019 --> 00:45:24,179 One of us will find the Jap on the river somewhere. 376 00:45:24,674 --> 00:45:27,034 If something happens, we're gonna meet up at this open spot. 377 00:45:27,059 --> 00:45:29,539 Grid coordinate 32 west by 16 north. 378 00:45:29,659 --> 00:45:31,419 You'll have to wrap your boots. 379 00:45:31,499 --> 00:45:35,139 If the Japs see those prints, they'll bomb us again, for sure. 380 00:45:35,379 --> 00:45:37,219 I'd rather go barefoot. 381 00:45:37,499 --> 00:45:39,339 Damn British stoicism. 382 00:45:39,459 --> 00:45:42,059 I'd have you carried upside-down on a pole if I wanted. 383 00:45:42,139 --> 00:45:44,459 And I should. You've got malaria. 384 00:46:13,459 --> 00:46:14,899 A Jap, by God. 385 00:46:15,619 --> 00:46:17,659 I've never seen one before. 386 00:46:19,539 --> 00:46:23,019 He's got a rifle, too, and a long bayonet. 387 00:46:24,659 --> 00:46:25,779 Nasty. 388 00:46:26,859 --> 00:46:28,859 I think you ought to have a look, Conklin. 389 00:46:28,939 --> 00:46:32,459 No, thank you, sir. I've seen quite enough of them before. 390 00:46:34,419 --> 00:46:35,579 My God. 391 00:46:37,459 --> 00:46:39,419 He's pissing in the river. 392 00:46:41,419 --> 00:46:43,139 Just like one of us. 393 00:46:43,819 --> 00:46:45,139 Just a man. 394 00:46:45,619 --> 00:46:47,739 I've got to get a closer look. 395 00:46:48,019 --> 00:46:50,379 I've simply got to get a closer look. 396 00:47:27,659 --> 00:47:29,259 Get the hell out! 397 00:48:04,019 --> 00:48:05,219 How long have you been here? 398 00:48:05,299 --> 00:48:07,539 - Quite a while, sir. And you? - The same. 399 00:48:07,619 --> 00:48:09,219 He should have been here by now, sir. 400 00:48:09,299 --> 00:48:11,019 If we wait much longer, their patrols will be here. 401 00:48:11,099 --> 00:48:14,699 No. We're not going back without him. 402 00:48:15,739 --> 00:48:18,219 He's just lost. He has malaria. 403 00:48:38,339 --> 00:48:39,659 Wait here. 404 00:48:40,139 --> 00:48:43,099 Keep everybody under cover. I'll be back soon. 405 00:51:15,179 --> 00:51:16,299 Tenga. 406 00:51:18,059 --> 00:51:21,459 How long have I... God, I can't remember a thing. 407 00:51:21,579 --> 00:51:23,859 - Three days, sir. Malaria. - Oh, Jesus. 408 00:51:24,019 --> 00:51:27,219 You haven't been taking your quinine, sir. Very bad. 409 00:51:28,779 --> 00:51:31,219 Something's happened. I can feel it. 410 00:51:31,539 --> 00:51:32,739 Well, it's started, sir. 411 00:51:32,819 --> 00:51:34,539 - What's started? - The war. 412 00:51:34,619 --> 00:51:37,899 They've landed at Tarakan. Just an Aussie brigade. 413 00:51:38,939 --> 00:51:41,499 Just a beachhead, but it'll grow, sir. 414 00:51:41,779 --> 00:51:44,499 - Stirred up a hornet's nest, they did, sir. - I'll bet it did. 415 00:51:44,819 --> 00:51:46,859 Learoyd. Where's Learoyd? 416 00:52:00,739 --> 00:52:02,259 You saved my life. 417 00:52:02,339 --> 00:52:05,419 I found you. It just happened to be me. 418 00:52:06,099 --> 00:52:09,259 Who's Vivienne? You kept mentioning her name. 419 00:52:10,779 --> 00:52:12,179 She's my fiancée. 420 00:52:12,299 --> 00:52:14,299 So that's why you wouldn't. 421 00:52:14,619 --> 00:52:17,539 I said I never trusted a man who had no woman. 422 00:52:17,899 --> 00:52:20,299 I was beginning to worry about you. 423 00:52:23,059 --> 00:52:25,099 I'll get you what you want. 424 00:52:27,299 --> 00:52:28,979 She doesn't believe you. 425 00:52:29,059 --> 00:52:30,819 - Why not? - Because you're white. 426 00:52:30,899 --> 00:52:32,139 So are you! 427 00:52:32,179 --> 00:52:34,459 When I came here, I wanted to remake the world. I did. 428 00:52:34,539 --> 00:52:37,859 I remade my world, but I cannot remake yours. 429 00:52:46,259 --> 00:52:48,899 I'll be back with the treaty. 430 00:52:52,179 --> 00:52:54,419 You're the only one I can trust. 431 00:52:56,779 --> 00:52:57,939 I know. 432 00:53:22,633 --> 00:53:23,833 - Life. - Life, 433 00:53:37,174 --> 00:53:38,574 Don't start the war without me. 434 00:54:06,105 --> 00:54:07,105 Bye-bye. 435 00:54:30,848 --> 00:54:33,448 You don't know how much you mean to me. 436 00:54:38,088 --> 00:54:39,968 I've missed you so much. 437 00:54:45,568 --> 00:54:47,928 But I'm still jealous of your jungle and your headhunters. 438 00:54:48,008 --> 00:54:49,288 It's not fair, you having all the fun. 439 00:54:49,328 --> 00:54:51,488 Fun? You think that's fun? 440 00:54:51,568 --> 00:54:53,288 I suppose you still think you're Tarzan, do you? 441 00:54:53,368 --> 00:54:56,448 And you think you're Lawrence of Arabia, I'm sure. 442 00:54:57,928 --> 00:55:00,208 - All right, say a prayer. - Right. 443 00:55:03,368 --> 00:55:05,488 Now, what about these savages? 444 00:55:05,568 --> 00:55:08,208 This whole thing, you've really done it. 445 00:55:09,088 --> 00:55:10,968 You know, the first time you radioed in... 446 00:55:11,048 --> 00:55:12,488 Ferguson thought you'd landed on your head. 447 00:55:12,568 --> 00:55:14,688 That's not far from the truth. He doesn't think that now, does he? 448 00:55:14,728 --> 00:55:19,008 Oh, no, he's very proud of you. But this so-called King, it disturbs him. 449 00:55:19,528 --> 00:55:22,328 - What's he like? - He is a king, a real king. 450 00:55:22,408 --> 00:55:23,848 Is he yours? 451 00:55:30,248 --> 00:55:31,688 Hitler's dead. 452 00:55:32,808 --> 00:55:35,888 The war in Europe's over. We heard it yesterday. 453 00:55:36,448 --> 00:55:37,968 How do you feel? 454 00:55:38,448 --> 00:55:40,288 How do you feel, really? 455 00:55:40,488 --> 00:55:44,728 You've done a hell of a piece of soldiering, but that's beside the point. 456 00:55:46,088 --> 00:55:49,328 If your American believes he's a king, then he's mad. 457 00:55:50,688 --> 00:55:53,368 And if you believe his fantasy, then you're mad. 458 00:55:53,528 --> 00:55:56,888 - Worse things have happened, sir. - Yes, yes, they have. 459 00:56:01,928 --> 00:56:03,888 Vivienne's like a daughter... 460 00:56:04,648 --> 00:56:06,688 and you're like a son to me. 461 00:56:07,903 --> 00:56:09,583 Do you know how many sons I have trained... 462 00:56:09,608 --> 00:56:13,088 and dropped in some godforsaken jungle never to come back? 463 00:56:14,688 --> 00:56:17,528 Show me that respect, or at least pretend to. 464 00:56:20,168 --> 00:56:22,368 Tell me about these Comanches. 465 00:56:23,048 --> 00:56:25,688 Well, sir, there are about 600 of them. 466 00:56:27,368 --> 00:56:31,008 And they fight of their own free will, depending on their mood. 467 00:56:31,048 --> 00:56:32,728 - Mood? - Yes. 468 00:56:33,568 --> 00:56:37,568 Sometimes an entire militia can just march off in a fit of nostalgia... 469 00:56:38,528 --> 00:56:40,648 to visit some ancient valley. 470 00:56:41,463 --> 00:56:43,183 It makes perfect sense if you're out there. 471 00:56:43,208 --> 00:56:44,928 It's very hard to understand if you're not. 472 00:56:44,968 --> 00:56:47,208 Yes, yes. So? 473 00:56:49,768 --> 00:56:52,648 - An army after my own heart, sir. - Oh, stop it. 474 00:57:02,168 --> 00:57:04,688 You can build them roads and bridges. 475 00:57:05,248 --> 00:57:08,408 You can love their women, sire their children even. 476 00:57:09,528 --> 00:57:12,608 You could learn from them. My God, you can learn. 477 00:57:13,768 --> 00:57:15,968 But you've got to stay British. 478 00:57:17,288 --> 00:57:20,888 It's not contempt. It's a line of conduct. 479 00:57:22,088 --> 00:57:24,128 You'll never be one of them. 480 00:57:25,968 --> 00:57:28,328 You're no longer one of us, either. 481 00:57:29,088 --> 00:57:32,328 People never see you the same again. A dead leaf. 482 00:57:41,928 --> 00:57:45,528 You know that one fine day, you're gonna have to betray them. 483 00:58:12,083 --> 00:58:13,963 General Sutherland, sir! 484 00:58:23,443 --> 00:58:26,963 This is General Sutherland, the supreme commander's Chief of Staff. 485 00:58:27,363 --> 00:58:30,123 Colonel Ferguson, sir. Combined Special Operations. 486 00:58:31,163 --> 00:58:32,483 Cloak and dagger, huh? 487 00:58:33,363 --> 00:58:35,643 Well, I'm sorry to say, Colonel, that the General... 488 00:58:35,723 --> 00:58:40,403 just doesn't have any time right now for kings or treaties with mythical empires. 489 00:58:41,283 --> 00:58:44,203 Although I will say it's certainly entertaining and romantic. 490 00:58:44,243 --> 00:58:47,363 - Are you the fellas who've got the King? - Yes, sir! We do! 491 00:58:48,403 --> 00:58:49,923 - Well, Dick? - Yes, sir! 492 00:58:51,243 --> 00:58:53,363 - Bring them in. - Yes, sir! 493 00:59:08,403 --> 00:59:09,403 King? 494 00:59:10,999 --> 00:59:12,199 Stand easy. 495 00:59:15,188 --> 00:59:16,288 Real king? 496 00:59:17,676 --> 00:59:19,936 - Yes, sir. - What does he want? 497 00:59:20,647 --> 00:59:22,367 Well, sir, he wants freedom. 498 00:59:23,167 --> 00:59:27,087 - That's what we all want, isn't it? - Freedom for his people, sir. 499 00:59:27,807 --> 00:59:30,527 And a guarantee they can remain as they are. 500 00:59:31,807 --> 00:59:35,047 He wants an Allied promise to protect that right, sir. 501 00:59:37,567 --> 00:59:40,167 Any papers? There are always papers. 502 00:59:40,247 --> 00:59:42,527 Oh, yes, yes, I've got them, right here. 503 00:59:44,407 --> 00:59:46,407 - I had a treaty drawn up. - Sir! 504 00:59:46,607 --> 00:59:48,927 You don't have to listen to any more of this nonsense, sir. 505 00:59:49,491 --> 00:59:55,431 Nonsense, This is not nonsense Dick This is history. 506 00:59:57,537 --> 01:00:00,097 History is written by unusual men. 507 01:00:00,737 --> 01:00:02,497 Some who even become kings... 508 01:00:03,137 --> 01:00:06,817 and some who make no more mark than that of a stone thrown into an ocean. 509 01:00:06,897 --> 01:00:08,457 What we have here... 510 01:00:11,817 --> 01:00:13,777 Well, we just don't know, do we? 511 01:00:27,383 --> 01:00:32,023 But, Captain, if you say he's a king, then I'll go along with it. 512 01:00:33,703 --> 01:00:34,784 I'll sign these treaties... 513 01:00:34,823 --> 01:00:37,543 as Supreme Allied Commander of the Pacific Forces. 514 01:00:40,440 --> 01:00:41,884 If your king were here... 515 01:00:41,910 --> 01:00:44,565 I'd kneel before him and offer him my sword. 516 01:00:45,268 --> 01:00:46,373 If I had a sword. 517 01:00:49,392 --> 01:00:50,767 Have copies made. 518 01:00:51,597 --> 01:00:54,717 Handle this as you would dealings with any other sovereign. 519 01:00:54,797 --> 01:00:56,757 Your copies will be returned in the morning, Captain. 520 01:00:56,837 --> 01:00:59,477 Right. As a matter of fact, sir, I've got some copies here. 521 01:00:59,557 --> 01:01:01,637 - You do, do you? Yes, you would. - Yes. 522 01:01:18,197 --> 01:01:19,437 Thank you, sir. 523 01:01:19,997 --> 01:01:21,717 Thank you very much indeed, sir. 524 01:01:21,797 --> 01:01:22,957 It's nothing. 525 01:01:23,037 --> 01:01:25,957 Besides, you wouldn't leave until I signed, would you? 526 01:01:26,997 --> 01:01:28,077 Captain... 527 01:01:29,117 --> 01:01:30,917 you remind me of myself. 528 01:01:34,300 --> 01:01:36,500 Very nice smell tobacco you use. 529 01:01:37,356 --> 01:01:38,456 Smoke a pipe Captain? 530 01:01:38,457 --> 01:01:41,457 No no Not personally but a great friend of mine 531 01:01:43,643 --> 01:01:49,943 But Perhaps your friend used my tobacco understands rather scares me 532 01:01:51,316 --> 01:01:54,516 His best Chain for you sir. Thank you very much, indeed. 533 01:01:54,517 --> 01:01:56,617 Give my regards to his Majesty 534 01:01:58,444 --> 01:02:00,484 And let me know how things go in the kingdom. 535 01:02:02,496 --> 01:02:03,496 Good luck. 536 01:02:10,376 --> 01:02:12,136 I can't believe it. 537 01:02:12,176 --> 01:02:14,896 - He's incredible! - He's just a man like any other. 538 01:02:15,096 --> 01:02:17,976 It will never be done. He'll never have to think of it again. 539 01:02:18,056 --> 01:02:20,776 History will wash his hands, not yours. 540 01:03:17,063 --> 01:03:18,943 - Welcome back, sir. - Thank you. 541 01:03:18,983 --> 01:03:22,383 You've landed in an uproar, sir. You'll see. 542 01:03:22,463 --> 01:03:26,223 - How's Miss Vivienne and the old man, sir? - She's fine, Tenga. She's just fine. 543 01:03:26,303 --> 01:03:28,223 - A present from Morotai. - Thank you, sir! 544 01:03:28,303 --> 01:03:30,223 - Did you miss me? - Of course, sir! 545 01:03:30,303 --> 01:03:31,823 Things weren't the same. 546 01:03:31,903 --> 01:03:34,983 Sergeant Conklin got in a terrible row with his wives, sir. 547 01:03:35,063 --> 01:03:36,063 Wives? 548 01:03:37,943 --> 01:03:39,263 - Life, English! - Life! 549 01:03:39,303 --> 01:03:40,903 - Life, English! - What is this? 550 01:03:40,983 --> 01:03:43,863 - Refugees, sir. More come every day. - Life, English! 551 01:03:43,943 --> 01:03:47,863 There's been an uprising on the coast. Japanese have been quite brutal, sir. 552 01:03:50,503 --> 01:03:52,223 Captain, how was your trip? 553 01:03:56,463 --> 01:03:57,983 There's no controlling him, sir. 554 01:03:58,023 --> 01:04:01,623 I've been away for three days, and you're acting like schoolchildren! 555 01:04:43,303 --> 01:04:45,583 I guess I owe you more than I can say. 556 01:04:46,263 --> 01:04:48,663 But don't be fooled. It's only a bit of paper. 557 01:04:49,383 --> 01:04:51,303 They've broken a treaty or two before, you know. 558 01:04:51,383 --> 01:04:54,783 No, no, no, it's you. You did this for me. 559 01:04:55,743 --> 01:04:59,583 Not MacArthur and not your Special Forces... 560 01:04:59,623 --> 01:05:02,503 or the Allies, or your whole goddamn empire! 561 01:05:02,543 --> 01:05:04,103 You did this for me! 562 01:05:04,503 --> 01:05:06,343 The King and the country. 563 01:05:08,343 --> 01:05:09,663 Now go to sleep. 564 01:05:15,943 --> 01:05:17,183 Life, English. 565 01:05:19,023 --> 01:05:20,143 Life, Rajah. 566 01:05:42,023 --> 01:05:44,503 So this is the Pass of the Clouds? 567 01:05:45,143 --> 01:05:46,743 I said I'd show you someday. 568 01:05:46,823 --> 01:05:50,263 - Gold? Jewels? - No, something beyond all that crap. 569 01:06:00,703 --> 01:06:02,343 The Pass of the Clouds. 570 01:06:03,783 --> 01:06:08,063 There! There, there! There are the Punans. They're called the honey gatherers. 571 01:06:08,143 --> 01:06:10,183 We call it Valley of the Children. 572 01:06:11,543 --> 01:06:13,263 - They're Stone Age! - Yes. 573 01:06:18,343 --> 01:06:21,343 They don't know of possessions. They have no word for jealousy or greed. 574 01:06:21,423 --> 01:06:24,303 It's absolutely amazing. Incredible, isn't it? 575 01:06:28,863 --> 01:06:30,463 Why do you bring us here? 576 01:06:31,583 --> 01:06:35,783 If you follow the gorge of the Padas River and the coastal mountains, you end up here. 577 01:06:35,823 --> 01:06:38,503 Go through their caves and our whole valley is at your feet. 578 01:06:38,558 --> 01:06:39,958 And you're afraid the Japs might... 579 01:06:39,983 --> 01:06:43,143 The Japs? I'm not afraid of the Japs. I'm not afraid of anybody! 580 01:06:43,663 --> 01:06:46,143 I want you to rig their caves with dynamite. 581 01:06:46,223 --> 01:06:49,743 And if something happens, we blow it. 582 01:06:49,823 --> 01:06:51,823 They could still come through the jungle, like you did. 583 01:06:51,903 --> 01:06:53,743 No one would want it that bad. 584 01:06:54,503 --> 01:06:57,623 We control the jungle. It's here. Dynamite! 585 01:06:57,703 --> 01:07:02,343 - So no one will get in ever. - So it'll be here for all of us. 586 01:07:03,343 --> 01:07:04,903 Spoken like a free man. 587 01:07:14,823 --> 01:07:17,223 So ended our days of peace. 588 01:07:17,263 --> 01:07:19,423 Perhaps some of the happiest of my life. 589 01:07:19,463 --> 01:07:22,343 And with a northwesterly monsoon gathering before us... 590 01:07:22,383 --> 01:07:24,263 came our days of war. 591 01:07:50,463 --> 01:07:53,223 The death agony of the Japanese army in Borneo... 592 01:07:53,263 --> 01:07:55,903 was as sad as the sinking of a great ship. 593 01:07:55,983 --> 01:07:59,303 Bullets, explosives, poisoned arrows. 594 01:07:59,343 --> 01:08:02,743 Men stumbling through the night, mumbling incoherently. 595 01:08:02,823 --> 01:08:04,103 Hunger. 596 01:08:04,143 --> 01:08:07,863 Men eating weeds, leeches, insects... 597 01:08:08,423 --> 01:08:09,703 and each other. 598 01:08:10,463 --> 01:08:12,783 Despair, madness. 599 01:08:13,503 --> 01:08:15,583 For me, for us... 600 01:08:15,663 --> 01:08:18,783 the same period was as thrilling as a cavalry charge. 601 01:08:19,023 --> 01:08:20,063 May God forgive us. 602 01:08:47,865 --> 01:08:51,025 Advance the colors! 603 01:09:00,025 --> 01:09:02,945 Company, double time! 604 01:09:36,985 --> 01:09:38,385 What's he got there? 605 01:09:38,825 --> 01:09:40,185 What do you think? 606 01:09:40,985 --> 01:09:42,694 It's a regression. Barbaric! 607 01:09:42,720 --> 01:09:45,650 Come on, sir. It's good for the longhouse. 608 01:09:45,985 --> 01:09:48,665 Besides, it's also an accurate way to keep count. 609 01:10:01,225 --> 01:10:02,865 The war is getting closer. 610 01:10:03,145 --> 01:10:05,385 They've slipped through the whole Ninth Division. 611 01:10:05,465 --> 01:10:07,745 From the beginning, the Nip has moved with a purpose. 612 01:10:07,825 --> 01:10:11,385 Here from Tarakan, up this gorge in the Crocker Range. 613 01:10:11,465 --> 01:10:14,985 But that's not our concern. Our concern is more immediate. 614 01:10:16,105 --> 01:10:17,425 The phantom column. 615 01:10:17,465 --> 01:10:19,505 - The phantom Colonel. - That's right. 616 01:10:19,585 --> 01:10:21,545 These have chosen not to die. 617 01:10:21,625 --> 01:10:23,385 They fight like Genghis Khan. 618 01:10:23,465 --> 01:10:26,065 Destroy everything in their path, no prisoners. 619 01:10:26,585 --> 01:10:29,265 Still wear full uniforms, weapons. 620 01:10:30,065 --> 01:10:31,665 They even seem well-fed. 621 01:10:32,385 --> 01:10:34,145 And they move as fast as we do. 622 01:10:34,225 --> 01:10:35,985 - How? - I don't know, sir. 623 01:10:36,425 --> 01:10:39,385 But we'll know soon enough. They're coming our way. 624 01:10:40,505 --> 01:10:43,545 They say the Colonel, a phantom Colonel, rides a horse. 625 01:10:43,625 --> 01:10:44,625 A horse? 626 01:10:45,425 --> 01:10:47,585 - A white horse? - I don't know, sir. 627 01:10:48,505 --> 01:10:50,945 They seem to be going from here to... What's this pass called? 628 01:10:51,025 --> 01:10:52,425 Pass of the Clouds. 629 01:10:53,745 --> 01:10:55,265 Pass of the Clouds. 630 01:11:06,785 --> 01:11:08,345 It is the time of fear. 631 01:11:09,665 --> 01:11:11,825 The southwesterly wind brings death. 632 01:11:13,265 --> 01:11:15,305 It is the wind of the flies. 633 01:11:15,385 --> 01:11:17,545 - Who says that? - Gwai. 634 01:11:18,985 --> 01:11:22,385 He says that it will end when the northwesterly wind returns. 635 01:11:23,865 --> 01:11:26,105 - Everything ends. - Yes. 636 01:11:26,145 --> 01:11:28,465 Everything ends. Even me. 637 01:11:29,465 --> 01:11:31,545 Don't let this wind come here to us... 638 01:11:32,145 --> 01:11:33,345 to our people. 639 01:11:34,345 --> 01:11:35,665 Forget this war. 640 01:11:36,545 --> 01:11:38,505 This war is for evil men. 641 01:11:39,665 --> 01:11:41,265 Send these others on. 642 01:11:42,465 --> 01:11:44,545 Let them have the wind of the flies. 643 01:11:44,625 --> 01:11:47,505 The wind is too strong. The trees cannot stand in the wind. 644 01:11:47,545 --> 01:11:51,025 I must hold them up. It is the only good thing men can do. 645 01:11:53,225 --> 01:11:54,465 Men dream. 646 01:11:55,185 --> 01:11:56,185 Yes. 647 01:12:13,025 --> 01:12:14,625 You'll be here to try. 648 01:12:17,625 --> 01:12:19,945 But he is a stranger. He's not one of you. 649 01:12:41,625 --> 01:12:44,585 - What'd she say? - She says she wants to be just like you. 650 01:12:44,665 --> 01:12:47,345 No, no, no, no, no. 651 01:12:47,425 --> 01:12:50,305 You must not be like me. You must be much, much more. 652 01:12:50,385 --> 01:12:51,505 Not like me. 653 01:13:52,385 --> 01:13:53,905 They're an hour ahead. 654 01:13:55,465 --> 01:13:57,745 They killed everyone here, didn't they? 655 01:14:23,665 --> 01:14:24,665 God! 656 01:14:30,785 --> 01:14:32,145 What is it, Tenga? 657 01:14:35,345 --> 01:14:37,305 We know where they are, sir. 658 01:14:38,105 --> 01:14:39,385 What do you mean? 659 01:14:39,825 --> 01:14:43,185 They're dead, sir. They're all dead, sir! 660 01:14:43,985 --> 01:14:45,705 They've been massacred, sir! 661 01:14:47,625 --> 01:14:48,825 I found bones. 662 01:14:49,825 --> 01:14:51,225 Just bones, sir. 663 01:14:51,305 --> 01:14:53,865 - What are you saying, Tenga? - They're eating the dead! 664 01:14:53,945 --> 01:14:57,425 - They ain't starving. - Cannibals! That's what he's saying. 665 01:14:58,145 --> 01:15:01,105 That's how they're living. That's what they're after. 666 01:15:02,105 --> 01:15:05,705 Then we must destroy them, every one of them, my God! 667 01:15:06,545 --> 01:15:07,585 Every one. 668 01:15:08,425 --> 01:15:10,505 No quarter asked or given. 669 01:16:01,185 --> 01:16:02,665 All right, get down! 670 01:18:32,960 --> 01:18:34,240 Get up, for me! 671 01:19:05,480 --> 01:19:06,760 Get him off it. 672 01:19:07,240 --> 01:19:09,280 Shit, he's caught on a bayonet, mate. 673 01:19:12,120 --> 01:19:13,320 They've gone. 674 01:19:14,280 --> 01:19:16,920 - We've got to get to the longhouse! - They've gone. 675 01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:20,320 They've gone to the Pass, the Pass of the Clouds. I feel it. I know it. 676 01:19:20,400 --> 01:19:22,280 We've got to blow the Pass. They're going to... 677 01:19:22,360 --> 01:19:25,160 They've killed everyone! Everyone's dead. My whole crew. 678 01:19:25,200 --> 01:19:28,000 - They can march much faster than we can. - We've got to be there by noon. 679 01:19:28,080 --> 01:19:30,440 Let's put what's left of the army between them and the longhouse. 680 01:19:30,520 --> 01:19:32,320 - You should back off! - Listen to me! 681 01:19:32,400 --> 01:19:33,720 They've broken through! 682 01:19:33,800 --> 01:19:35,840 We've got to get to the longhouse! 683 01:20:03,029 --> 01:20:04,029 Blow it! 684 01:20:06,149 --> 01:20:08,669 Get them out! Go! Go! Come on! 685 01:20:22,749 --> 01:20:23,749 Blow it! 686 01:20:25,989 --> 01:20:28,269 Get out of here! Damn it! 687 01:20:28,349 --> 01:20:31,109 - Blow the son of a bitch! - Get the hell out of here! 688 01:20:31,909 --> 01:20:33,909 You don't understand! You have to go! 689 01:20:33,949 --> 01:20:36,349 You want me to throw rocks? Is that what you want? All right! 690 01:20:36,389 --> 01:20:38,589 Get out of here! Scram! 691 01:20:38,669 --> 01:20:40,869 Go on, move! Scram! 692 01:20:40,949 --> 01:20:42,029 Vamoose! 693 01:20:54,669 --> 01:20:56,629 The longhouse!, We've got to get to the longhouse! 694 01:20:56,709 --> 01:21:00,129 There's nothing you can do! We got to wait until dark. No I am going 695 01:21:10,919 --> 01:21:12,559 Come on! We've lost time! 696 01:22:02,999 --> 01:22:03,999 Gwai! 697 01:25:57,439 --> 01:26:01,039 Conklin's got them spotted in a gorge in the Srai by Falcon's Peak. 698 01:26:01,119 --> 01:26:04,919 We can hold them there till morning, and then call in for the Air Force. 699 01:26:06,119 --> 01:26:09,399 Vengeance is futile. It never ends. You told me that. 700 01:26:09,479 --> 01:26:13,719 It's not man that counts, it's life, Learoyd. It's life! 701 01:26:13,799 --> 01:26:15,759 Blood must be answered by blood. 702 01:28:09,839 --> 01:28:10,839 Come on. 703 01:28:36,439 --> 01:28:38,919 Learoyd am I! 704 01:28:42,719 --> 01:28:43,879 Bastards! 705 01:30:15,239 --> 01:30:16,239 Rajah. 706 01:30:18,519 --> 01:30:20,119 Why are they doing that? 707 01:30:20,759 --> 01:30:23,639 Showing me their bravery, suffering. 708 01:30:24,759 --> 01:30:26,239 But I've seen enough. 709 01:30:29,719 --> 01:30:31,439 It's all gone... 710 01:30:31,479 --> 01:30:34,479 all I had in this world. None of it will bring them back. 711 01:30:34,559 --> 01:30:37,319 They're gone for tomorrow, the day after, forever. 712 01:30:40,439 --> 01:30:41,679 What day is it? 713 01:30:46,079 --> 01:30:47,319 What day is it? 714 01:30:49,199 --> 01:30:50,519 It's August the 6th. 715 01:30:52,279 --> 01:30:53,319 What year? 716 01:30:54,199 --> 01:30:57,239 August the 6th, 1945. 717 01:30:58,359 --> 01:30:59,799 It's around 8:00. 718 01:31:04,279 --> 01:31:06,399 From this day, from this time on... 719 01:31:06,479 --> 01:31:09,119 I'll never raise my hand against another man. 720 01:31:23,519 --> 01:31:26,079 I went on to pursue the Japanese Colonel... 721 01:31:26,159 --> 01:31:28,679 who, like the phantom he was, had escaped. 722 01:31:35,919 --> 01:31:38,959 All Allied Armed Forces, Pacific Theater... 723 01:31:38,999 --> 01:31:43,639 all Allied Forces, China, Burma, India... 724 01:31:43,719 --> 01:31:45,799 the President of the United States. 725 01:31:46,039 --> 01:31:48,239 The world will note that the first atomic bomb... 726 01:31:48,319 --> 01:31:51,639 was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. 727 01:31:52,239 --> 01:31:55,719 We won the race of discovery against the Germans. 728 01:31:55,799 --> 01:31:58,799 We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war... 729 01:31:58,879 --> 01:32:02,879 in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans. 730 01:32:03,479 --> 01:32:05,599 We shall continue to use it... 731 01:32:05,679 --> 01:32:09,279 until we completely destroy Japan's power to make war... 732 01:33:40,159 --> 01:33:41,239 Learoyd. 733 01:34:03,919 --> 01:34:04,919 Learoyd. 734 01:34:26,079 --> 01:34:27,119 Vivienne. 735 01:34:29,599 --> 01:34:30,799 - Vivienne? - Yes. 736 01:34:31,479 --> 01:34:32,519 I'm awake. 737 01:34:35,119 --> 01:34:36,403 Have I been awake before? 738 01:34:36,429 --> 01:34:38,944 I thought so. Every day for a little while. 739 01:34:42,199 --> 01:34:43,399 Where are we? 740 01:34:43,959 --> 01:34:46,119 What's happened? How long have I been here? 741 01:34:46,199 --> 01:34:49,239 You're in Brunei, and you've been here almost three weeks. 742 01:34:52,599 --> 01:34:53,599 The war. 743 01:34:54,319 --> 01:34:55,479 What about... 744 01:34:55,679 --> 01:34:57,199 The war is over. 745 01:36:08,615 --> 01:36:11,975 "Leave us alone, and we'll leave you alone." 746 01:36:13,455 --> 01:36:14,575 It's simple. 747 01:36:14,975 --> 01:36:16,135 Eloquent. 748 01:36:16,215 --> 01:36:20,175 It's great stuff! Conrad! Kipling! The days of high adventure! 749 01:36:21,460 --> 01:36:24,820 An Aussie patrol was shot up yesterday. Men have died. 750 01:36:24,900 --> 01:36:27,220 You made a deal, signed a treaty. 751 01:36:27,660 --> 01:36:29,260 MacArthur signed it. I wouldn't. 752 01:36:29,340 --> 01:36:32,780 They are not gonna tolerate any kings running around in the hills. 753 01:36:33,020 --> 01:36:34,740 He'll never come down, sir. 754 01:36:35,820 --> 01:36:37,420 He won't toe the line. 755 01:36:38,380 --> 01:36:40,660 He will, poor devil, one way or another. 756 01:36:42,820 --> 01:36:45,580 Vivienne, would you get me some of that iced tea? 757 01:36:47,700 --> 01:36:49,140 Why, yes, of course. 758 01:36:50,220 --> 01:36:52,380 - Nigel? - No, I'm all right, thank you. 759 01:36:57,180 --> 01:36:59,220 No one moves very far out of line. 760 01:37:00,380 --> 01:37:03,180 When you're young, you think you're blazing a trail. 761 01:37:03,700 --> 01:37:06,580 One day you look down and notice it's a beaten track. 762 01:37:16,540 --> 01:37:18,500 - That's my map, sir. - Exactly. 763 01:37:23,860 --> 01:37:25,220 What's this place? 764 01:37:26,420 --> 01:37:28,100 Pass of the Clouds? 765 01:37:29,220 --> 01:37:30,380 It's nothing. 766 01:37:30,780 --> 01:37:32,420 Just a pass, that's all. 767 01:37:33,180 --> 01:37:34,180 Why? 768 01:37:35,380 --> 01:37:37,900 Division wants to put a blocking force in there. 769 01:37:37,940 --> 01:37:40,580 Send up a battery of 105 mm howitzers. 770 01:37:41,940 --> 01:37:44,300 Blast him to oblivion wherever he goes. 771 01:37:45,220 --> 01:37:47,020 Yes, it won't cost them anything. 772 01:37:47,060 --> 01:37:50,700 They have quite a few extra 105 mm shells at the end of a war. 773 01:37:59,260 --> 01:38:01,740 - It's not my plan, but... - You won't have to. 774 01:38:03,420 --> 01:38:04,420 Why? 775 01:38:06,540 --> 01:38:07,540 Salt. 776 01:38:09,940 --> 01:38:10,940 Yes? 777 01:38:11,460 --> 01:38:12,700 They need salt. 778 01:38:14,260 --> 01:38:15,540 They get it from the sea. 779 01:38:15,620 --> 01:38:19,460 If you cut off their supply of salt, the revolt will die within weeks. 780 01:38:19,940 --> 01:38:22,220 - No bloodshed. - Salt. 781 01:38:22,900 --> 01:38:24,420 It's so simple. 782 01:38:26,620 --> 01:38:28,700 What is life without a little salt? 783 01:39:09,873 --> 01:39:11,473 We mountain people. 784 01:39:13,553 --> 01:39:14,993 We come in peace. 785 01:39:16,273 --> 01:39:17,993 Just who might you be, fella? 786 01:39:21,393 --> 01:39:22,473 He Rajah. 787 01:39:23,473 --> 01:39:24,633 King Learoyd. 788 01:39:31,913 --> 01:39:33,833 - You know who I am. - Yeah. 789 01:39:34,713 --> 01:39:37,033 And what do you think you're doing here? 790 01:39:37,873 --> 01:39:39,593 These are the forest people. 791 01:39:40,673 --> 01:39:44,393 - They need salt. - Salt, eh? I heard that. 792 01:39:45,593 --> 01:39:47,353 What are you gonna give me for it? 793 01:39:47,433 --> 01:39:48,713 You can have me... 794 01:39:50,193 --> 01:39:51,473 Sergeant Conklin... 795 01:39:52,313 --> 01:39:53,633 Colonel Mitamura. 796 01:39:54,673 --> 01:39:57,473 But the others, they're free. 797 01:40:00,513 --> 01:40:02,873 And what if I don't buy this arrangement? 798 01:40:39,473 --> 01:40:41,833 Yeah, don't cry, little one. 799 01:40:41,873 --> 01:40:43,353 Don't cry. 800 01:40:44,273 --> 01:40:47,593 I'll be with you in the songs they sing in the longhouses. 801 01:40:48,073 --> 01:40:51,113 And then when you're older and you have children... 802 01:40:51,153 --> 01:40:53,273 well, you'll sing the songs to them. 803 01:40:53,593 --> 01:40:55,913 And then they'll sing to their children. 804 01:40:56,353 --> 01:40:57,633 And the songs... 805 01:40:58,393 --> 01:41:00,433 The songs will make you strong. 806 01:41:01,073 --> 01:41:02,993 And you won't need me, anymore. 807 01:41:16,033 --> 01:41:17,033 Okay? 808 01:42:17,233 --> 01:42:18,433 Who did this? 809 01:42:18,513 --> 01:42:21,473 He refused to speak, sir, like now. 810 01:42:23,353 --> 01:42:25,473 The men gave him a bit of a pasting. 811 01:42:25,673 --> 01:42:28,073 After all, sir, he is a deserter. 812 01:42:28,153 --> 01:42:31,113 You're a disgrace to the Army! You'll be stripped! 813 01:42:36,313 --> 01:42:38,273 I didn't want it to be this way. 814 01:42:39,033 --> 01:42:40,473 It ends up shabbily. 815 01:42:41,313 --> 01:42:42,593 It always does. 816 01:42:45,073 --> 01:42:46,113 I'm sorry. 817 01:42:56,707 --> 01:42:59,107 He will be hang through this rope in morning sir I know 818 01:43:14,718 --> 01:43:17,618 Major its pleasure to have you here, please sit down. 819 01:43:20,703 --> 01:43:24,403 I have never seen such a feast but this is my last. 820 01:43:31,078 --> 01:43:33,078 You told them I don't like the salt .didn't you? 821 01:43:39,981 --> 01:43:44,381 An honest man, so feel like end of hope for all. 822 01:43:47,512 --> 01:43:51,412 Why? Why did you do the things you did? 823 01:44:03,164 --> 01:44:07,864 It was my duty to fight, stay alive and fight again. 824 01:44:11,401 --> 01:44:15,101 And the violence you attacked on the long house why? 825 01:44:16,052 --> 01:44:22,052 We found it deep and horror as human nature would allow. 826 01:44:22,736 --> 01:44:25,436 Cannibalism I would tell you something 827 01:44:27,669 --> 01:44:32,015 It is not the first thing after evil makes man 828 01:44:32,041 --> 01:44:36,294 damned, its just hungering for bread or rice. 829 01:44:37,270 --> 01:44:41,270 But you joined the king. He came to us only as a king could. 830 01:44:41,971 --> 01:44:47,098 Without weapons with open arms and he permitted me to see the sky 831 01:44:48,812 --> 01:44:54,212 He was a good man, and all said that A great man 832 01:44:55,573 --> 01:44:56,973 King told me a lott about you 833 01:44:59,229 --> 01:45:00,429 He loves you very much 834 01:45:08,842 --> 01:45:10,722 I was never to see Borneo again. 835 01:45:11,322 --> 01:45:13,722 The wind from the sea would carry me home. 836 01:45:14,242 --> 01:45:16,842 Somehow, I managed to go with Learoyd. 837 01:45:16,922 --> 01:45:20,362 He was in the prison hold, while I had a room to myself. 838 01:45:20,442 --> 01:45:23,882 He was to stand court-martial in Manila for desertion... 839 01:45:23,962 --> 01:45:26,522 while I was a major with a DSO. 840 01:45:26,922 --> 01:45:28,242 Easy stages. 841 01:45:28,922 --> 01:45:31,682 And then, somewhere near the straits of Mindanao... 842 01:45:38,282 --> 01:45:41,122 - What's the matter, sailor? - We've run aground, sir! 843 01:46:00,482 --> 01:46:02,762 - Where's the prisoner kept? - In the hold. 844 01:46:11,802 --> 01:46:14,202 - Get forward! We've run aground! - Aye, sir! 845 01:46:16,082 --> 01:46:17,282 Aye, aye, sir. 846 01:46:17,482 --> 01:46:18,562 Who's in charge here? 847 01:46:18,602 --> 01:46:20,882 - Where's the prisoner? - Over there, sir. 848 01:46:24,602 --> 01:46:28,442 - Prisoner! You're coming with me! Come on! - Yeah, but why have we stopped? 849 01:46:29,842 --> 01:46:31,402 This way! Quick! 850 01:46:33,312 --> 01:46:34,392 Keep going! 851 01:46:35,712 --> 01:46:36,712 Go on! 852 01:46:38,232 --> 01:46:41,312 - Now turn around and give me those. - I thought it was you. 853 01:46:43,872 --> 01:46:45,792 - How well do you swim? - Well enough. 854 01:46:45,872 --> 01:46:48,192 - They'll take away your DSO. - They've already given it to me. 855 01:46:48,272 --> 01:46:50,872 Besides, with a bit of luck, they'll never know. 856 01:46:51,352 --> 01:46:52,912 Why are you doing this? 857 01:46:53,712 --> 01:46:55,152 For King and country! 858 01:46:56,712 --> 01:46:58,752 God bless. Now get going! 859 01:46:59,392 --> 01:47:00,592 Life, English! 860 01:47:10,512 --> 01:47:11,632 Life, Rajah. 861 01:47:53,626 --> 01:47:55,106 I'll always know that he's out there. 862 01:47:56,059 --> 01:47:57,139 A free man. 863 01:48:04,464 --> 01:48:05,824 Farewell, my king. 864 01:48:08,095 --> 01:48:09,575 Farewell.