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''Balibo'' is a 2009 Australian war film that follows the story of the Balibo Five, a group of journalists who were captured and killed whilst reporting on activities just prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975. The film is loosely based on the book ''Cover-Up'', by Jill Jolliffe, an Australian journalist who met the men before they were killed. Filming began on 30 June 2008, in Dili, East Timor,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Movie stars looking to bed with Darwin locals )〕 and the film was released the following year. It was produced by Arenafilm in Australia, with Robert Connolly as director and David Williamson as screenwriter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robert Connolly producer / director / writer )〕 The main members of the cast are Anthony LaPaglia, playing the part of Roger East, another Australian journalist, who went to investigate the deaths of the Balibo Five only to be killed the day after the Indonesian invasion〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= LaPaglia leads Balibo five thriller cast )〕 and Oscar Isaac as José Ramos-Horta, the country's second President.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= BALIBO IN PRODUCTION )〕 LaPaglia, also an Executive Producer, names East as "probably the best role I've ever had".〔http://www.screendaily.com/balibo/5003445.article〕 The five journalists are played by Damon Gameau as Greg Shackleton, Gyton Grantley as Gary Cunningham, Nathan Phillips as Malcolm Rennie, Mark Winter as Tony Stewart and Thomas Wright as Brian Peters.〔 ==Plot== The story is seen through the eyes of veteran journalist Roger East. Introduced as a once-fearless foreign correspondent now working in PR in Darwin, East is drawn to East Timor by José Ramos-Horta, of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor; then the fledgling republic's charismatic young secretary of foreign affairs. Initially refusing to become involved, East changes his tune after Ramos-Horta shows him photos of five Australian TV reporters missing in the border town of Balibo. Vignettes then show Greg Shackleton, Gary Cunningham, Malcolm Rennie, Brian Peters and Tony Stewart, all under 30, saying goodbye to loved ones and setting out on their assignments a month earlier. Parallel action follows with the Balibo Five tracked from East Timor's capital to their terrifying end after filming the Indonesian advance, and East and Ramos-Horta retracing their steps through by now extremely dangerous territory. Shackleton's last surviving report is recreated: sitting in a village, he says its inhabitants don't know if they will be alive tomorrow and have asked him why no one in Australia or anywhere else will help. Drawing attention to the techniques of news gathering and delivery in 1975, the film raises the idea of what might have happened had the Balibo Five not been cut off from communicating with the world and slowed by heavy 16mm film equipment. Bookended by contemporary scenes of a fictional East Timorese woman remembering East and life under Indonesian occupation, the film closes with a tribute to the nation's rebirth in 1999 and the many tens of thousands of lives lost in the struggle for independence.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balibo (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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