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| Director: | John Boorman | 
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| Writer: | Alex Lasker, Bill Rubenstein | 
| Staring: | 
| Dr. Laura Bowman is a young widow who's unwittingly drawn into political turmoil while vacationing in Burma in the late 1980s. Bowman initially left San Francisco with her sister in an attempt to escape painful memories of her husband and son's violent deaths. But her fight to escape to Thailand could prove just as harrowing. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 25, 1995 | 
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| Director: | John Boorman | 
| Writer: | Alex Lasker, Bill Rubenstein | 
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller | 
| Keywords | burma, rangoon, doctor | 
| Production Companies | Castle Rock Entertainment, Pleskow/Spikings Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $14,700,000 Budget: $23,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Patricia Arquette | Laura Bowman | 
| U Aung Ko | U Aung Ko | 
| Frances McDormand | Andy Bowman | 
| Spalding Gray | Jeremy Watt | 
| Tiara Jacquelina | San San, Hotel Desk Clerk | 
| Ann Howard | Australian Doctor | 
| Victor Slezak | Mr. Scott | 
| Ye Myint | Zaw Win | 
| Cho Cho Myint | Zabai | 
| Michael Pickells | Nick Bowman | 
| Enzo Rossi | Danny Bowman | 
| Kuswadinath Bujang | Colonel | 
| Johnny Cheah | Min Han | 
| M. Rajoli | Karen Father | 
| Jit Murad | Sein Htoo | 
| Adelle Lutz | Aung San Suu Kyi | 
| Zaidi Omar | Checkpoint Officer #1 at Train | 
| Ridzuan Hashim | Officer Min | 
| Charley Boorman | Photographer | 
| Mr.Os | River trader | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| John Boorman | Director | 
| Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer | 
| John Seale | Director of Photography, Camera Operator | 
| Philip A. Patterson | Second Assistant Director | 
| Paul Thompson | Dolly Grip, Key Grip | 
| Alex Lasker | Screenplay | 
| Errol Kelly | Art Direction | 
| Barbara Cohen | Casting | 
| Eddie Fowlie | Set Decoration, Property Master | 
| Anthony Pratt | Production Design | 
| Bill Rubenstein | Screenplay, Still Photographer | 
| Mary Gail Artz | Casting | 
| Ron Davis | Editor | 
| Deborah Kramer | Costume Design | 
| David Burr | Second Unit Director of Photography | 
| Robbie Burr | Best Boy Electric | 
| U.S. Goonatilleke | Grip | 
| Warren Grieef | Grip | 
| Anna Howard | First Assistant "B" Camera | 
| Benn Hyde | Best Boy Grip | 
| Darrin Keough | First Assistant Camera | 
| Selva Kumar | Electrician | 
| Brett Matthews | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Ian Plummer | Gaffer | 
| Thilak Pushpakumara | Grip | 
| Brad Shield | Steadicam Operator, "B" Camera Operator | 
| Nihal Silva | Grip | 
| Rebecca Steele | Clapper Loader | 
| Michael Vivian | Grip | 
| Jules Wurm | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Mark Egerton | First Assistant Camera | 
| Liz Legum | Third Assistant Director | 
| Emma Pounds | Second Assistant Director | 
| Emma Schofield | Second Unit First Assistant Director | 
| Sherard Jayasuriya | Second Second Assistant Director | 
| Toby Pease | Second Unit First Assistant Director | 
| Felicity Bowring | Key Makeup Artist | 
| Maire O'Sullivan | Assistant Makeup Artist | 
| Lloyd Yeoh Seng Chee | Assistant Hairstylist | 
| Larry Waggoner | Key Hair Stylist | 
| Martin Atkinson | Draughtsman | 
| Aloysius Chan | Property Buyer | 
| John Davey | Scenic Artist | 
| Daya Dollapihila | Sculptor | 
| Kathleen Fowlie | Assistant Set Dresser | 
| Lal Harindranath | Property Master | 
| U.U. Illangakoon | Sculptor | 
| Wimal Jayawardene | Sculptor | 
| K.D. Justin | Construction Foreman | 
| Senaka Nawaratne | Scenic Artist | 
| Mansell Rivers-Bland | Sculptor | 
| Peter Singho | Sculptor | 
| Athula Sulthanagoda | Set Dresser | 
| Derek Wallace | Standby Property Master | 
| Sunil Wijeratne | Assistant Art Director | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| John Boorman | Producer | 
| Eric Pleskow | Producer | 
| Sean Ryerson | Producer | 
| Walter Donohue | Associate Producer | 
| Mark Egerton | Associate Producer | 
| Alex Lasker | Co-Producer | 
| Bill Rubenstein | Co-Producer | 
| Barry Spikings | Producer | 
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