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The true story that inspired The Man Who Would Be King
Sarawak, in the northeast of the island of Borneo, 1839. Almost by chance, the British adventurer James Brooke is appointed rajah by the Sultan of Brunei, and as an independent ruler he embarks on a personal crusade to eradicate piracy, slavery and headhunting, while trying to curb the malevolent expansionist ambitions of the British Empire.Read moreLess
Sarawak, in the northeast of the island of Borneo, 1839. Almost by chance, the British adventurer James Brooke is appointed rajah by the Sultan of Brunei, and as an independent ruler he embarks on a personal crusade to eradicate piracy, slavery and headhunting, while trying to curb the malevolent expansionist ambitions of the British Empire.
The story
Sarawak, in the northeast of the island of Borneo, 1839. Almost by chance, the British adventurer James Brooke is appointed rajah by the Sultan of Brunei, and as an independent ruler he embarks on a personal crusade to eradicate piracy, slavery and headhunting, while trying to curb the malevolent expansionist ambitions of the British Empire.
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Jonathan Rhys MeyersSir James Brooke
Josie HoMadame Lim
Dominic MonaghanCrookshank
Hannah NewElizabeth Crookshank
Ralph InesonSir Edward Beech
Bront PalaraePengiran Indera Mahkota
Atiqah HasiholanPrincess Fatima
Shaheizy SamSubu
Otto FarrantCharley
Rahim RazaliSultan of Brunei
Yusuf MahardikaTujang
Samo RafaelPrince BadruddinExplore the crew
- Director
- Michael Haussman
- Producer
- Rob Allyn
- Producer
- Conroy Chan Chi-Chung
- Producer
- Josie Ho
- Original Music Composer
- Will Bates
- Director of Photography
- Jaime Feliu-Torres
- Editor
- Marco Perez
- Screenplay
- Jacqueline Feather
- Screenplay
- Rob Allyn