A Dangerous Life
Estranged husband-and-wife journalists watch events leading to the overthrow of the Marcos government in 1980s Philippines.
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"I was an NBC-TV field producer during the events depicted here, Mr. Busey describes events where I was the only foreign journalist present, and the scenes of the snipers in the broadcast tower shooting at us (we were taking cover behind a beer garden barbecue pit full of charcoal ash), the soldiers coming in around us, the snipers being shot from a nearby building, the priest and squad of soldiers lowering the snipers' corpses down across the setting sun: My camera team and I shot that. My god, what a day. It's a shame the nuns kneeling in front of the tanks are poorly acted. The re..."
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The working title "Four Day Revolution" was acceptable in the Philippines, where the People's Revolution took place. However, for filming in Sri Lanka (where a revolution was actually happening), it was thought that "A Dangerous Life" would create less undesirable attention. So the film actually had two working titles during production, both as a result of Security concerns.
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Estranged husband-and-wife journalists watch events leading to the overthrow of the Marcos government in 1980s Philippines.