Formosa Betrayed

Formosa Betrayed

Movie

  • Duration: 1h 43min
  • Music: Jeff Danna
  • Award(s): Audience 2009 (Won) Awards List
  • Similar To: Tomb Raider, Zenith
  • Story:
    In the early 1980s, an FBI Agent is assigned to investigate the murder of a respected professor. Through his investigation, he unearths a spider web of international secrets that has been thriving within college campuses across America for decades. His investigation takes him across the Pacific to the island nation of Taiwan, where with the help of the outspoken widow and an unlikely spy, he learns that the Professor's killing was not a random act, but a desperate move by a scandalous government intent on keeping its nefarious activities under wraps. Our detective soon finds himself on a collision course against the U.S. State Department, the Chinese Mafia, and the Nationalist Chinese Government - in a land where the truth is not what it seems and the only people he can trust, cannot be trusted at all. Inspired by actual events.
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STORY

Story
In the early 1980s, an FBI Agent is assigned to investigate the murder of a respected professor. Through his investigation, he unearths a spider web of international secrets that has been thriving within college campuses across America for decades. His investigation takes him across the Pacific to the island nation of Taiwan, where with the help of the outspoken widow and an unlikely spy, he learns that the Professor's killing was not a random act, but a desperate move by a scandalous government intent on keeping its nefarious activities under wraps. Our detective soon finds himself on a collision course against the U.S. State Department, the Chinese Mafia, and the Nationalist Chinese Government - in a land where the truth is not what it seems and the only people he can trust, cannot be trusted at all. Inspired by actual events.

AWARDS

Won
Audience Award

Narrative Feature | 2009 | Adam

Festival Award

Best Actor | 2009 | James Van Der

Best Narrative Feature | 2009 | Adam

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

The production team originally intended to film the movie in Taiwan, where the story is set, but ultimately settled on Thailand thanks to their already existing film friendly infrastructure. The producers also had concerns about recreating politically charged moments in Taiwan's history in public areas.

The Kaohsiung Protest scene is the largest in the movie, contained over 1,000 extras, and took nearly 3 full days to film. The 20 foot tall replica statue of Chiang Kai Shek was custom designed by the art department, and remains in storage in Thailand.

Actor/Producer Will Tiao held hundreds of fundraisers in the US, Canada, and Taiwan to raise the financing for the movie.

Ming's Apartment was the final scene shot overseas, and came at the tail end of the crew's last day, which ended up being a 27 hour day.

James Van Der Beek was cast for the role of FBI Agent Jake Kelly just a few days before filming began.

Popular Dialogues

"Susan Kane: You have no authority here. This is Taiwan! And in case you haven't noticed, I'm the only thing connecting you to your natural born rights."

"Jake Kelly: When in Rome... Susan Kane: Exactly, when in Rome..."

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