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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Roland Joffi |
| Stars: |
Haing S. Ngor |
| Actors: |
Spalding Gray |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · True Story · Injustice · Politics · Vietnam · Prison/Prisoners · Disturbing · Reporters · Personal Triumph · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
085391141921 |
| Release Date: |
1984 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 22min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Special Edition, 2hr 21min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (March 13, 2001)
UPC: 085391141921 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 22min |
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Professional Reviews
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(10/31/1984, Cart.): "...Intelligent....[The] picture is terrifically successful in physically evoking its time and place..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"Here, only the silent survive."--Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor) in his journal from a Cambodian prison |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Roland Joffi's unflinching drama recounts the true story of New York Times journalist Sidney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and Cambodian journalist and translator Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), who found themselves trapped in the nightmare of the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia. While stationed in Phnom Penh in the early 1970s, Schanberg and Pran become close friends and confidants, negotiating and writing many groundbreaking stories. When the ruling Lon Nol government is overthrown by the Khmer Rouge, the country is turned upside down--killing is common in the streets, and children become gun-toting informants. Schanberg is forced to flee the country, with his fellow American photographer Al Rockoff (John Malkovich) and British journalist Jon Swain (Julian Sands). Despite their exhaustive efforts to free Pran, they have no choice but to leave him behind. Pran is forced to endure excruciating agony at the Pol Pot death camps, where any shred of individuality or dissent is beaten out of the prisoners. After ye... |
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