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Killing Fields

Killing Fields

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Key Information
Directors: Roland Joffi
Stars: Sam Waterston
Actors: Craig T. Nelson
Genre: Dramas
Subgenre: Recommended · True Story · Injustice · Politics · Vietnam · Prison/Prisoners · Disturbing · Reporters · Personal Triumph · Essential Cinema
MPAA Rating: R (MPAA)
Available Formats: DVD: Special Edition
UPC: 085391141938
Release Date: 1984
Running Time: 2hr 22min
Languages
Original Language: English
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD: Special Edition, 2hr 21min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (March 13, 2001)
UPC: 085391141921
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS, 2hr 22min
Professional Reviews
: (09/01/2005, p.130, Andy Webster): "Malkovich often commands our fascination while playing the most unsavory characters....A harrowing tableau."
Quotes from the Movie
: "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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