He was a reporter for the New York Times whose coverage of the Cambodian War would win him a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. But the friend who made it possible was half the world away with his life in great danger... This is the story of war and friendship, the anguish of a country and of one man's will to live.
Plot Summary
A photographer is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody "Year Zero" cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million "undesirable" civilians.
Run Time
141 min
Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Genre
Drama, History, War
Language
English, French, Khmer
Keyword
Cambodia, New York Times, Khmer Rouge, New York, Airport
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Dolby
Colour
Color
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Political Drama
Themes
Members of the Press, Fighting the System
Tones
Forceful, Grim, Harsh, Poignant, Visceral
Mood
Triumph of the Spirit
Has Detailed Data (New)
1, 2, 3
Wikipedia Text
The Killing Fields is a 1984 British drama film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, which is based on the experiences of two journalists: Cambodian Dith Pran and American Sydney Schanberg. The film, which won three Academy Awards, was directed by Roland Joffé and stars Sam Waterston as Schanberg, Haing S. Ngor as Dith Pran, Julian Sands as Jon Swain, and John Malkovich as Al Rockoff. The adaptation for the screen was written by Bruce Robinson and the soundtrack by Mike Oldfield, orchestrated by David Bedford.
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