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The Killing Fields (1984)
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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. Director:Roland Joffé |
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| Sam Waterston | ... | ||
| Haing S. Ngor | ... |
Dith Pran
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| John Malkovich | ... |
Alan 'Al' Rockoff
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| Julian Sands | ... |
John Swain
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| Craig T. Nelson | ... |
Major Reeves
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| Spalding Gray | ... |
U.S. Consul
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| Bill Paterson | ... |
Dr. MacEntire
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Athol Fugard | ... |
Dr. Sundesval
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Graham Kennedy | ... |
Dougal
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Katherine Krapum Chey | ... |
Ser Moeum
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Oliver Pierpaoli | ... |
Titony
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Edward Entero Chey | ... |
Sarun
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Tom Bird | ... |
U.S. Military Advisor
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Monirak Sisowath | ... |
Phat - Khmer Rouge Leader
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Lambool Dtangpaibool | ... |
Phat's Son
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Storyline
Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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Los gritos del silencio See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$32,181 (USA) (4 November 1984) (1 Screen)Gross:
$34,609,720 (USA) (2 June 1985)Company Credits
Production Co:
Enigma (First Casualty) Ltd., Goldcrest Films International, International Film Investors See more »
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1.85 : 1
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Sydney Schanberg: Cambodia. To many westerners it seemed a paradise. Another world, a secret world. But the war in neighboring Vietnam burst its borders, and the fighting soon spread to neutral Cambodia. In 1973 I went to cover this side-show struggle as a foreign correspondent of the New York Times...
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Written by Paul McCartney & 'Linda McCartney' (uncredited)
Performed by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine
Courtesy of MPL Communiactions, Inc. See more »
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Trivia
In real life, Haing S. Ngor's wife died under the Khmer Rouge regime, hemorrhaging during childbirth (the baby also died). She knew that she couldn't contact her husband as doctors were all being murdered by the regime so by keeping her silence and dying of internal bleeding, she effectively saved his life. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: During the scenes depicting the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, the Vietnamese airplanes shown are American T-33s and the Vietnamese tanks are American M-47s, neither of which would have been in the Vietnamese inventory. They would, however, have been in the inventory of Thailand, where the exterior shots were filmed. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Sydney Schanberg: Cambodia. To many westerners it seemed a paradise. Another world, a secret world. But the war in neighboring Vietnam burst its borders, and the fighting soon spread to neutral Cambodia. In 1973 I went to cover this side-show struggle as a foreign correspondent of the New York Times...
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Soundtracks
"Band On The Run"Written by Paul McCartney & 'Linda McCartney' (uncredited)
Performed by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine
Courtesy of MPL Communiactions, Inc. See more »
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