The Killing Fields
1984, 137 minutes, Rated M
"The anguish of a Country and one man's will to live...Based on a true story."
New York Times' correspondent Sydney Schanbery (Sam Waterston) is sent to Cambodia in 1972 to cover the growing war between the revolutionary Khmer Rouge and the government. He meets Dith Pran who becomes his trusted assistant, interpreter, trouble-shooter and friend. When the Khmer Rouge troops enter Phnom Penh in April 1975, Pran throws himself at their mercy to save the lives of Schanbery and several other foreign correspondents.
What follows for Pran, and for all Cambodians is an unspeakable horror. Whilst Schanberg spends four and a half years seeking news of his friend, nearly half the population of seven million are massacred by the Khmer Rouge or die of starvation and disease. The once rich Cambodian countryside now bears a new name - "The Killing Fields".
- Director:
- Roland Joffe [7],
- Starring:
- Spalding Gray [2], Sam Waterston [13], John Malkovich [44], Craig T. Nelson [23], Julian Sands [20],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Language and Sound:
- English 5.1 Dolby Digital
English Dolby Digital Stereo
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