The Killing Fields, which is directed by Roland Joffé, is one of the most powerful films ever brought to the big screen and is this week's must see movie.
This war 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 years of brutal torture, Pran manages to escape and begins a long odyssey to Thailand and the border refugee camps.
As Pran struggles to stay alive, Schanberg endures life in New York wracked with guilt over the loss of his good friend, desperately attempting to locate him.
The Killing Fields is a tender story of Sydney Schanberg, a correspondent for the New York Times, and his interpreter, Dith Pran, a Cambodian journalist, and together they uncovered a string of atrocities by the US in the country of Cambodia.
Released in 1984 this British movie was without a doubt one of the most harrowing films of the decade as it depicted the Cambodian Holocaust where the country became one giant death camp.
The film is intelligently political as it unashamedly highlights the suffering of the people of Cambodia at this time, in which 3 million Cambodians were killed.
It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Sam Waterston), Best Director (first-timer Roland Joffe), and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Bruce Robinson) and won three Oscars: Best Supporting Actor (Haing S. Ngor), Best Cinematography (Chris Menges), and Best Film Editing (Jim Clark).
The Killing Fields is a movie of friendship, loyalty, the horrors of war and survival and a movie that is not easily forgotten, and what is more amazing is that it is based on a true story.
This war 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 years of brutal torture, Pran manages to escape and begins a long odyssey to Thailand and the border refugee camps.
As Pran struggles to stay alive, Schanberg endures life in New York wracked with guilt over the loss of his good friend, desperately attempting to locate him.
The Killing Fields is a tender story of Sydney Schanberg, a correspondent for the New York Times, and his interpreter, Dith Pran, a Cambodian journalist, and together they uncovered a string of atrocities by the US in the country of Cambodia.
Released in 1984 this British movie was without a doubt one of the most harrowing films of the decade as it depicted the Cambodian Holocaust where the country became one giant death camp.
The film is intelligently political as it unashamedly highlights the suffering of the people of Cambodia at this time, in which 3 million Cambodians were killed.
It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Sam Waterston), Best Director (first-timer Roland Joffe), and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Bruce Robinson) and won three Oscars: Best Supporting Actor (Haing S. Ngor), Best Cinematography (Chris Menges), and Best Film Editing (Jim Clark).
The Killing Fields is a movie of friendship, loyalty, the horrors of war and survival and a movie that is not easily forgotten, and what is more amazing is that it is based on a true story.
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