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    The Killing Fields

    Poster of the movie The Killing Fields
    1984     Drama, war    
    United Kingdom
    2h 21min

    A New York Times journalist Sidney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and Cambodian journalist and translator Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor) find 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.

    Directed byRoland Joffé
    Written byBruce Robinson
    CompanyWarner Bros.Warner Bros.Warner Bros.

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    Starring

    Sam Waterston
    Haing S. Ngor
    John Malkovich
    Julian Sands
    Craig T. Nelson
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