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		Genres: Drama | History | War Year: 1984 Actors: Sam Waterston Sydney Schanberg Haing S. Ngor Dith Pran John Malkovich Alan 'Al' Rockoff, Photographer Julian Sands Jon Swain Craig T. Nelson Major Reeves, Military Attache Spalding Gray United States consul Bill Paterson Dr. MacEntire Athol Fugard Dr. Sundesval Graham Kennedy Dougal Katherine Krapum Chey Ser Moeum: Dith Pran's wife Oliver Pierpaoli Titony: Dith Pran's son Edward Entero Chey Sarun, Sydney's Driver Tom Bird US Military Advisor Monirak Sisowath Phat: Khmer Rouge leader: 2nd village Lambool Dtangpaibool Phat's son Directors: Roland Joffé IMDB Rating: 7.90 (10758 votes)

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The Killing Fields is a romanticized adaptation of an eyewitness magazine story by New York Times correspondent Sidney Schanberg. Covering the U.S. pullout from Vietnam in 1975, Schanberg (Sam Waterston) relies on his Cambodian friend and translator Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor) for inside information. Schanberg has an opportunity to rescue Dith Pran when the U.S. army evacuates all Cambodian citizens; instead, the reporter coerces his friend to remain behind to continue sending him news flashes. Although his family is helicoptered out of Saigon (a recreation of the famous TV news clip), Dith Pran stays with Schanberg on the ground. Racked with guilt, Schanberg does his best to arrange for Dith Pran’s escape, but the Cambodian is captured by the dreaded Khmer Rouge. Accepting his Pulitzer Prize on behalf of Dith Pran, Schanberg vows to do right by his friend and extricate him from Cambodia. The rest of the film details Dith Pran’s harrowing experiences at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, and his attempt to escape on his own. The Killing Fields won Academy Awards for Hang S. Ngor (a Cambodian doctor who lived through many of the horrific events depicted herein), cinematographer Chris Menges, and editor Jim Clark; an Oscar nomination went to Roland Joffe, who made his directorial debut with this film. Spalding Gray, who played a small role in the film, later elaborated on this experiences in his one-man stage presentation Swimming to Cambodia.

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