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DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 13, 2001
• R2: 1 Jan 2001
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
2 hours, 21 minutes
Country UK
Studio Enigma Productions, Goldcrest Films International, International Film Investors, Warner Brothers
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Other Titles
• The Killing Fields
• Killing Fields - Schreiendes Land (1985)
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Genre: War, Drama, True Story, Political, Disturbing, Prison, Murder, On The Road, Escape, Terrorism
Tagline: Every so often, there is a film that is destined to be talked about and remembered for years to come.
Plot: Roland Joffé's unflinching 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. This
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 | John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich, Con Air, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
 | Julian Sands
Leaving Las Vegas, Arachnophobia, A Room with a View |
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Kingdom of Heaven, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Chaplin | |
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Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells III, Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II |
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