THE KILLING FIELDS
by Roland Joffé
synopsis
Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with the local journalist Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.
original title: | The Killing Fields |
country: | United Kingdom |
year: | 1984 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Roland Joffé |
film run: | 141' |
release date: | UK 16/11/1984, IE 08/02/1985, FR 13/02/1985, NL 21/02/1985, DE 22/02/1985, DK 22/02/1985, ES 22/02/1985, SE 22/02/1985, AT 02/1985, FI 01/03/1985, PT 01/03/1985, NO 28/03/1985, BE 18/04/1985, CZ 17/04/2004 |
screenplay: | Bruce Robinson |
cast: | Sam Waterston, Haing Somnang Ngor, John Malkovich |
cinematography by: | Chris Menges |
film editing: | Jim Clark |
art director: | Roy Walker |
costumes designer: | Judy Moorcroft |
producer: | David Puttnam |
associate producer: | Iain Smith |