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The Killing Fields is a 1984 British biographical drama film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, which is based on the experiences of two journalists: Cambodian Dith Pran and American Sydney Schanberg.
The Killing Fields (Khmer: វាលពិឃាត, Khmer pronunciation: [ʋiəl pikʰiət]) are sites in Cambodia where collectively more than 1,300,000 people were killed and buried by the Communist Party of Kampuchea during Khmer Rouge rule from 1975-79, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War (1970–75).
Feb 1, 1985 · Based on a true story, The Killing Fields follows a New York Times journalist and his local colleague in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime. The film depicts the horrors of the genocide, the friendship and the escape of the two journalists.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Roland Joffé
- 1985-02-01
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor) and...
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- Roland Joffé
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- Sam Waterston
Winner of 3 Academy Awards! A New York Times reporter and his Cambodian aide are harrowingly trapped in Cambodia's 1975 Khmer Rouge revolution. Sam Waterston, John Malkovich and Haing S. Ngor ...
A film based on a true story of a journalist and his interpreter in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime. The film follows their friendship, their escape, and the journalist's struggle to save his friend from the brutal regime.
After helping a NYT reporter cover his country's civil war, a Cambodian journalist faces a harrowing fight for survival during the Khmer Rouge's reign. Watch trailers & learn more.
