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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).
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.
Feb 1, 1985 · The Killing Fields: Directed by Roland Joffé. With Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands. A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
Artfully composed, powerfully acted, and fueled by a powerful blend of anger and empathy, The Killing Fields is a career-defining triumph for director Roland Joffé and a masterpiece of cinema...
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Jun 4, 2024 · Cambodian genocide, systematic murder of up to three million people in Cambodia from 1976 to 1978 that was carried out by the Khmer Rouge government under Pol Pot. Immediately after World War II, the Americans and the French fought wars against communism in Korea and Vietnam, respectively.
Jul 8, 2014 · 328K views 9 years ago. OSCAR WINNER:Best Supporting Actor - Haing S. NgorBest CinematographyBest EditingA New York Times reporter and his Cambodian aide are harrowingly trapped in Cambodia's 1975...
Pran labors in rice fields under the watchful eyes of armed young Khmer Rouge children of both sexes, whom the Khmer Rouge hold in high regard as the future leaders of their regime. Pran is also forced to attend propagandist classes where everyone undergoes re-education.
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.
Dr. Haing S. Ngor is Dith Pran, Schanberg’s aide and friend who saves them from execution. But Pran is sentenced to labor camps, enduring starvation and torture before escaping Thailand.
The Killing Fields is the true story of one man's heroism and the struggle for two men to reunite.New York Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg is sent to Cambodia in 1973 to cover the war between the revolutionary Khmer Rouge and the government.He meets Dith Pran (Cambodian actor Haing S. Ngor in an Academy Award winning performance): a local j...
