Killing Fields, The (1984)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Athol Fugard
John Malkovich
Craig T. Nelson
Haing S. Ngor
Sam Waterston
Movie Details
Director Roland Joffe
Studio Warner Bros.
Language English
Audience Rating R
Running Time 2 hr 21 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Every so often, there is a film that is destined to be talked about and remembered for years to come.

When the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh in 1975, many thought the killing would end. Instead it started a long nightmare in which three million Cambodians would die in the "killing fields."

The Killing Fields is an epic story of friendship and survival produced by David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire) and directed by Roland Joffe (The Mission). Sam Waterston plays Sydney Schanberg, whose war coverage entraps him and other journalists. 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 to Thailand. Ngor also endured Khmer Rouge atrocities and saw his moving, Academy Award®-winning portrayal of Pran (one of the film's three Oscars®) as a way of bringing his nation's tragic ordeal to light.
Personal Details
On Location Yes
Index 147
In Collection Yes
Location cd case
Product Details
Format Divx/Xvid on 2 CDs
Chapters 47
Release Date 3/13/2001
Number of Cds 2