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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. It was directed by Roland Joffé and produced by David Puttnam for his company Goldcrest Films.
- $14.4 million
- Mike Oldfield
- 2 November 1984
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.
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- Roland Joffé
- R
- Biography, Drama, History
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).
Plot. When a young girl goes missing in the small country town of Mingara, a large scale operation is started by the police and residents of the town. However, when the search proves too big for the local authorities after five dead bodies are found, buried in a field in shallow graves, a specialised team of homicide detectives are flown in ...
- 4 May 2014
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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- Roland Joffé
- R
- Sam Waterston
May 4, 2014 · The Killing Field: Directed by Samantha Lang. With Rebecca Gibney, Peter O'Brien, Liam McIntyre, Chloé Boreham. A task force is sent to a small country town to investigate a shocking crime.
Summaries. 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. Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia.
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