The killing fields [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Goldcrest and International Film Investors present an Enigma production ; director of photography, Chris Menges ; screenplay by Bruce Robinson ; produced by David Puttnam ; directed by Roland Joffé.
Sam Waterston (Sydney Schanberg), Dr. Haing S. Ngor (Dith Pran), John Malkovich (Al Rockoff), Julian Sands (Jon Swain), Craig T. Nelson (Military Attache), Spalding Gray (U.S. Consul), Bill Paterson (Dr. MacEntire), Athol Fugard (Dr. Sundesval), Graham Kennedy (Dougal). Originally released as motion picture in 1984. Based on the novel: The death and life of Dith Pran / by Sydney Schanberg. Special features: cast & crew; commentary by director Roland Joffeé; Dr. Haing S. Ngor; interactive menus; production notes; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Summary:
Dith Pran is an aide, translator and friend of a journalist who is covering the war in Cambodia. He is eventually exiled to the labor camps in Cambodia's countryside, where he endures four years of starvation, torture and war before escaping to Thailand.
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