The killing fields

The Resource The killing fields
Label
The killing fields
Statement of responsibility
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
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
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
Awards note
Academy Awards: Best cinematography, Best film editing, Best supporting actor (Ngor).
Cataloging source
HQB
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Production designed by Roy Walker ; editor, Jim Clark ; associate producer, Iain Smith ; original music composed by Mike Oldfield
Date time place
Originally released as motion picture in 1984
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA Rated: R
Language note
In English with optional subtitles in English or French; closed captioned in English for the hearing impaired
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.K553 2001
PerformerNote
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)
Runtime
141
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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