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The Killing Fields

1984
2h 21m
Biography/Drama/History
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Cast

Sam Waterston (Sydney Schanberg)Haing S. Ngor (Dith Pran)John Malkovich (Al Rockoff)Julian Sands (Jon Swain)Craig T. Nelson (Military Attaché)Spalding Gray (U.S. Consul)Bill Paterson (Dr. MacEntire)Athol Fugard (Dr. Sundesval)Graham Kennedy (Dougal)Katherine Krapum Chey (Ser Moeum (Pran's Wife))Oliver Pierpaoli (Titony (Pran's Son))Edward Entero Chey (Sarun)Tom Bird (U.S. Military Advisor)Monirak Sisowath (Phat (K.R. Leader 2nd Village))Lambool Dtangpaibool (Phat's Son)Ira Wheeler (Ambassador Wade)David Henry (France)Patrick Malahide (Morgan)

Director

Roland Joffé

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Synopsis

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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