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The Killing Fields

The real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four years, until Pol Pot's regime was toppled by the intervening Vietnamese in 1979.

Director

Roland Joffé

Year

Genre

drama, history, war

Box Office

$34,700,291

Production

Goldcrest,Enigma Productions,International Film Investors

Awards

Won 3 Oscars. 28 wins & 22 nominations total

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Sydney Schanberg

Dith Pran

Al Rockoff

Jon Swain

Military AttachÃ©

Craig T. Nelson

U.S. Consul

Dr. MacEntire

Dr. Sundesval

Dougal

Ser Moeum (Pran's Wife)

Katherine Krapum Chey

Titony (Pran's Son)

Oliver Pierpaoli

Sarun

Edward Entero Chey

U.S. Military Advisor

Phat (K.R. Leader 2nd Village)

Monirak Sisowath

Phat's Son

Lambool Dtangpaibool

Ambassador Wade

France

Morgan

Patrick Malahide

Beth

TV Interviewer

Schanberg's Sister

Schanberg's Father

Noaks

Mrs. Noaks

Sirik Matak

Arresting Officer

K.R. Cadre-First Village

Sahn

Rosa

Jeep Driver

Charles Bodycomb

Self (archive footage)

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Sydney Schanberg Dith Pran Jon Swain Al Rockoff Morgan Military Attache Dr. Macentire Phat (k.r. Leader 2nd Village)U.s. Consul K.r. Cadre-first Village Military Attachã©Tv Interviewer

We must be like the ox - The Killing Fields

We must be like the ox

Excuse the pun - The Killing Fields

They tell us that God is dead - The Killing Fields

They tell us that God is dead

That's a rumor - The Killing Fields

No more fighting - The Killing Fields

No more fighting

Pran's not gonna last five minutes out there - The Killing Fields

Pran's not gonna last five minutes out there

Another world - The Killing Fields

So here we go with Voice of America - The Killing Fields

So here we go with Voice of America

Don't want to yell I want to be in a good mood - The Killing Fields

Don't want to yell I want to be in a good mood

Someone told me they shrink with fright when you cook them - The Killing Fields

Someone told me they shrink with fright when you cook them

Anything I eat's gotta be absolutely dead - The Killing Fields

Anything I eat's gotta be absolutely dead

Where you going Schanberg - The Killing Fields

Where you going Schanberg

You forgive me - The Killing Fields

I got a right to go wherever I like in this sad little country - The Killing Fields

I got a right to go wherever I like in this sad little...

And now there's a rumor that the U S Air Force dropped a bomb - The Killing Fields

And now there's a rumor that the U S Air Force dropped...

Hello Sydney Good night Sydney - The Killing Fields

Hello Sydney Good night Sydney

Americans take themselves so seriously - The Killing Fields

Americans take themselves so seriously

Dith Pran - The Killing Fields

I got a story to get to New York - The Killing Fields

I got a story to get to New York

They brought in the whole fucking press corps - The Killing Fields

They brought in the whole fucking press corps

Now if you look across the river - The Killing Fields

Now if you look across the river

That won't stop my story - The Killing Fields

That won't stop my story

What is this - The Killing Fields

If anybody ever gets to read about this - The Killing Fields

If anybody ever gets to read about this

Telex for you - The Killing Fields

K R 's making a push for the airport road - The Killing Fields

K R 's making a push for the airport road

Mercedes number one - The Killing Fields

Mercedes number one

What pisses me off is this country has faults and strengths - The Killing Fields

What pisses me off is this country has faults and strengths

I tell you I will be damn glad to get out of here - The Killing Fields

I tell you I will be damn glad to get out of here

Look there could be a bloodbath here - The Killing Fields

Look there could be a bloodbath here

President Ford - The Killing Fields

Did they come in yet No sir they haven't arrived yet - The Killing Fields

Did they come in yet No sir they haven't arrived yet

Rockoff help me - The Killing Fields

Rockoff help me

If the going gets rough - The Killing Fields

If the going gets rough

I don't like the look of this - The Killing Fields

I don't like the look of this

This is blood group A We've had one unit of blood in the last two days - The Killing Fields

This is blood group A We've had one unit of blood in...

Why do corpses have to pile up before people decide it's time to go home - The Killing Fields

Why do corpses have to pile up before people decide...

Why doesn't he get his ass in here He's trying to get in - The Killing Fields

Why doesn't he get his ass in here He's trying to...

Where do they get this crap - The Killing Fields

Where do they get this crap

All right Don't smile - The Killing Fields

All right Don't smile

Ankertill Brewer Ankertill Brewer - The Killing Fields

Ankertill Brewer Ankertill Brewer

I'm a reporter too - The Killing Fields

I'm a reporter too

Tell my wife I love her - The Killing Fields

Tell my wife I love her

There are no American combat advisors in Cambodia - The Killing Fields

There are no American combat advisors in Cambodia

Sydney - The Killing Fields

I'm full of fear Sydney - The Killing Fields

I'm full of fear Sydney

The wind whispers of fear and hate - The Killing Fields

The wind whispers of fear and hate

As they pondered their options in the White House - The Killing Fields

As they pondered their options in the White House

Congratulations on your award it was well deserved - The Killing Fields

Congratulations on your award it was well deserved

The fuck you didn't - The Killing Fields

The fuck you didn't

Life isn't a '40s movie - The Killing Fields

Life isn't a '40s movie

How do you respond to accusations that journalists - The Killing Fields

How do you respond to accusations that journalists

I never really gave him any choice - The Killing Fields

I never really gave him any choice

I love this country - The Killing Fields

I love this country

We must try to stop the killing - The Killing Fields

We must try to stop the killing

Is your mother there - The Killing Fields

Is your mother there

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The real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four years, until Pol Pot's regime was toppled by the intervening Vietnamese in 1979.

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Director: Roland Joffé

Writer: Bruce Robinson

Production: Goldcrest,Enigma Productions,International Film Investors

Genre: drama, history, war

Year: 1984

MetaScore: 76/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: $34,700,291

Released: 01 Feb 1985

Awards: Won 3 Oscars. 28 wins & 22 nominations total

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