Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich
An American citizen is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody "Year Zero" ethnic cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million "undesirable" civilians.
DVD Release Date: March 13, 2001
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October 30, 2009
Excellent film that follows the trials of a pair of journalists (Sam Waterston, an American and Haing Ngor, who is from Camboida) who are terrorized and barely escape alive from Cambodia while trying to cover the Vietnam War. It's nice to watch a film that isn't just shootous and...( read more)
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September 22, 2009
A great, great film, Haing S. Ngor is fantastic in this powerful story based on real events. Brilliant!
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September 7, 2008
An engrossing true account of living under the Khmer Rouge. I was first shown this movie as part of an American history class over four years ago, and the amazing cinematography and full force acting still stick in my mind. I will always remember the scene in which Dith Pran must...( read more)
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July 19, 2008
Two passionate and courageous journalists of different nationalities become witnesses of the horrors of war in southeast asia, one of them is a native who will have to hang on to his life while the nightmare remains.
Haing S. Ngor portrays the victim Dith Pran, with such candid...( read more) -
April 25, 2008
One of my all time favourites, this is a movie that has not only influenced a lot of people to take an interest in Cambodia, but has been used in parts of the world as a teaching aid to illustrate the aftermath of civil war.
Although I've given it 5 stars here, it does have one ...( read more) -
October 26, 2009
The tragedy of The Killing Fields in Cambodia was an offshoot of the War in Vietnam. President John F. Kennedy had committed U.S. advisors to supporting the pro-Western government in South Vietnam against the communist regime in North Vietnam as part of the cold war policy of con...( read more)
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October 23, 2009
Esta pelicula la vi hace un tiempo ya, en la clase de castellano, y nunca me olvidaré el impacto que tuvo en mi. Hay unas escenas que quedan en la memoria no solo por lo bien hechas que estan, sino que hay que recordar que esta pelicula esta basada en hechos reales. Las actuacion...( read more)
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