THE KILLING FIELDS Sam Waterston New DVD


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Format:	DVD	Edition:	Widescreen
Leading Role:	Haing S. Ngor	Rating:	R
Director:	Roland Joffe	Release Date:	Mar 13, 2001
Genre:	Action, Adventure	UPC:	085391141921
Sub-Genre:	Military & War	Region:	DVD: 1 (US, CA)
Condition:	Brand New

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Roland Joffé's unflinching drama recounts the true story of New York Times journalist Sidney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and Cambodian journalist and translator Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), who found themselves trapped in the nightmare of the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia. While stationed in Phnom Penh in the early 1970s, Schanberg and Pran become close friends and confidants, negotiating and writing many groundbreaking stories. When the ruling Lon Nol government is overthrown by the Khmer Rouge, the country is turned upside down--killing is common in the streets, and children become gun-toting informants. Schanberg is forced to flee the country, with his fellow American photographer Al Rockoff (John Malkovich) and British journalist Jon Swain (Julian Sands). Despite their exhaustive efforts to free Pran, they have no choice but to leave him behind. Pran is forced to endure excruciating agony at the Pol Pot death camps, where any shred of individuality or dissent is beaten out of the prisoners. After years of brutal torture, Pran manages to escape and begins a long odyssey to Thailand and the border refugee camps. As Pran struggles to stay alive, Schanberg endures life in New York wracked with guilt over the loss of his good friend, desperately attempting to locate him. This haunting drama is epic in its portrayal of a war-torn country devastated by mass genocide. Images of both great horror and beauty resonate with awesome power and honesty. Joffé's first film features superb performances from a first-rate ensemble of actors, including Waterston, Sands, Malkovich, and Ngor in an Oscar-winning role.
Credits
Cast:	Craig T. Nelson, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Spalding Gray

Details
Edition:	Special Edition
Sound:	Stereo Sound, Surround Sound

Notes
DVD Features: Region 1 Snap Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Single Side - Dual Layer Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - French Additional Release Material: Additional Footage Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer Audio Commentary - 1. Roland Joffe - Director Theaterical release: November 2, 1984. Filmed on location in Thailand. THE KILLING FIELDS is the feature-film debut for director Roland Joffé and is based on the true story of New York Times journalist Sidney Schanberg and his friendship with Cambodian translator Dith Pran. Schanberg covered Cambodia for the New York Times between 1972 and 1975, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his reports from Phnom Penh. He published his memoirs, "The Death and Life of Dith Pran: A Story of Cambodia," in the Times Magazine on January 20, 1980, while working as the paper's metropolitan editor. When this film, adapted from those memoirs, was released in 1984, Schanberg was still with the Times as a columnist. Dr. Haing S. Ngor made his screen debut as Dith Pran in THE KILLING FIELDS. Ngor's real-life experiences paralleled that of his onscreen character. Tortured by the Khmer Rouge for being a member of the educated, intellectual class, the Cambodian physician was forced to hide his education and work as a taxi driver for four years before he managed to escape to Thailand. While working in California as a gynecologist, he was recruited to audition for a role in the film after casting agent Pat Golden saw his face in a friend's wedding photos. As a result of his involvement with the film, Ngor was reunited with a long-lost niece when she read about the film at her home in France. The niece was apparently his last living relative; the remainder of his family succumbed to starvation in Cambodia. Ngor was the first actor to win an Academy Award for his film debut. He was murdered in 1996 in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles, possibly by Khmer Rouge operatives. Actor Spalding Gray, who appeares as the United States consul in THE KILLING FIELDS, later wrote a monologue based on the history of Cambodia and his personal experiences working on the film. He first performed the monologue, SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA, on the New York stage. It was adapted for the screen by director Jonathan Demme in 1987. The film is one of the earliest screen appearances for John Malkovich, a stage actor with Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater Company. Malkovich received an Academy Award nomination for PLACES IN THE HEART,which was released the same year as THE KILLING FIELDS. He was named Best Supporting Actor of 1984 by the National Society of Film Critics for his work on both films. Playwright, Athol Fugard (MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS), appears in the film as Dr. Sundesval. Joffé received the British Film Critics' 1985 Best Director Award. The film was named on Japan's Kinema Jumpo Best Ten List of 1985 and the National Board of Review's Ten Best English-Language Films of 1984. David Puttnam was named Best Foreign Producer of 1984-85 by the Italian David di Donatello Awards. Chris Menges was named Best Cinematographer of 1984 by the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Society of Film Critics, and the Los Angeles Film Critics.
Editorial reviews
"...Great care and respect....The performances are uniformly fine..." New York Times - p.C10 - Vincent Canby (11/02/1984) "...Intelligent....[The] picture is terrifically successful in physically evoking its time and place..." Variety - Cart. (10/31/1984) "...[An] expertly paced dissection of this horrific chapter in Cambodia's life..." Sight and Sound - Danny Leigh (03/01/2001) "Malkovich often commands our fascination while playing the most unsavory characters....A harrowing tableau." Premiere - Andy Webster (09/01/2005) "[T]here is a genuine sense of catharsis in the final reunion." Sight and Sound - Matthew Leyland (03/01/2006)
Awards
1984 Academy Awards, Best Cinematography: Chris Menges 1984 Academy Awards, Best Film Editing 1984 Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actor: Haing S. Ngor

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THE KILLING FIELDS Sam Waterston New DVD

THE KILLING FIELDS
Sam Waterston

Description: This epic story of friendship and survival was produced by David Puttnam and directed by Roland Joffe. When the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh in 1975, many thought the killing would end. Instead, it started a long nightmare in which three million Cambodians would die in the "killing fields." Sam Waterson plays Sydney Schanberg, whose war coverage entraps him and other journalists. Original Theatrical Release 1984.
Special Features: Director's Commentary, Theatrical Trailer and Production Notes
Specifications: Widescreen, Color, Captions, Dolby Digital Stereo, English & French Subtitles
Format: DVD Region 1
Rating: R
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