Killing Fields with Sam Waterston: DVD Cover

    Killing Fields Director: Roland Joffé Cast: Sam Waterston, Dr. Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/27/2001
    • Original Release: 1984
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 13,438

    Viewer Rating: (5 ratings)

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    Features

    Feature-length audio commentary by director Roland Joffé ; Interactive menus; Production notes; Theatrical trailer; Scene access; Subtitles: English & Français

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Scene Selections
    1. Cambodia: August 1973 (Credits). [3:12]
    2. Schanberg Arrives. [2:21]
    3. Sudden Terror. [2:00]
    4. No Comment on a Major Story. [3:27]
    5. Neak Luong. [3:42]
    6. Disaster Area. [4:04]
    7. Permission Denied. [2:06]
    8. Military Maneuver. [2:44]
    9. Very Bad Future. [2:53]
    10. The Bottling Plant. [3:26]
    11. Staying Or Living. [3:16]
    12. A Reporter Too. [3:51]
    13. Evacuation Day. [3:57]
    14. Into the Sky. [3:38]
    15. The Khmer Rouge Enter Phnom Penh. [3:06]
    16. Plenty of Blood. [1:58]
    17. Prisoners. [3:33]
    18. Negotiating for Life. [5:17]
    19. Mass Migration. [2:27]
    20. The French Embassy. [3:21]
    21. "Adieu, Ancien Regime." [1:30]
    22. The Passport Plot. [4:06]
    23. Serious Picture. [1:27]
    24. Hope Fades. [3:10]
    25. Pran's Departure. [4:59]
    26. Stateside. [2:35]
    27. Memories and Images (Nessun Dorma). [2:50]
    28. The Labor Camp. [3:17]
    29. Year Zero. [2:49]
    30. First Escape Attempt. [4:18]
    31. Punishment. [4:08]
    32. Second Attempt. [2:28]
    33. The Killing Fields. [2:47]
    34. The Awards Banquet. [1:46]
    35. What Bothers Rockoff. [2:57]
    36. "I Never Discussed it With Him." [2:32]
    37. New Enemies. [2:21]
    38. A Life in Pran's Trust. [4:40]
    39. The Bombing Raid. [1:24]
    40. Phat Killed. [2:33]
    41. In Flight. [2:08]
    42. Through the Countryside. [1:52]
    43. Jungle Tragedy. [1:56]
    44. Refugee Camp. [2:23]
    45. Good News. [1:17]
    46. Reborn (Imagine). [1:18]
    47. Coda and End Credits. [1:59]

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    Editorial Reviews

    The Killing Fields is a romanticized adaptation of an eyewitness magazine story by New York Times correspondent Sidney Schanberg. Covering the U.S. pullout from Vietnam in 1975, Schanberg (Sam Waterston) relies on his Cambodian friend and translator Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor) for inside information. Schanberg has an opportunity to rescue Dith Pran when the U.S. army evacuates all Cambodian citizens; instead, the reporter coerces his friend to remain behind to continue sending him news flashes. Although his family is helicoptered out of Saigon (a recreation of the famous TV news clip), Dith Pran stays with Schanberg on the ground. Racked with guilt, Schanberg does his best to arrange for Dith Pran's escape, but the Cambodian is captured by the dreaded Khmer Rouge. Accepting his Pulitzer Prize on behalf of Dith Pran, Schanberg vows to do right by his friend and extricate him from Cambodia. The rest of the film details Dith Pran's harrowing experiences at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, and his attempt to escape on his own. The Killing Fields won Academy Awards for Hang S. Ngor (a Cambodian doctor who lived through many of the horrific events depicted herein), cinematographer Chris Menges, and editor Jim Clark; an Oscar nomination went to Roland Joffe, who made his directorial debut with this film. Spalding Gray, who played a small role in the film, later elaborated on this experiences in his one-man stage presentation Swimming to Cambodia. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

    Customer Reviews

    Wonderful Movie, Poor Sound Qualityby Anonymous

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    August 05, 2008: I loved the movie. Especially because the U.S. government dissproved of talk of the Khmare Rouge and the CIA's part in it until the last several years. This movie shows the horrors of what people can do to there own people. This is a truly exelent movie. I hated the sound quality though. The first half of the movie, I couldn't hear what people were saying.

    Heartwrenchingby Anonymous

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    November 28, 2006: Wow,this movie is about another sad occurance in this world.The Kmher Rouge(Red Army?)in Cambodia wage a holocaust of their own in "The Killing Fields,"and it mainly tells the story of a New York Times columnist and his buddy,a Cambodian,who are getting information and reporting on the war going on.I thought the ending was the absolute best ever!After the two friends get separated because a photograph put into a fake passport/visa to get out of the country fails, the journalist returns to the States and never stops trying to find his friend who was eventually sent to a Khmer Rouge labor camp.When they finally meet again at the end, that wonderful song by John Lennon and the Beatles comes up:"Imagine."Yes,imagine all of the world peoples living in harmony.One of my favorite sayings is:"Dare to Dream of a time when all the world will be free."Sorry,don't know who that's from.Just be kind to one another...for all of our sakes,bad karma in this world is building and taking its toll.I'm sorry I'm forcing all of my political views on you review-reading people, I'm just a concerned citizen is all!no hard feelings?=)


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