The Killing Fields
Here, only the silent survive.
Here, only the silent survive.
Drama, History, War
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1984
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New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
142 min
Release date:
23 Nov 1984
Country:
GB
Languages:
English, French, Khmer, Russian
Budget:
$14,400,000
Revenue:
$34,700,291
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. 28 wins & 22 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It must be nerve-racking for the producers to offer a tale so lacking in standard melodramatic satisfactions. But the result is worth it, for this is the clearest film statement yet on how the nature of heroism has changed in this totalitarian century.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
25 Aug 2008
rotten:
The screen is swamped by a bathetic, self-preening sententiousness.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
9 Apr 2008
rotten:
The intent and outward trappings are all impressively in place, but at its heart there's something missing.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
9 Apr 2008
fresh:
The film's overall thrust - angry, intelligent, compassionate -- makes this producer Puttnam's finest movie to date.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
The best moments are the human ones, the conversations, the exchanges of trust, the waiting around, the sudden fear, the quick bursts of violence, the desperation.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004