The Killing Fields

Drama, History, War

Sam Waterston	Sydney Schanberg
Haing S. Ngor	Dith Pran
John Malkovich	Alan Rockoff
Julian Sands	Jon Swain
Craig T. Nelson	Major Reeves
Bill Paterson	Dr. MacEntire
Athol Fugard	Dr. Sundesval
Graham Kennedy	Dougal
Katherine Krapum Chey	Ser Moeum

Director	Roland Joffe
Producer	Iain Smith; David Puttnam
Writer	Bruce Robinson
Cinematography	Chris Menges
Musician	Mike Oldfield

New York Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) has covered the civil war in Cambodia for several years. The key to his success is the invaluable help of a local interpreter and journalist, Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor). When the foreigners are evacuated after the Khmer Rouge comes to power, Schanberg is forced out of the country, but Pran must remain behind to face the terrors of the Pol Pot regime. Schanberg returns home to receive journalism rewards while his friend must struggle daily just to survive. Dith Pran ultimately escapes the killing fields and is able to find his way to Thailand, where the two friends are reunited.