The Killing Fields

Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, et al.

Product Description

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." The Killing Fields is an epic story of friendship and survival produced by David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire) and directed by Roland Joffe (The Mission). Sam Waterston plays Sydney Schanberg, whose war coverage entraps him and other journalists. Dr. Haing S. Ngor is Dith Pran, Schanberg's aide and friend who saves them from execution. But Pran is sentenced to labor camps, enduring starvation and torture before escaping Thailand. Ngor also endured Khmer Rouge atrocities and saw his moving, Academy Award -winning* portrayal of Pran (one of the film's three Oscars *) as a way of bringing his nation's tragic ordeal to light.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 085391141921
• Release Date: March 2002
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: Roland Joffe
• Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson, Spalding Gray, Bill Paterson, Athol Fugard, Graham Kennedy, Katherine Krapum Chey
• Runtime: 2 hours, 21 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: anamorphic
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"