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The Killing Fields is a feature film about the relationship between a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent, Sidney Schanberg, and an aide, Dith Pran, who is captured by the Khmer Rouge and subjected to the atrocities of the barbarous "re-education camps." Pran is initially sending Schanberg news flashes, but eventually becomes a prisoner himself. The film graphically articulates the carnage and absurdity of war, offering an apocalyptic vision of the fields where innocent people were slaughtered en masse.
Based on the true story of the relationship between Sidney Schanberg (Sam Waterston), a Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times correspondent, and Dith Pran (Haing S Ngor), the Cambodian aide who remains behind following the evacuation of Cambodian citizens by the US army.
Initially sending Schanberg news flashes, Pran is subsequently captured by the Khmer Rouge and subjected to the atrocities of the barbarous 're-education camps'.
A startling feature debut from director Roland Joffe,
The Killing Fields graphically articulates the carnage and absurdity of war, offering an apocalyptic vision of the fields where innocent people were slaughtered en masse.
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