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- BFI identifier2646
- Date1984 (Copyright)
1984-11-09 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisBased on the article 'The Death and Life of Dith Pran', by Sydney Schanberg. In 1973 reporter Schanberg arrives in Cambodia, impacted by the neighbouring war in Vietnam. He is assisted by Dith Pran and they become friends. After the fall of Phnom Penh, Dith Pran is imprisoned by the Khmer Rouge, along with Schanberg and other journalists who are released by his intervention. Dith Pran pretends to be a taxi driver and becomes part of the forced exodus from the cities into rural work and harsh life in the paddy fields and villages, with the daily terror of being denounced or killed by fanatical Khmer Rouge forces or indoctrinated youngsters. He risks all to try and reach the border and escape. (Synopsis)
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- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Roland Joffé
©: Goldcrest Films and Television Ltd.
Production Company: an Enigma production
view all - CastSam Waterston (Sydney Schanberg)
Haing S. Ngor (Dith Pran)
John Malkovich (Al Rockoff)
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Title
The Killing Fields (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/3E6E-078F-11E8-A830-2B1D-HCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript & story development - Script drafts, script notes and correspondence relating to script development and changes 1981-1984 - DTP-1-26-1
Pre-production - Papers relating to the pre-production phase of the the project - DTP-1-26-2
Production - Papers relating to production phase of the project - DTP-1-26-3
Post-production - Papers relating to post-production - DTP-1-26-4
Press & publicity - Papers relating to publicity campaign and press coverage c. 1980 - 1984 - DTP-1-26-5
See DAVID PUTTNAM: KILLING FIELDS Collection List. Unfilmable small pressbook held.
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Single sheet portrait printed in USA - PD-13787
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait - PD-13794
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape - PD-13795
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait. Printed in USA mounted on board - PD-19262
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-odd
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-odc
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- +The Killing Fields
Work - 2646 - 1984 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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