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The Killing Fields Director: Roland Joffé Rating: Some Violence / Some Language / Some Gore Run Time: 141 minutes Release Date: ??? Price: $12.99 Genre: Drama Tagline: This is the story of war and friendship, the anguish of a country and of one man's will to live.   Summary 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 and directed by Roland Joffe. 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 to Thailand. Ngor also endured Khmer Rouge atrocities and saw his Academy Award®-winning portrayal of Pran (1 of the film's 3 Oscars®) as a way of bringing his nation's tragic ordeal to light. Awards Academy Awards 1985 Best Actor in a Supporting Rol Academy Awards 1985 Best Cinematography Academy Awards 1985 Best Film Editing BAFTA Awards 1985 Best Actor (Haing S. Ngor) BAFTA Awards 1985 Best Cinematography BAFTA Awards 1985 Best Editing BAFTA Awards 1985 Best Film BAFTA Awards 1985 Best Production Design/Art Dir BAFTA Awards 1985 Best Screenplay - Adapted BAFTA Awards 1985 Best Sound BAFTA Awards 1985 Outstanding Newcomer (Ngor) Boston Society of Film Critics Best Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Best Cinematography Boston Society of Film Critics Best Film Boston Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor British Society of Cinematogra Best Cinematography 1984 David di Donatello Awards 1985 Best Producer - Foreign Film Golden Globes 1985 Best Performance Guild of German Art House Cine Best Foreign Film London Critics Circle Director of the Year 1986 Los Angeles Film Critics Assoc Best Cinematography 1984 National Society of Film Criti Best Cinematography National Society of Film Criti Best Supporting Actor New York Film Critics Circle Best Cinematographer Political Film Society 1988 Special Award Writers Guild of America 1985 Best Screenplay Cast Sam Waterston Sydney Schanberg Haing S. Ngor Dith Pran John Malkovich Alan 'Al' Rockoff, Photographe Julian Sands Jon Swain Craig T. Nelson Major Reeves, Military Attache Spalding Gray United States consul Crew Mike Oldfield Original Music Chris Menges Cinematography Jim Clark Film Editing Roy Walker Production Design Judy Moorcroft Costume Design	View Larger Images