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The Killing Fields

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Sam Waterston Haing S. Ngor with John Malkovich Julian Sands
Craig T. Nelson Cambodia 1973:
American journalist
Sidney Schanberg and his guide Dith Pran work out of war-torn Phnom Penh. The Khmer
Rouge armies enter the city, welcomed with open arms, and foreign journalists become the targets of hatred. Schanberg and his colleagues are rounded up and look certain to be executed ...One of the most powerful and admired recent British films, this re-creation of an extraordinary true story won three Academy Awards.
Screenplay by BRUCE ROBINSON Produced by DAVID PUTTNAM Directed by ROLAND JOFFE
(First showing on British television)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Sam Waterston
Unknown:
Haing S. Ngor
Unknown:
John Malkovich
Unknown:
Julian Sands
Unknown:
Craig T. Nelson Cambodia
Unknown:
Sidney Schanberg
Unknown:
Bruce Robinson
Produced By:
David Puttnam
Directed By:
Roland Joffe
Schanberg:
Sam Waterston
Dith Pran:
Haing S Ngor
Al Rockoff:
John Malkovich
John Swain:
Julian Sands
Military attache:
Craig T. Nelson
US consul:
Spalding Gray
Dr MacEntrie:
Bill Paterson
Dr Sundesval:
Athol Fugard
Dougal:
Graham Kennedy
Ser Moeun, Pran's wife:
Katherine Kraghum Chey
Titony, Pran's son:
Oliver Pierpaoli
Source: Radio Times

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