👍 GREAT MOVIE
1984 · 15 · 2h 21min
Biography · Drama · History · War
Biography · Drama · History · War
Director Roland Joffé
Stars Sam Waterston · Haing S. Ngor · John Malkovich · Julian Sands · Craig T. Nelson · Spalding Gray · Bill Paterson · Athol Fugard · Graham Kennedy
Based on The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sydney Schanberg
Writer(s) Bruce Robinson
Music by Mike Oldfield
Release Date 2 November 1984
Country of Origin United Kingdom
Language Spoken English · French · Central Khmer · Russian
Sound Mix Dolby Stereo Colour Colour Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Budget $14.4 million Box Office $34.7 million
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
Incredible.
"If you see no more than one film a year, make this the one for 1984."
—Peter Travers, People Magazine