The Killing Fields (Single Disc)

Film Description

An intelligent and brutal exploration of loyalty and friendship set during the Khmer Rouge’s horrific reign of terror in 1970s Cambodia. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, the film was scripted by Bruce Robinson and based on the true story of the relationship between New York Times correspondent Sidney Schanberg and Dith Pran, the Cambodian aide who remained behind following the evacuation of Cambodian citizens by the US army and who was subjected to the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge's 're-education camps'.

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