Drama, History, War
1984
The real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four years, until Pol Pot's regime was toppled by the intervening Vietnamese in 1979.
Top cast:
Sam Waterston
Sydney Schanberg
Haing S. Ngor
Dith Pran
Craig T. Nelson
Major Reeves, Military Attache
John Malkovich
Alan 'Al' Rockoff, Photographer
Athol Fugard
Dr. Sundesval
Julian Sands
Jon Swain
Spalding Gray
United States consul
Bill Paterson
Dr. MacEntire
Graham Kennedy
Dougal
Patrick Malahide
Morgan
Nell Campbell
Beth
Joanna Merlin
Schanberg's Sister
Mark Long
Noaks
