Another Outstanding Winner From 1984.

Rating: Null/10 (6 July 2002)

Roland Joffe's (Oscar-nominated in directing) intense "The Killing Fields" is one of the best films ever produced. The film is all based on a true story about a New York Times journalist named Sydney Schanberg (Oscar-nominee Sam Waterston) who goes to Cambodia to cover the terrible war that is taking place there. Guide Dith Pran (Oscar-winner Haing S. Ngor in one of the finest performances experienced by the cinema) has already sent his family away but stays to help the American journalists, gaining nothing in return. The situation gets worse and worse and the Khmer Rouge close in. The Americans are able to escape, but the Cambodian guide is doomed to die in the killing fields. An intense story about love and friendship that is very tough to sit through, but it is well-worth one's time. A film that raises the medium to a whole new level of communication. Pure excellence. 5 stars out of 5.