The Killing Fields is a movie novelization written by Christopher Hudson in 1984 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Roland Joffé in 1984. The movie features Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson, Spalding Gray, and others.
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Book by Sydney Schanberg
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Storyline
In the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, during May 1973, the Cambodian national army wages a civil war with the communist Khmer Rouge group, a result of the Vietnam War spilling over Cambodia’s borders. Knowing that Pran will be imprisoned or killed, Rockoff and fellow photographer Jon Swain of The Sunday Times try to forge a British passport for Pran, but the deception fails when the image of Pran on the passport photo fades to nothing, as they lack adequate photographic developer.
Movie vs Book
Year
1984
Minutes
141
Movie Rate
7.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Killing Fields
Director: Roland Joffé
Country: UK
Year: 1984
Length: 2h21m
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Year
1984
Pages
287
Book Rate
8.16
S: Goodreads
Book
The Killing Fields
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“I had to unlearn a lot of novelistic stuff to do a screenplay.”
RICHARD PRICE (Writer, Scriptwriter)
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