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Closer view, showing skulls within
Memorial stupa at Choeung Ek
The Killing Fields at Choeung Ek, a former orchard near Phnom Penh, was where the Khmer Rouge exterminated 17,000 people.
Today, Choeung Ek is a memorial, including a Buddhist stupa, that can be visited by the public.
The Killing Fields (1984) is an award-winning dramatic film based on the experiences of Dith Pran, journalist and survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime and American journalist Sydney Schanberg. The film, which won three Academy Awards, was directed by Roland Joffé and stars Sam Waterston as Schanberg, Haing S. Ngor as Dith Pran, John Malkovich, and Julian Sands. The adaptation for the screen was written by Bruce Robinson (Withnail and I) for which he received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations as well as a BAFTA award.
Ngor won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role; cinematographer Chris Menges won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. The film also won for Best Editing. The soundtrack is by Mike Oldfield.
External links
- Film review (http://www.filmsite.org/kill.html) by Tom Dirks
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