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Pulitzer Prize | Violence
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1985 | Haing S.
Best Film Editing | 1985 | Jim
Best Cinematography | 1985 | Chris
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | 1985 | Haing S.
Most Outstanding Newcomer to Film | 1985 | Haing S.
Best Actor | 1985 | Haing S.
Best Editing | 1985 | Jim
Best Cinematography | 1985 | Chris
Best Screenplay Adapted | 1985 | Bruce
Best Sound | 1985 | Ian
Best Production DesignArt Direction | 1985 | Roy
Best Film | 1985 | David
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 1985 | Bruce
Best Supporting Actor For | 1985 | John
Best Cinematography For | 1985
Best Supporting Actor | 1985 | John
Best Cinematography | 1985 | Chris
Foreign Film Auslndischer Film | 1986 | Roland
Best Supporting Actor | 1985 | John
Best Cinematography | 1985 | Chris
Best Supporting Actor For | 1985 | John
Best Actor | 1985 | Haing S.
Best Film | 1985
Best Cinematographer | 1984 | Chris
Best Cinematography | 1984 | Chris
Top Ten Films | 1984
1984 | Chris
1988
1985 | Bruce
Director of the Year | 1986 | Roland
Best Foreign Producer Migliore Produttore Straniero | 1985 | David
Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 1985 | Bruce
Best Picture | 1985 | David
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1985 | Sam
Best Director | 1985 | Roland
Best Director Motion Picture | 1985 | Roland
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | 1985 | Sam
Best Screenplay Motion Picture | 1985 | Bruce
Best Original Score Motion Picture | 1985 | Mike
Best Motion Picture Drama | 1985
Best Score | 1985 | Mike
Best Special Visual Effects | 1985
Best Make Up Artist | 1985
Best Direction | 1985 | Roland
Best Actor | 1985 | Sam
Best Foreign Film Meilleur film tranger | 1986 | Roland
Best Foreign Language Film | 1986
Best Edited Feature Film | 1985 | Jim
Best Foreign Director Migliore Regista Straniero | 1985 | Roland
Best Foreign Film Miglior Film Straniero | 1985 | Roland
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1985 | Roland
Best Film | 1984
Budget 14,400,000 USD
Box Office Collection 34,700,291 USD
In real life, Haing S. Ngor's wife died under the Khmer Rouge regime, haemorrhaging during childbirth (the baby also died). She knew that she couldn't contact her husband as doctors were all being murdered by the regime so by keeping her silence and dying of internal bleeding, she effectively saved his life.
The real Dith Pran went on to work as a celebrated photographer for the New York Times, often speaking out about the Cambodian genocide. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2008 at the age of 65, nursed in his final days by his ex-wife and his best friend, Sidney Schanberg.
Haing S. Ngor had to flee the set after re-enacting the harrowing scene where he is faced down by a female teenage soldier as it evoked too many horrific memories of his time spent living under the Khmer Rouge regime.
Pol Pot was still mounting an insurgency in Cambodia (after Vietnam had overthrown the Khmer Rouge) when the film was being made in neighbouring Thailand. In fact, the Thai authorities were very keen to have the horrors of Pol Pot's regime depicted onscreen as it would bring international attention to the political situation there.
Of all the real people involved in the story, the only major participant who refused to collaborate in the making of the film was Al Rockoff, the character portrayed by John Malkovich.
"[last lines - at their reunion, with warm smiles] Sydney Schanberg: You forgive me? Dith Pran: Nothing to forgive, Sydney. Nothing."
"Dith Pran: [in his journal while imprisoned] The wind whispers of fear and hate. The war has killed love. And those that confess to the Angka are punished, and no one dare ask where they go. Here, only the silent survive."
