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An American reporter's harrowing experiences in 1970s Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge's fight for control of the country. He develops a close friendship with his Cambodian guide, whom he is forced to leave behind to possibly become a victim of the murderous new regime. Historical biography starring Sam Waterston, Haing S Ngor, John Malkovich and Spalding Gray.
1984
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Biopic
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Historical/Period Drama
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Sam Waterston
(Actor)
.. Sydney Schanberg
Haing S Ngor
(Actor)
.. Dith Pran
John Malkovich
(Actor)
.. Al Rockoff
Spalding Gray
(Actor)
.. US consul
Julian Sands
(Actor)
.. Jon Swain
Craig T Nelson
(Actor)
.. Military attache
Bill Paterson
(Actor)
.. Dr MacEntire
Athol Fugard
(Actor)
.. Dr Sundesval
Graham Kennedy
(Actor)
.. Dougal
Roland Joffe
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Sam Waterston
(Actor)
.. Sydney Schanberg
Born:
November 15, 1940
in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Best Known For:
Playing Jack McCoy in Law & Order.
Early-life:
Samuel Atkinson Waterston was born on November 15, 1940, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He caught the acting bug at the age of seven, attended Groton Prep School and entered Yale University on a scholarship in 1958. Sam studied French and history, and graduated with a BA in 1962. He honed his craft at the American Actors Workshop in Paris. After leaving Yale, he spent some months at the Clinton Playhouse.
Career:
Waterston made his showbiz debut in 1965 appearing in The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean and Dr Kildare. A string of projects followed, including Generation, Three, The Glass Menagerie, The Great Gatsby, Capricorn One, Eagle's Wing and Heaven's Gate. He received an Oscar-nomination as journalist Sydney Schanberg in acclaimed 1984 movie The Killing Fields. He's also appeared in Hannah and Her Sisters, September, Serial Mom and The Newsroom. Between 1994 and 2010, he played Jack McCoy in 333 episodes of Law & Order, a role he reprised for the two spin-off shows, Special Victims Unit and Trial By Jury, as well as Homicide: Life on the Street.
Quote:
On how he handles fame: "I got a note from my father, who said that 'Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale'."
Trivia:
In 2012, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
Haing S Ngor
(Actor)
.. Dith Pran
John Malkovich
(Actor)
.. Al Rockoff
Best Known For:
His intense stare.
Early-life:
John Gavin Malkovich was born on December 9, 1953, in Illinois. His father, Daniel, was a conservation director and publisher of Outdoor Illinois magazine; his mother, Joe Anne, owned local newspaper the Benton Evening News. He has four siblings. Malkovich became hooked on acting at school, and after majoring in theatre at university, joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, which had recently been formed by his friend, Gary Sinise.
Career:
In 1980 Malkovich moved to New York to further his career, and won great acclaim in 1984 for his performance opposite Dustin Hoffman in Death of a Salesman. Early films include Places in the Heart, The Killing Fields and Empire of the Sun, but it was 1988's Dangerous Liaisons that made him a star. Further plaudits came for Of Mice and Men and In the Line of Fire. He played a version of himself in Being John Malkovich. He continues to appear on both stage and screen in a variety of projects, including blockbuster hits RED and its sequel, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Quote:
'I still don't know if I made the right decision when I went into acting. I have driven school buses, sold egg rolls and painted houses, and I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I hadn't gone into acting. Mind you, it's a great life.'
Trivia:
In June, an elderly man tripped on a Toronto street and slashed his neck on some scaffolding. Malkovich saved his life by applying pressue to the wound until he could receive medical help.
Spalding Gray
(Actor)
.. US consul
Julian Sands
(Actor)
.. Jon Swain
Craig T Nelson
(Actor)
.. Military attache
Bill Paterson
(Actor)
.. Dr MacEntire
Born:
June 03, 1945
in
Glasgow
Best Known For:
A number of small-screen TV roles.
Early-life:
Bill Paterson was born on June 3, 1945, in Glasgow. He spent three years as a quantity surveyor before doing a teaching course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He was about to accept an educational role when he was offered a place with the Citizen's Theatre. His big break came at the Edinburgh Festival in The Great Northern Welly Boot Show, a satire by Billy Connolly about striking shipbuilders.
Career:
Paterson's TV debut came in 1977's Bafta-winning Licking Hitler. A year later he appeared in The Vanishing Army and Smiley's People. He went on to feature in such films as The Killing Fields, A Private Function, Defence of the Realm, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Chaplin, Bright Young Things and Truly, Madly, Deeply. Other TV projects include The Singing Detective, Traffik, The Crow Road, Doctor Zhivago, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and Law & Order: UK. He was also nominated for an Olivier Award for Bertolt Brecht's Schwekyk in the Second World War in 1982 and has done extensive voiceover work on TV and radio.
Quote:
'I don't think acting has ever been my passion, but it's a very nice way of making a living.'
Trivia:
Paterson turned down one of the leads in Alien.
Athol Fugard
(Actor)
.. Dr Sundesval
Graham Kennedy
(Actor)
.. Dougal
Roland Joffe
(Director)
