The Killing Fields
Director: Roland Joffe
Starring: SAM WATERSTON, HAING NGOR, JOHN MALKOVICH
DVD Features:
Language: English
Colour
Format: PAL
Duration: 130mins
Region Code: 5
Sound: 5.1 surround sound
MRP: `349/-
Synopsis:
Sydney Schanberg is sent to Cambodia in 1972 as the New York Times’ correspondent, to cover the growing war between the country’s revolutionary Khmer Rouge and the government. His Cambodian assistant, journalist, translator & friend is the kind and knowledgeable Dith Pran. To the correspondent, Pran is indispensable. But when the victorious Khmer Rouge troops take the capital of Phnom Pehn, their lives change forever.
Awards:
THE ACADEMY AWARDS
NOMINEE
BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTOR, BEST DIRECTOR
3 WINS & 1 OTHER NOMINATION
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BAFTA AWARDS
WINNER
BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTOR
6 OTHER WINS & 4 NOMINATIONS
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GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
WINNER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
5 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST MOTION PICTURE,
BEST DIRECTOR & BEST ACTOR
Cast & Crew:
Starring: Sam Waterston, John Malkovich, Dr. Haing S. Ngor, Craig T Nelson,
Music by: Mike Oldfield
Screenplay by: Bruce Robinson, Adapted From "The Death And Life Of Dith Pran" By Sydney Schanberg In The New York Times Magazine
Produced by: David Puttnam
Directed By Roland Joffe
MACHUCA
Director: ANDRES WOOD
Country: CHILE
DVD features:
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio-4:3
PAL
Duration: 116min
Region code: 5
MRP: `349/-
Synopsis:
Chile, 1973: Gonzalo Infante and Pedro Machuca are two 11 year-old boys who live in Santiago, the former in a wealthy neighborhood and the latter in a recently created, illegal shantytown. There is a huge invisible wall dividing these two separate worlds. One of these hopeful dreamers is the headmaster at a private parochial school, Father McEnroe. With support from the parents of his students, he admits children from the poor shantytown families into his elitist school. He is determined they will learn to respect each other. That is why Pedro Machuca is in the same class as Gonzalo Infante. The friendship between them is full of discoveries and surprises. But in addition to the practical difficulties involved in this attempt at integration, there are others caused by the open social confrontation taking place in Chilean society...
Awards:
ACADEMY AWARDS
OFFICIAL ENTRY
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM – 2004
ARIEL AWARDS
NOMINEE
BEST LATIN-AMERICAN FILM
BOGOTA FILM FESTIVAL
PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
VALDIVIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER
BEST FILM - 2004
GOYA AWARDS
NOMINEE
BEST SPANISH LANGUAGE FILM 2004
Cast & crew:
Starring: Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, Aline Küppenheim,
Music: Jose Miguel
Director of photography: Patricio Pereirea
Editing: Fernando Pardo
Writer: Roberto Brodsky
Director: Andres Wood
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