| Studio: | Warner Brothers |
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| Director: | Roland Joffe |
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| Screenwriter: | Bruce Robinson |
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| Story: | Based on the story, "The Death and Life of Dith Pran," by Sydney Schanberg |
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| Producer: | David Puttnam |
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| Director of Photography: | Chris Menges |
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| Art Director: | Roy Walker |
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| Editor: | Jim Clark |
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| Music: | Mike Oldfield |
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| Cast: | Sam Waterston (Sydney Schanberg) |
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| | Haing S. Ngor (Dith Pran) |
| | John Malkovich (Al Rockoff) |
| | Julian Sands (John Swain) |
| | Athol Fugard (Dr. Sundesval) |
| | Craig T. Nelson (Military attache) |
| Awards: | Won, Oscar, 1985, best supporting actor (Ngor), best cinematography (Menges), best film editing (Clark) |
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| | Nominated, Oscar, 1985, best actor (Waterston), best director (Joffe), best picture (Puttnam), best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium (Robinson) |
| | Won, Golden Globe, 1985, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture (Ngor) |
| | Nominated, Golden Globe, 1985, best director-motion picture (Joffe), best motion picture-drama, best original score-motion picture (Oldfield), best performance by an actor in a motion picture-drama (Waterston), best screenplay-motion picture (Robinson) |
| | Won, LAFCA, 1984, best cinematography (Menges) |
| | Won, NSFC, 1984, best cinematography (Menges), best supporting actor (Malkovich) |
| | Won, NYFCC, 1984, best cinematography (Menges) |
| | Won, WGA Screen Award, 1985, best screenplay based on material previously produced or published (Robinson) |
| | Color, 141 minutes. |
