The movie "The Killing Fields"

[One Man Army]

Holy S*it.... great movie

I dont think I have ever cried for a movie (maybe once or so but that was lonnnng ago) but I cried at the end....truely sad and touching

I know that that is a wimpy thing to say coming from a killing machine like myself but it is the truth


anyone else seen it?

[thirsty4chicken]

I thought you got banned.

[One Man Army]

Originally Posted by thirsty4chicken

I thought you got banned.

for like a week but that was like 3 weeks ago...I just havent really been coming on thats all....

[fastdraw]

I've read about "The Killing Fields" of cambodia. Is that what the movie is about?

[ExtremistPullup]

Did you know the guy in the Movie survived the Cambodian holocaust, what the movie was based on.

Also, he was killed in L.A over his gold locket he wore around his neck that contained a picture of his dead wife that die in one of the Cambodian holocaust camps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haing_S._Ngor


He survived the killing fields but not L.A kinda scary

[One Man Army]

Originally Posted by fastdraw

I've read about "The Killing Fields" of cambodia. Is that what the movie is about?

yes

Originally Posted by ExtremistPullup

Did you know the guy in the Movie survived the Cambodian holocaust, what the movie was based on.

Also, he was killed in L.A over his gold locket he wore around his neck that contained a picture of his dead wife that die in one of the Cambodian holocaust camps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haing_S._Ngor


He survived the killing fields but not L.A kinda scary

Yes I knew that(btw I think what you are trying to say is the actual actor in the movie..not the character)...LA is the ultimate jungle!!

[ExtremistPullup]

Originally Posted by One Man Army

yes



Yes I knew that(btw I think what you are trying to say is the actual actor in the movie..not the character)...LA is the ultimate jungle!!

sort of the actor was sort of playing him self in a way. since he was really there in the killing fields himself

Haing S. Ngor .... Dith Pran (as Dr. Haing S Ngor)\
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087553/

[Ruthless4Life]

Originally Posted by One Man Army

Holy S*it.... great movie

I dont think I have ever cried for a movie (maybe once or so but that was lonnnng ago) but I cried at the end....truely sad and touching

I know that that is a wimpy thing to say coming from a killing machine like myself but it is the truth


anyone else seen it?

You... "killing machine"?

[ExtremistPullup]

This is the Actors Short BIO


Haing S. Ngor was a native of Cambodia, and before the war was a physician (obstetrics) and medical officer in the Cambodian army. He became a captive of the Khmer Rouge during the and was imprisoned and tortured; in order to escape execution he denied being a doctor or having an education. He moved to the U.S. as a refugee in 1980, and though he had no formal acting experience, he was chosen to portray photographer Dith Pran in The Killing Fields (1984) and won an Academy Award. He went on to a modestly distinguished acting career, while continuing to work with human rights organizations in Cambodia on improving the conditions in resettlement camps, as well as attempting to bring the perpetrators of the Cambodian massacre to justice. On 25 February 1996, Ngor was found shot to death in the garage of his apartment building in Los Angeles.

[One Man Army]

Originally Posted by Ruthless4Life

You... "killing machine"?

yes

[InvidGurab]

It's one of the best ever, a classic in cinematic history. The Pianist and Papillion fall into the same group too. Catch them if you haven't seen either.

[Donster]

Originally Posted by One Man Army

Holy S*it.... great movie

I dont think I have ever cried for a movie (maybe once or so but that was lonnnng ago) but I cried at the end....truely sad and touching

I know that that is a wimpy thing to say coming from a killing machine like myself but it is the truth


anyone else seen it?

I've seen and walked on the REAL killing fields. Thats when i began to cry...

[mr_moto_civic]

Originally Posted by InvidGurab

It's one of the best ever, a classic in cinematic history. The Pianist and Papillion fall into the same group too. Catch them if you haven't seen either.

Yes, I have to agree. Great film. It had a very real "feel" to it. The acting was superb, especially John Malkovich and Sam Waterston. And Haing Ngor won an Oscar for Supporting Actor!

Damn, I talked myself into renting it. I haven't seen it in ages. Hope there's a Special Edition DVD that includes a bunch of featurettes.

[Massiker]

Wanted to bump this up, Its a great movie, and not many people know about cambodians and what they had to go through.