Edition |
Special ed. |
Description |
1 DVD (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 index |
Physical Medium |
1/2 in. |
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polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
Note |
Based on events that occurred in 1980-1981. Characters have been fictionalized. |
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Special features: Audio commentary with Oliver Stone ; original theatrical trailer ; new documentry "Into the valley of death" ; deleted cenes ; still gallery. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. |
Cast |
James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, Elpedia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Colby Chester, Cindy Gibb, Will Macmillan, Jorge Luke, Danna Hansen, John Savage. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, Claire Simpson ; original music composed and conducted by Georges Delerue. |
System Details |
DVD ; area code 3. |
Summary |
In 1980, Richard Boyle, a veteran war photographer whose career needs a boost, heads for El Salvador to cover the civil war there. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerrillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. After the murder of Archbishop Romero, the rape and murder of an American nurse and three nuns, and the death of a fellow journalist, Boyle attempts to escape El Salvador with his Salvadorean girlfriend Maria and her family. |
Subject |
Boyle, Richard -- Drama.
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Boyle, Richard, (Richard David) |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Americans -- El Salvador -- Drama.
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Americans. |
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El Salvador. |
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War correspondents -- El Salvador -- Drama.
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War correspondents. |
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War photographers -- El Salvador -- Drama.
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War photographers. |
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El Salvador -- Politics and government -- 1979-1992 -- Drama.
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Politics and government. |
Chronological Term |
1979-1992 |
Subject |
El Salvador -- History -- Civil War, 1979-1992 -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Stone, Oliver.
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Boyle, Richard (Richard David)
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Green, Gerald.
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Woods, James, 1947-
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Belushi, James, 1954-
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Murphy, Michael, 1938-
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Savage, John, 1949-
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Hemdale Film Corporation.
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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Music No. |
21232CDVD MGM Home Entertainment |
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