Filmography

Studio:  Warner Bros.
Director:  Roland Joffe
Screenplay:  Bruce Robinson
Story:  Based on the story, "The Death and Life of Dith Pran," by Sydney Schanberg
Producer:  David Puttnam
Director of Photography:  Chris Menges
Editor:  Jim Clark
Art Director:  Roy Walker
Music:  Mike Oldfield
Cast:  Sam Waterston (Sydney Schanberg) 
          Haing S. Ngor (Dith Pran)
          John Malkovich (Al Rockoff)
          Julian Sands (John Swain)
          Athol Fugard (Dr. Sundesval)
          Craig T. Nelson (Military attache)

Color, 141 minutes.

Awards:
Won, Oscar, 1985, best supporting actor (Ngor)
Won, Oscar, 1985, best cinematography (Menges) 
Won, Oscar, 1985, best film editing (Clark)
Nominated, Oscar, 1985, best actor (Waterston)
Nominated, Oscar, 1985, best director (Joffe)
Nominated, Oscar, 1985, best picture (Puttnam)
Nominated, Oscar, 1985, 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)
Nominated, Golden Globe, 1985, best motion picture-drama
Nominated, Golden Globe, 1985, best original score-motion picture (Oldfield)
Nominated, Golden Globe, 1985, best performance by an actor in a motion picture-drama
    (Waterston)
Nominated, Golden Globe, 1985, best screenplay-motion picture (Robinson)
Won, LAFCA, 1984, best cinematography (Menges)
Won, NSFC, 1984, best cinematography (Menges)
Won, NSFC, 1984, 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)
 
 

Copyright (c) 1999 by Wendy Elizabeth Kuhn, Undergraduate at Lehigh University.

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