2 Movies Starring Haing S. Ngor

The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-02-01

Languages:

English, French, Khmer, Russian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

141 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (39885 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Joffè

Cast:

Writer:

Bruce Robinson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.

Heaven & Earth

Heaven & Earth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-01-07

Languages:

English, Vietnamese

Countries:

France, USA

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (10175 Reviews)

Director:

Oliver Stone

Cast:

Writer:

Le Ly Hayslip (book)

Jay Wurts (book)

Le Ly Hayslip (book)

James Hayslip (book)

Oliver Stone (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The final movie in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy follows the true story of a Vietnamese village girl who survives a life of suffering and hardship during and after the Vietnam war. As a freedom fighter, a hustler, young mother, a sometime prostitute, and the wife of a US. marine, the girl's relationships with men suggests an analogy of Vietnam as Woman and the U.S. as Man.

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