"The Killing Fields" is based on the "Khmer Rouge" occupation of Phnom Penh as the real historical background. An actor named Bruce Robinson adapted this article into a 300-page script, and took the script to find the best Oscar in 1982 David Putnam, the producer of the film "Chariot of Fire", wanted Putnam to comment. Putnam sent the script to many directors and asked them to talk about their ideas. In the end, a little-known director named Roland Joffe impressed Putnam. Jofi told Putnam that he didn't want to make a simple war film. He wanted to tell a promising story through war and massacre, horror and blood-the friendship between the two protagonists as brothers and better than brothers
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The Killing Fields Creative background
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Extended Reading
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U.S. Consul: Look, there could be a bloodbath here. Excuse the pun, but we're either staying or we're living.
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Sydney Schanberg: If anybody ever gets to read about this, you won't be able to look them in the face!