Salvador (Special Edition)

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 0027616862822 Format: Closed-captioned Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2001-06-05 Running Time: 123 Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: 1986-04-23
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Editorial Reviews: James Woods gives his "fullest, most humane, most emotional performance"(New York Magazine) to date in this "gritty, harrowing and bold thriller"(Gannett Newspapers). It's 1980. Young men, women and children are being brutally killed in a bloody civil war in El Salvador. It'sa horrific setting...but a perfect one for Richard Boyle, a sleazy war photojournalist whose careerneeds a jumpstart. Armed with his camera, Boyle joins the front lines in an attempt to capture atrocious-but-valuable images of pain and horror. But with each picture he takes, he catches a tragic side of humanity that ignites his long-buried compassion. And he unexpectedly discovers something thatwill change him forever: his soul. *1986 Actor (James Woods); Original Screenplay
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Thumbs down Comment: I found it full of stereotypes and did not like it at all. I would not recommend anybody to watch this movie. Customer Rating: Summary: Loved it Comment: I think it is a good movie, unfortunately wasn't filmed in El Salvador and the accent and words that Salvadorans don't use are in the film, but I really liked the movie... Customer Rating: Summary: Not a real story.... to much fiction.... Comment: Is a good movie but not a true story, there is too much fiction and exageration of the real facts. If you have not been in the country or a neighboring country you may believe what is shown on this film. There were human right abuses from the Armed Forces and the FMLN. Some of them were shown on the film but in an exagerated way just to make the film more interesting or more dramatic. The film is OK to watch but do not believe everything you see on it, the facts did not happen in that way. Customer Rating: Summary: Pretty good Comment: Decent film that gives a good sense of the violence perpetuated by the U.S. backed death squads (a.k.a. "freedom fighters") in El Salvador. This is an early Oliver Stone film and I believe it was nominated for a least one academy award. Like in Missing (about Chile), we get the story of a free-lance journalist. It also incorporates some of the major events of the time (i.e. the assassination of Archbishop Romero and the rape and murder of four American nuns). I don't give it five stars because one does not leave this film with a good undertanding of what was going on. However, as the film sparks the viewer's curosity to find out more, it serves its purpose well. Customer Rating: Summary: A must see......... Comment: This is hands down one of the rawest flicks that I've seen in years. Its one of those rare IFC gems, that they throw at you from time to time. Anyone with even a remote interest in expanding your thoughts, and openning yourself up to the ways "America's Politically driven warfare'" affects other cultures should see this one. Its right up there with "Munich", "Seriona", & "Animal Farm.".........A must see! More Reviews