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Salvador
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
1986 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 123 min · Drama · Thriller · War · 18 frames
Tagline
Dateline: 1980, El Salvador. Correspondent: Richard Boyle, Photojournalist - Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Chile, Belfast, Lebanon, Cambodia...
Crew
- Written by: Oliver Stone, Rick Boyle
- Cinematography: Robert Richardson
- Edited by: Claire Simpson
- Music: Georges Delerue
- Production design: Bruno Rubeo
- Produced by: Oliver Stone, Gerald Green
Cast
- James Woods as Richard Boyle
- Jim Belushi as Doctor Rock
- Michael Murphy as Ambassador Thomas Kelly
- John Savage as John Cassady
- Elpidia Carrillo as Maria
- Tony Plana as Major Maximilliano Casanova
- Colby Chester as Jack Morgan
- Cynthia Gibb as Cathy Moore
- Will MacMillan as Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.
- Valerie Wildman as Pauline Axelrod
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America, Mexico
- Language: Spanish, English
- Studios: Hemdale, Cinema '85, Estudios Churubusco Azteca
- Budget: $4,500,000
- Box office: $1,500,000
- Themes: guerrilla warfare, journalist, assassination, civil war, loss of loved one, dictator, war correspondent, revolution, civil rights, dictatorship
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