Salvador (1986)
- Directed by
- Oliver Stone
- Genre
- drama film, war film, biographical film
- Country
- United Kingdom, Mexico, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 03m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 415 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An American journalist in El Salvador gets caught up in the civil war. He tries to save his girlfriend and her children from the military dictatorship.
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What happens
Salvador is a 1986 war drama film co-written and directed by Oliver Stone. It stars James Woods as Richard Boyle, alongside Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy and Elpidia Carrillo, with John Savage and Cynthia Gibb in supporting roles. Stone co-wrote the screenplay with Boyle. The film tells the story of an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War who becomes entangled with both the FMLN and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children. The film is highly sympathetic toward the left-wing revolutionaries and strongly critical of the US-supported military dictatorship, focusing on the murder of four American Catholic missionaries, including Jean Donovan, and the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero by death squads. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Woods) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Stone and Boyle). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Women of Valor (1986)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.