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

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)

Trailer

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