SALVADOR (SPECIAL EDITION)

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• Release Year: 1986
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, War
• Plot: Nominated for two Oscars®, this 'gripping' (Newsweek), semi-biographical account of photojournalist Richard Boyle's tumultuous experiences in war-torn El Salvador 'has a power you can feel' (The Hollywood Reporter)! 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's a horrific setting... but a perfect one for Richard Boyle, a sleazy war photojournalist whose career needs a jumpstart. Armed with his camera, Boyle joins the front lines in an attempt to capture atrocious-but-valuable images of the 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 that will change him forever: his soul.
• Cast: James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Colby Chester, Cynthia Gibb, Will MacMillan, Valerie Wildman, José Carlos Ruiz, Jorge Luke, Juan Fernández, Salvador Sánchez, Rosario Zúñiga, Martín Fuentes, Gary Farr, Gilles Millinaire, John Doe, Leticia Valenzuela, Roberto Sosa, Daria Okugawa, Sue Ann McKean, Joshua Gallegos, María Rubell, Ty Granderson Jones, Sean Stone, Danna Hansen, Sigridur Gudmunds, Erika Carlsson, Kara Glover, Julie Conn, María del Carmen Sánchez, Art Bonilla, Gerardo Zepeda, Nicolás Jasso, José Chávez, Héctor Téllez, Jorge Reynoso, Jorge Pol, César Sobrevals, Bruno Rubeo, Bob Morones, Juliana Urquisa, Queta Carrasco, María de los Ángeles Urquiza, Tomás Leal, Rene Pereyra, Arturo Rodríguez Doring, Jair De Rubin, Claudia Hernández, Humberto Elizondo, Mario Arévalo, Gerardo Quiroz, Israel León, Mauricio Martínez, Xochitl del Rosario, Agustín Bernal, John MacDevitt, Bill Hoag, Waldeir DeSouza, Angel Vargas, Miguel Ehrenberg, Jimmy Carter, Alejandra Flores, Robert Gallo, Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle
• Director: Oliver Stone
• Runtime: 2:03
• Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
• Media Format: Movie