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Salvador
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7.0In 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.
Released: 1986-04-23123 minDir: Oliver StoneDrama, Thriller, WarBudget: $4.5MBox office: $1.5M
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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
Themes
- guerrilla warfare
- journalist
- assassination
- civil war
- loss of loved one
- dictator
- war correspondent
- revolution
- civil rights
- dictatorship
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
24,936 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
69/100
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 9 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- Spanish
- Main subject
- Salvadoran Civil War
- Director
- Oliver Stone
- Screenwriter
- Oliver Stone
- Composer
- Georges Delerue
- Producer
- Oliver Stone
- Production company
- Hemdale films
- Cinematographer
- Robert Richardson
- Narrative location
- Central America
- Filming location
- Mexico
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 612822
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1987-06-11
- film editor
- Claire Simpson
- title
- Salvador
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- production designer
- Bruno Rubeo
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Salvador
- set in environment
- jungle
- review score
- 90%
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