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Salvador
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Salvador is a 1986 drama film directed by Oliver Stone, who also wrote the screenplay and produced the work alongside Gerald Green. The cast includes James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, and John Savage. The film is set in the jungle of Central America and focuses on the Salvadoran Civil War and war correspondents. It was filmed in Mexico and features cinematography by Robert Richardson, editing by Claire Simpson, and music by Georges Delerue.
The movie was distributed by Hemdale Films and Netflix, with a runtime of approximately 123 minutes. It originated in the United States, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.3 and a Metascore of 69.
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Film · TMDB
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.
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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