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About
In 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.
Theatrical
Apr 23, 1986
Box Office
$1.5M
Budget
$4.5M
Return
0.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 5, 2001
Theaters
1
Director
Oliver Stone
Producers
Oliver Stone, John Daly, Derek Gibson
Music
Georges Delerue
Studio
Hemdale, Cinema '85, Estudios Churubusco Azteca
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Quotes
See all →Conflict over Justice in War
Richard Boyle
Is this your sense of justice?!
[furious at the sight of how rebels treat their prisoners]
Rebel Woman
It's necessary!
[In Spanish]
Richard Boyle
You've become just like them! You've become just like them!
[pulled away by two rebels]
Rebel Youth
This is war! You don't have the stomach for it! Get out!
Richard Boyle
YOU'VE BECOME JUST LIKE THEM!
[Turns around one last time]
Examining Conscience and Its Consequences
Jack Morgan
You know I'm often asked by people like yourself to examine my conscience and every now and then I do examine it.
Richard Boyle
And what do you find there, Jack?
Jack Morgan
That whatever mistakes we make down here, the alternative would be ten times worse!
Questioning Reality in a Dangerous Place
Doctor Rock
They kill people here, Boyle!
Richard Boyle
Do you believe everything you read in the papers?
Doctor Rock
Yeah I do!
Richard Boyle
Come on man, you're gonna love it here.
The Essence of Human Suffering in Photography
John Cassady
You know what made photographers like Robert Cappa great, Rich? They weren't after money, they captured the nobility of human suffering!
Richard Boyle
That was a great shot in Spain. The one flying through the air.
John Cassady
Yeah but it was more than just bodies, Rich. He got... why they died.
Cast
Full credits →J
James Woods
Richard Boyle
J
Jim Belushi
Doctor Rock
M
Michael Murphy
Ambassador Thomas Kelly
J
John Savage
John Cassady
E
Elpidia Carrillo
Maria
T
Tony Plana
Major Maximilliano Casanova
C
Colby Chester
Jack Morgan
C
Cynthia Gibb
Cathy Moore
W
Will MacMillan
Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.
V
Valerie Wildman
Pauline Axelrod
J
José Carlos Ruiz
Archbishop Romero
J
Jorge Luke
Colonel Julio Figueroa
J
Juan Fernández
Army Lieutenant
S
Salvador Sánchez
Human Rights Leader
R
Rosario Zúñiga
Human Rights Assistant
G
Giles Millinaire
French Reporter
J
John Doe
Roberto, Restaurant Owner
L
Leticia Valenzuela
Woman Rebel
R
Roberto Sosa
Rebel Youth
M
Maria Rubell
Boyle's Wife
