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Salvador
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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   6,750 votes
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Director:
Oliver Stone
Writers:
Oliver Stone (written by) and
Rick Boyle (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 April 1986 (USA) more
Tagline:
Based on a true story. more
Plot:
A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
Incredible movie ... but a bit preachy more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Woods ... Richard Boyle

James Belushi ... Doctor Rock

Michael Murphy ... Ambassador Thomas Kelly

John Savage ... John Cassady
Elpidia Carrillo ... María (as Elpedia Carrillo)
Tony Plana ... Major Maximiliano 'Max' Casanova

Colby Chester ... Jack Morgan - State Department Analyst

Cynthia Gibb ... Cathy Moore (as Cindy Gibb)
Will MacMillan ... Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.

Valerie Wildman ... Pauline Axelrod
José Carlos Ruiz ... Archbishop Romero
Jorge Luke ... Colonel Julio Figueroa

Juan Fernández ... Army Lieutenant
Salvador Sánchez ... Human Rights Leader
Rosario Zúñiga ... Human Rights Assistant
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Outpost: Salvador (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
123 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Hemdale Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Richard Boyle is asked how Pol Pot and Castro are any better than the leaders in El Salvador. Oliver Stone would eventually film two documentaries interviewing Cuban leader Fidel Castro. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Richard Boyle is being attacked by the thugs, you can clearly see that the blows do not hit him, yet he reacts as if it were so. more
Quotes:
Boyle's Wife: What? You cannot walk in here like this! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Into the Valley of Death (2001) (V) more
Soundtrack:
El Campecino more

FAQ

What eventually happened to Rick Boyle?
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20 out of 30 people found the following comment useful:-
Incredible movie ... but a bit preachy, 15 July 2004
Author: Chris

Salvador is a revelation. incredible movie about the horrors of US intervention in the third world.

however, stone would have been better off simply showing the situation instead of subjecting the viewer to long drawn out monologues. i think most viewers groaned when michael douglas launched into his "So Bud, do you think we're living in a democracy" speech in WALLSTREET, and there are a few such sermons here.

stone should watch THREE KINGS to see how it's done. let the viewer make his own conclusions instead of pounding him over the head with pre-fab ones.

for those who think the interventions in salvador, Vietnam, cambodia, laos, philippines, etc were justified, they probably have not been to any of these places. granted it was the cold war... which is the excuse that is generally used... but the cold war is over and US policy has not changed in the slightest. the US is always at war, the cold war, the war on drugs, the war on terror, it goes on and on.

anyone with a conscience should see SALVADOR, the world's first (and last?) political roadtrip movie. this is belushi's and woods' finest hour.

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