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| Directed by | Oliver Stone |
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| Cinematography | Robert Richardson |
| Edited by | Claire Simpson |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Distributed by | Hemdale Film Corporation |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
| Budget | $4.5 million |
| Box office | $1.5 million (US)[1] |
Salvador is a 1986 American war drama film co-written and directed by Oliver Stone. It stars James Woods as Richard Boyle, alongside Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy and Elpidia Carrillo, with John Savage and Cynthia Gibb in supporting roles. Stone co-wrote the screenplay with Boyle.
The film tells the story of an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War who becomes entangled with both the FMLN and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children. The film is highly sympathetic toward the left-wing revolutionaries and strongly critical of the US-supported military dictatorship, focusing on the murder of four American Catholic missionaries, including Jean Donovan, and the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero by death squads. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Woods) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Stone and Boyle).[2]
- ^ a b Salvador at Box Office Mojo
- ^ "The 59th Academy Awards 1987". Oscars.org. Retrieved 3 February 2016.