Story Line
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.
“Dateline: 1980, El Salvador. Correspondent: Richard Boyle, Photojournalist - Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Chile, Belfast, Lebanon, Cambodia...”
Top Cast
James Woods
Richard Boyle
Jim Belushi
Doctor Rock
Michael Murphy
Ambassador Thomas Kelly
John Savage
John Cassady
Elpidia Carrillo
Maria
Tony Plana
Major Maximilliano Casanova
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
1986-04-23
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
DramaThrillerWar
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User Reviews (2)
John Chard
9/10
•9/25/2014You've become just like them.
Based around the real life experiences of journalist Richard Boyle, we are in 1980 and Boyle is not only in crisis torn El Salvador, he's also in it up to his neck.
It sometimes gets forgotten just what a great dir...
GenerationofSwine
10/10
•1/14/2023With almost all things Oliver Stone...it gets political, and because of that you have people reviewing the politics and NOT the movie. Hate it or love it because of the politics...
...and politically I agree with the message in Salvador, but I'm g...