The Killing Fields

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) arrives in Phnom Penh to cover the civil war between the Cambodian national army and the communist Khmer Rouge. Working with local journalist Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), they report on the rapidly deteriorating situation. When the American forces evacuate, Pran manages to get his family to safety but he can't leave himself and so Schanberg dedicates himself to the task of extricating his friend from the clutches of the brutal Pol Pot regime.