Salvador (film)
Directed by Oliver Stone
Produced
by Oliver Stone,
Gerald Green
Written by Oliver Stone,
Richard Boyle
Tagline : Based on a true story.
Salvador is a 1986 film which tells the story of an American journalist in El Salvador covering the Salvadoran civil war. While trying to get footage, he becomes entangled with both leftist guerrillas and the right wing military. It stars James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Cynthia Gibb, Juan Fernandez and José Carlos Ruiz. The movie is an indictment of human rights abuses in the tradition of Costa-Gavras. Its gritty anti-hero protagonist, Richard Boyle, is a compelling focus for the political action.
The movie was written by Oliver Stone and Richard Boyle, and was directed by Oliver Stone. Stone's portrayal is sympathetic towards the left wing peasant revolutionaries, but deplores their killing of prisoners in a crucial scene. He is strongly critical towards the U.S.-supported right wing military and the allied death squads, focusing on their assassination of four American churchwomen including Jean Donovan. His portrayal of the Catholic Church as a force for justice reflects events of the time. This is exemplified in the political sermon of Archbishop Óscar Romero, which is based almost word for word on the speech Romero made before he was assassinated by a death squad.
"Salvador" was popular among critics and although the production made its budget back, the film was relatively unsuccessful at the box office. This was possibly as a result of Stone's Vietnam drama, "Platoon", being released soon before.
Salvador was nominated for two Academy Awards:
Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for
the Screen.
Cast
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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