The Killing Fields

Film Producer David Puttnam on the Making of ‘The Killing Fields’

Film Producer David Puttnam on the Making of ‘The Killing Fields’

The Killing Fields, the harrowing film set in Cambodia during the Pol Pot regime, could not be made until after Chariots of Fire, Producer David Puttnam recalls.

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Haing Ngor’s finest performance occurred in Cambodia’s actual killing fields, when he convinced the Khmer Rouge that he was a taxi driver, not a doctor.