Salvador
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.
Plot
Veteran photojournalist Richard Boyle (James Woods) has over 20 years of experience, and while he has good output, Boyle's substance abuse problems and his arrogance have marred his reputation and left him practically unemployable. One morning, he finds that his wife has abandoned him, and took their child with her. Broke and with no immediate prospects, Boyle and his close friend, Doctor Rock (Jim Belushi), an out-of-work disc jockey, head to El Salvador, where Boyle is convinced that he can do freelance work amidst the nation's political turmoil. After arriving, Boyle asks to meet a general he met during the Football War, and he and Rock are taken to him in a school-turned-barracks where both discuss the situation and he learns that the Salvadoran Army is being supplied by the United States. Sensing that disaster is imminent in El Salvador, Boyle eventually decides to leave, but he is reunited with an old flame named María (Elpidia Carrillo) and her two children, and is motivated to help them escape the country.
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author | Oliver Stone |
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contentLocation | Central America |
director | Oliver Stone |
editor | Claire Simpson |
events | Salvadoran Civil War war correspondent |
genre | drama |
keywords | abandon american military aid arana party archbishop oscar romero arrest capture disc jockey el salvador farabundo martí national liberation front flee football war john cassady john hoagland kill morning nationalist republican alliance old flame photojournalist political turmoil rebel refugee camp richard boyle salvadoran army substance abuse united states military aid |
musicBy | Georges Delerue |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
producer | Gerald Green Oliver Stone |
publisher | Hemdale Film Corporation |
recordedAt | Mexico |
theme | biographical |