Roland Joffé’s 1984 The Killing Fields on 4K UHD and Blu-ray from Second Sight in September

Widely regarded as one of the most vital films about the Cambodian genocide, The Killing Fields, originally released in 1984, has been lauded as one of the greatest films of the decade. The multi-award-winning film garnered huge international acclaim, but more importantly brought the shocking atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge, to the world stage. Now Second Sight Films brings Roland Joffé’s historical masterpiece to Limited Edition with a brand new 4K restoration this September.

Based on the extraordinary true story of The New York Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg and Cambodian journalist and interpreter Dith Pran, the film is set during the Cambodian Civil War and the rise of the Khmer Rouge. Sam Waterston plays Schanberg and Pran is played by Haing S. Ngor in a truly astounding performance made even more powerful as he was a first-time actor and a survivor of the harrowing forced-labour camps. John Malkovich plays as photographer Al Rockoff and Julian Sands as journalist Jon Swain, alongside a stellar supporting cast.

Amid escalating violence Schanberg and Pran report from Phnom Penh, where they start to build a strong bond, despite the terror unfolding around them. But following the fall of the city, foreign nationals are evacuated and as Schanberg leaves the country, Pran must remain where he endures forced-labour camps and bears witness to the mass killings of Pol Pot’s brutal regime.

Read our review of the previous StudioCanal Blu-ray release here.