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James Woods as Richard Boyle
Jim Belushi as Doctor Rock
Michael Murphy Ambassador Thomas Kelly
John Savage as John Cassady
Elpidia Carrillo as María
Cindy Gibb as Cathy Moore
Tony Plana as Major Maximiliano 'Max' Casanova
Colby Chester as Jack Morgan- State Department Analyst
Will MacMillan as Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.
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| Plot | 2>
Veteran photojournalist Richard Boyle has been taking his camera to the world's trouble spots for over 20 years; while he does good work, Boyle's fondness for booze and drugs, and his colossal arrogance, have given him a reputation that's left him practically unemployable. Broke and with no immediate prospects, Boyle and his buddy Doctor Rock, an out-of-work disc jockey, head to El Salvador, where Boyle is convinced that he can scare up some lucrative freelance work amidst the nation's political turmoil. However, when Boyle and Rock witness the execution of a student by government troops just as they enter the country, it becomes clear that this war is more serious than they were expecting. Increasingly convinced that El Salvador is a disaster starting to happen, Boyle eventually decides that it's time to get out; but he has fallen in love with a woman named Maria, and he doesn't want to leave her behind.
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In 1986, the film grossed a total of $1,500,000 in the United States.[2]
Salvador was popular among critics, but unsuccessful at the box office. As of July 13, 2009, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes records an average response of 91%, based on 22 reviews.
Roger Ebert, a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times gave the movie three stars out of four and wrote, "The movie has an undercurrent of seriousness, and it is not happy about the chaos that we are helping to subsidize. But basically it's a character study - a portrait of a couple of burned-out free-lancers trying to keep their heads above water."[3]
Walter Goodman of The New York Times wrote an unfavorable review and described the film "As an adventure film, Salvador has plenty of speed, grit and grime" and "Taking his cinematic as well as political lead from the work of Constantin Costa-Gavras, [Stone] offers an interpretation of history, laying blame on conservative forces in the United States for abetting the horrors in El Salvador."[4]
[edit] | Tags: Home media | 2>
The Region 1 Special Edition DVD was released on 5 June 2001, it includes the following bonus features:
Commentary by director Oliver Stone
62 minute documentary "Into the Valley of Death"
Eight deleted scenes
46 production photos
Original theatrical trailer.[5]
[edit] | Tags: References | 2>
^ Salvador at the Internet Movie Database
^ "Salvador". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/oscar/movies/?id=salvador.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
^ Ebert, Roger (April 25, 1986). "Salvador". Chicago Sun-Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19860425/REVIEWS/604250302/1023. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
^ Goodman, Walter (March 5, 1986). "Salvador". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=2&res=9A0DEFDB1F3AF936A35750C0A960948260. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
^ Dvdtimes.co.uk DVD review
[edit] | Tags: External links | 2>
Salvador at the Internet Movie Database
Salvador at AllRovi
Salvador at Rotten Tomatoes
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