Salvador
“Dateline: 1980, El Salvador. Correspondent: Richard Boyle, Photojournalist - Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Chile, Belfast, Lebanon, Cambodia...”
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
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Cast
38 people
James Woods
Richard Boyle
Known for
Once Upon a Time in America
Videodrome
Jim Belushi
Doctor Rock
Known for
K-9
Red Heat
Michael Murphy
Ambassador Thomas Kelly
Known for
Manhattan
Batman Returns
John Savage
John Cassady
Known for
The Deer Hunter
Dark Angel
Elpidia Carrillo
Maria
Known for
Predator
Seven Pounds
Tony Plana
Major Maximilliano Casanova
Known for
Marvel's The Punisher
Goal!
Colby Chester
Jack Morgan
Known for
Charley Varrick
Executive Action
Cynthia Gibb
Cathy Moore
Known for
Death Warrant
Short Circuit 2
Will MacMillan
Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.
Known for
The Crazies
The Enforcer
Valerie Wildman
Pauline Axelrod
Known for
Days of Our Lives
Disaster Movie
José Carlos Ruiz
Archbishop Romero
Known for
Soy tu dueña
Wild at Heart
Jorge Luke
Colonel Julio Figueroa
Known for
Ulzana's Raid
La Chèvre
Oliver Stone Director · Rick Boyle Writer Georges Delerue Composer
Worldwide gross $1.5M · Budget $4.5M · United States release April 23, 1986
Box office
Budget
$4,500,000
Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Hemdale
Production
Cinema '85
Production
Estudios Churubusco Azteca
Production
Hemdale Film
Production
United Kingdom · United States · Mexico
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · February 28, 1986
Premiere · Santa Barbara Film Festival
United States · April 23, 1986
Theatrical
United States
March 5, 1986 · Premiere · New York City
Argentina
June 12, 1986 · Theatrical
Australia
September 11, 1986 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 30, 2003 · Physical · Fox Home mj.gov.br
Denmark
July 11, 1986 · Theatrical
France
May 21, 1986 · Theatrical
Germany
June 11, 1987 · Theatrical
Greece
February 21, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
November 30, 1986 · Theatrical
Hungary
October 30, 1998 · TV
Ireland
January 30, 1987 · Theatrical
Italy
January 22, 1987 · Theatrical
Japan
October 17, 1987 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 16, 1987 · Theatrical
January 4, 2003 · TV · Veronica
December 7, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Norway
October 23, 1986 · Theatrical
Philippines
March 26, 1992 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 8, 1987 · Theatrical
Russia
April 25, 1988 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 16, 1988 · Theatrical
Spain
November 7, 1986 · Theatrical · Madrid
March 5, 1987 · Theatrical · Barcelona
Sweden
September 22, 1986 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 18, 1986 · Theatrical
Uruguay
August 18, 1987 · Theatrical
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