Stars: James Woods, James Belushi, John Savage, Michael Murphy, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Valerie Wildman

Director: Oliver Stone

Summary: With the promise of drink, drugs and easy sex, a veteran war photo-journalist persuades his buddy to take off with him to El Salvador. But all too soon they come face to face with the brutal realities of a country torn apart by bloody conflict.

Oliver Stone's first overtly political film, SALVADOR is a passionate protest against the savagery unleashed by fascist thugs in El Salvador during the early 1980s with the complicity of the U.S. government. It stars James Woods as combat photojournalist Richard Boyle, an erratic, cynical character with a taste for all things chemical. Hearing rumors of war, he and Dr. Rock (Jim Belushi), another free spirit, head for El Salvador by car. After viewing a right-wing officer's collection of severed ears and photographing a corpse-strewn garbage dump with ace photographer John Cassady (John Savage), Boyle realizes that the situation is much worse than advertised in the American press. He recognizes familiar faces among the ubiquitous U.S. military brass and CIA personnel from his stint in Vietnam, but they're predictably reluctant to discuss the reasons for their presence, especially with the outrageous Boyle. As the journalist becomes involved with a Salvadoran native named Maria (Elpedia Carrillo) and observes the selfless dedication of his humanitarian worker friend Cathy (Cindy Gibb), compassion and outrage slowly begin to replace his cynicism. When Boyle swears to the dying Cassady that he'll get his crucial photos out of the country, he realizes that he must also try to get Maria out before she too becomes a statistic. Woods gives a brilliantly incendiary seriocomic performance in this wild, lacerating, and bitterly observant film.

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Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary By Oliver Stone, Deleted And Extended Scenes, Into The Valley Of Death Documentary, Behind The Scenes Photo Gallery
Subtitles:	Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
Year:	1985
Release Date:	September 10, 2001
Runtime:	117 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	21232 C D V D
Keywords:	Special, Action, General, Edition, Wide, Screen, Salvador, Adventure
Genre:	Action/Adventure