Salvador (1986)

Directors

Oliver Stone

Cast

James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Colby Chester, Cynthia Gibb, Will MacMillan, Valerie Wildman, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Jorge Luke, Juan Fernández, Salvador Sanchez, Rosario Zuniga

The story

Veteran photojournalist Richard Boyle, whose career has been derailed by substance abuse and arrogance, finds himself broke and abandoned by his wife. Desperate for work, he convinces his friend Doctor Rock, an unemployed disc jockey, to join him on a trip to El Salvador, where he hopes to cover the country’s civil war as a freelancer. Upon arrival, they witness the violent suppression of student protests and are briefly detained by the military, only spared after Boyle invokes an old connection to right-wing Colonel Figueroa.

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