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(2,650 posts)103. Salvador (1986)
Salvador is a 1986 war drama film written by Oliver Stone and Richard Boyle, and directed by Stone. It stars James Woods, James Belushi, and Michael Murphy, with John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, and Cynthia Gibb in supporting roles.
The film tells the story of an American journalist covering the Salvadoran civil war who becomes entangled with both leftist guerrillas and the right wing military. The film is sympathetic towards the left wing revolutionaries and strongly critical of the U.S.-supported death squads, focusing on their murder of four American churchwomen, including Jean Donovan, and their assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero.
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Woods) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Stone and Boyle).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_%28film%29
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Mississippi Burning was a really good one that had lots of political implications.
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2013
#4
Second the motion, a great movie about the civil rights politics of the 60's
bottomofthehill
Jun 2013
#30
If you want some laughs, check out Bullworth. It's not great cinema and has its share
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#46
Lincoln,12 angry men,Grand Torino,Frost/Nixon,Quiz Show,Downfall,41,Being There
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#60
As an 18th Century scholar observing the 21st Century, I'm afraid the answer is Idiocracy.
Nimajneb Nilknarf
Jun 2013
#109