1 00:00:31,781 --> 00:00:33,146 Cambodia. 2 00:00:34,384 --> 00:00:37,113 To many Westerners, it seemed a paradise. 3 00:00:37,319 --> 00:00:40,482 Another world, a secret world. 4 00:00:40,789 --> 00:00:44,725 But the war in neighboring Vietnam burst its borders... 5 00:00:44,927 --> 00:00:48,453 ...and the fighting soon spread to neutral Cambodia. 6 00:00:49,397 --> 00:00:52,594 In 1973, I went to cover this sideshow struggle... 7 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,893 ...as foreign correspondent of The New York Times. 8 00:00:56,270 --> 00:00:59,034 It was there, amidst the fighting... 9 00:00:59,239 --> 00:01:02,572 ...between government troops and the Khmer Rouge guerrillas... 10 00:01:02,776 --> 00:01:06,370 ...that I met my guide and interpreter, Dith Pran... 11 00:01:06,579 --> 00:01:09,571 ...a man who was to change my life... 12 00:01:09,782 --> 00:01:12,751 ...in a country that I grew to love and pity. 13 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:24,757 So here we go with Voice of America... 14 00:01:24,962 --> 00:01:26,953 ...news for Southeast Asia. 15 00:01:27,164 --> 00:01:31,294 It's 6:45 and a partly cloudy morning here. 16 00:01:31,502 --> 00:01:33,766 Clouds too in Washington. 17 00:01:33,971 --> 00:01:37,736 President Nixon announced he'll address the nation on Watergate... 18 00:01:37,941 --> 00:01:39,806 ...within the next few days. 19 00:01:40,009 --> 00:01:42,637 The speech will be Nixon's first since May. 20 00:01:44,479 --> 00:01:48,506 The scandal has caused resignations and paralyzed the White House staff. 21 00:01:48,717 --> 00:01:52,312 It has also led to intense confrontation and perhaps... 22 00:01:52,521 --> 00:01:55,387 ...a constitutional crisis with Senate investigators... 23 00:01:55,590 --> 00:01:58,218 ...and a special Watergate prosecutor. 24 00:01:58,426 --> 00:02:01,793 The speech was announced after the Gallup Poll disclosed... 25 00:02:01,996 --> 00:02:05,863 ...that Mr. Nixon's popularity had fallen to the lowest point... 26 00:02:06,066 --> 00:02:08,864 ...for an American President in 20 years. 27 00:02:20,679 --> 00:02:23,442 A Supreme Court judge, William O. Douglas... 28 00:02:23,648 --> 00:02:26,617 ...has ruled against an appeal by the Administration... 29 00:02:26,818 --> 00:02:28,479 ...for a stay of the injunction... 30 00:02:28,686 --> 00:02:32,177 ...on further U.S. Bombing missions in Cambodia. 31 00:02:32,389 --> 00:02:35,381 Congress has already ruled these bombings illegal... 32 00:02:35,592 --> 00:02:39,858 ...and they should cease in one week's time on August the 15th. 33 00:03:01,315 --> 00:03:03,306 Let's go, Sarun! To the hospital! 34 00:03:22,267 --> 00:03:24,394 Information. Information. 35 00:03:24,603 --> 00:03:29,539 Air Cambodia regret delays of arrival of flight number 125... 36 00:03:29,740 --> 00:03:33,369 ...from Bangkok because of bad weather. 37 00:03:54,797 --> 00:03:56,924 Mister, you want taxi? 38 00:03:57,132 --> 00:03:59,395 Mister, you want taxi? Good taxi. 39 00:04:26,926 --> 00:04:29,985 Shut the fucking blinds, will you? 40 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:36,060 What's all this shit? 41 00:04:39,103 --> 00:04:40,502 I'm sorry. 42 00:04:41,305 --> 00:04:44,672 I thought you were the houseboy. I was developing some film. 43 00:04:45,175 --> 00:04:48,735 If you're gonna yell, I'll come back. I'm not feeling good. 44 00:04:48,945 --> 00:04:51,379 Don't want to yell. I want to be in a good mood. 45 00:04:51,581 --> 00:04:54,516 The plane was late, no car. I had to take a taxi here. 46 00:04:54,717 --> 00:04:57,082 All I want to do is work. I got you. 47 00:05:07,061 --> 00:05:09,393 What the fuck is that on your head? 48 00:05:11,899 --> 00:05:15,390 It's a sanitary napkin. I had it soaked in ice. 49 00:05:17,036 --> 00:05:19,698 Syd Schanberg. Is Pran there? 50 00:05:21,574 --> 00:05:23,701 No, I just came from the airport. 51 00:05:24,644 --> 00:05:27,635 Well, if he comes in, would you tell him I'm here? 52 00:05:27,980 --> 00:05:30,471 I'll be at the Café Central, tell him. 53 00:05:30,949 --> 00:05:31,938 Thanks a lot. 54 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:50,994 What do you want to eat? 55 00:05:53,103 --> 00:05:53,966 Want some eggs? 56 00:05:54,170 --> 00:05:57,697 I can't. Somebody told me they faint with fright when you cook them. 57 00:05:57,907 --> 00:06:00,137 - What do you want to eat? - What are you having? 58 00:06:00,342 --> 00:06:01,900 I'm having a café complet. 59 00:06:02,545 --> 00:06:04,910 I'll have that. And some aspirin. 60 00:06:12,654 --> 00:06:16,214 Anything I eat has got to be absolutely dead. 61 00:06:16,423 --> 00:06:18,323 That's why I can never eat an oyster. 62 00:06:18,926 --> 00:06:21,861 I read somewhere that they put... 63 00:06:24,197 --> 00:06:27,826 ...that lemon juice on them just to stun them. You know? 64 00:06:28,034 --> 00:06:29,194 What's the difference? 65 00:06:30,670 --> 00:06:35,106 An unconscious oyster's just as horrible as the fucker wide awake... 66 00:06:49,420 --> 00:06:51,819 - My God! Look at this. - Did you see that? 67 00:06:52,021 --> 00:06:53,352 What was it? A rocket? 68 00:06:53,556 --> 00:06:56,252 I don't know. I saw a guy on a motorbike. 69 00:07:05,133 --> 00:07:06,566 I've been looking for you. 70 00:07:06,768 --> 00:07:08,326 I left a message for you. 71 00:07:08,537 --> 00:07:10,561 I didn't get it. I took a cab. 72 00:07:10,771 --> 00:07:13,706 - There is a big accident right now. - What? 73 00:07:13,908 --> 00:07:17,275 I think U.S. Drop many big bombs on little city. 74 00:07:17,778 --> 00:07:20,803 - U.S. Bombs? You're sure? - I think many dead. 75 00:07:21,014 --> 00:07:23,505 - Does anybody else know about it? - Nothing at all. 76 00:07:24,484 --> 00:07:25,542 We're going. 77 00:07:25,819 --> 00:07:28,310 Not possible right now, Sydney. Too dangerous. 78 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,476 Where you going, Schanberg? 79 00:08:00,049 --> 00:08:01,482 Neak Luong. 80 00:08:01,684 --> 00:08:02,946 Neak Luong's closed. 81 00:08:03,152 --> 00:08:06,918 Don't give me that, Reeves. You got nothing to say about this. 82 00:08:07,123 --> 00:08:10,614 I got a right to go wherever I like in this sad little country. 83 00:08:10,825 --> 00:08:15,728 That's the law. You impede me, you're breaking the Cooper/Church Amendment! 84 00:08:15,931 --> 00:08:18,797 Well, up the Cooper/Church Amendment's ass! 85 00:08:21,368 --> 00:08:22,528 Let's go! 86 00:08:33,479 --> 00:08:35,572 So how can I help you, Mr. Schanberg? 87 00:08:39,618 --> 00:08:44,521 I'm looking for information on why my airplane was delayed this morning. 88 00:08:45,857 --> 00:08:48,051 - Your plane was delayed? - That's right. 89 00:08:48,259 --> 00:08:51,558 I don't know. Maybe it's bad weather. Your flight's... 90 00:08:51,762 --> 00:08:53,821 You don't know anything about it? 91 00:08:54,565 --> 00:08:55,623 No, I don't. 92 00:08:56,099 --> 00:08:57,088 All right. 93 00:08:58,935 --> 00:09:01,426 Then I'd like you to listen to something... 94 00:09:01,638 --> 00:09:03,663 ...and then I'd like a comment. 95 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,736 This morning, for reasons beyond anybody's control... 96 00:09:07,943 --> 00:09:12,039 ...I spend two hours in Bangkok staring at a seat belt sign. 97 00:09:12,247 --> 00:09:13,805 Meanwhile, my sources tell me... 98 00:09:14,016 --> 00:09:17,815 ...two Army helicopters are landing here, just across the airfield. 99 00:09:18,386 --> 00:09:21,651 Half the ambulances in Phnom Penh are waiting there to meet them. 100 00:09:22,056 --> 00:09:26,219 And now there's a rumor that the U.S. Air Force dropped a bomb... 101 00:09:26,426 --> 00:09:28,326 ...or several bombs, on Neak Luong. 102 00:09:28,528 --> 00:09:31,691 That's a rumor, and I'm not gonna comment on a rumor. 103 00:09:31,898 --> 00:09:35,958 I just want to know if that's the reason why my airplane was delayed! 104 00:09:39,839 --> 00:09:40,806 No comment. 105 00:09:41,774 --> 00:09:42,934 How many killed? 106 00:09:46,011 --> 00:09:47,308 How many wounded? 107 00:09:52,884 --> 00:09:55,613 Thank you for your cooperation, Major Reeves. 108 00:09:57,888 --> 00:10:02,120 When I scrape this story out, I will no doubt be quoting you in full! 109 00:10:44,997 --> 00:10:46,123 I'm sorry. 110 00:10:46,698 --> 00:10:48,666 This is just not good enough. 111 00:10:48,867 --> 00:10:50,858 This is a big story... 112 00:10:51,070 --> 00:10:55,301 ...a major story, you understand that? We've got to get down there! 113 00:10:55,506 --> 00:10:57,599 - I know, but... - I don't want to hear "no"! 114 00:10:57,809 --> 00:10:59,800 I want to get down that river! 115 00:11:00,011 --> 00:11:01,739 We should be down there now! 116 00:11:14,123 --> 00:11:15,454 I'll be here. 117 00:11:18,027 --> 00:11:19,517 Good night, Sydney. 118 00:11:28,636 --> 00:11:30,398 - Messages? - No, sir. 119 00:11:30,938 --> 00:11:31,927 No, sir. 120 00:11:33,974 --> 00:11:37,205 I'd talk, but it's been a heavy day and I've got to go. 121 00:11:37,411 --> 00:11:39,878 Let's get together again soon, okay? 122 00:11:40,079 --> 00:11:41,444 - Bob? - See you. 123 00:11:41,914 --> 00:11:42,881 Bob? 124 00:11:43,983 --> 00:11:45,974 Hello, Sydney. Good night, Sydney. 125 00:11:46,185 --> 00:11:49,381 - Listen, I can't talk with you. - You can talk to me. 126 00:11:49,588 --> 00:11:52,557 The embassy is jittery. Get information from a press officer. 127 00:11:52,757 --> 00:11:55,055 Let's not start insulting each other. 128 00:11:57,362 --> 00:11:58,988 Good night, Sydney. 129 00:11:59,897 --> 00:12:01,364 All right, good night. 130 00:12:06,837 --> 00:12:08,701 You've heard of pilot error? 131 00:12:08,905 --> 00:12:10,395 Computer malfunction? 132 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:12,740 They screwed up on the coordinates. 133 00:12:12,942 --> 00:12:16,708 A single B-52 dropped its entire load on Neak Luong. 134 00:12:18,447 --> 00:12:21,143 There's a homing beacon in the middle of the town. 135 00:12:22,751 --> 00:12:24,742 - Casualties? - You'll be briefed tomorrow. 136 00:12:24,953 --> 00:12:29,651 We estimate 55 military, something like 35 civilians. 137 00:12:31,092 --> 00:12:32,320 How many? 138 00:12:34,729 --> 00:12:37,526 I hear it's in the hundreds. Don't quote me on that. 139 00:12:37,731 --> 00:12:40,996 Will there be a dreadful bloodbath 140 00:12:41,201 --> 00:12:44,295 When the Khmer Rouge hit the town? 141 00:12:44,771 --> 00:12:47,466 Will there be a dreadful bloodbath...? 142 00:12:50,176 --> 00:12:52,371 Beer! We haven't had this for four weeks. 143 00:12:52,778 --> 00:12:54,678 New York Times probably had it flown in. 144 00:12:55,281 --> 00:12:58,681 - They keep it in their suite. - We got a cellar. Don't you know? 145 00:12:58,883 --> 00:13:01,351 Americans take themselves so seriously. 146 00:13:01,553 --> 00:13:06,353 Don't be hard on the man. He's just trying to get to the top of the heap. 147 00:13:06,557 --> 00:13:10,152 We'll just have to pay more to get our telexes to the top of the heap. 148 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,885 The man has just bought you a beer. Now drink up. 149 00:13:13,096 --> 00:13:14,154 - Cheers. - Cheers, Syd. 150 00:13:14,364 --> 00:13:16,354 - Enjoy it. - Off to see the telex operator? 151 00:13:16,566 --> 00:13:18,966 - New York Times goes to bed early. - Sure! 152 00:13:20,703 --> 00:13:23,467 Khmer Rouge in the sunset 153 00:13:24,874 --> 00:13:27,307 The Yanks all at sea... 154 00:13:31,146 --> 00:13:33,239 - All right? - Very possible. 155 00:13:34,416 --> 00:13:35,882 Let's go then! 156 00:13:43,891 --> 00:13:45,380 This is good work. 157 00:14:22,025 --> 00:14:23,582 - How much? - Hundred fifty. 158 00:14:30,933 --> 00:14:31,922 One hundred! 159 00:14:37,972 --> 00:14:39,439 - All right? - All right. 160 00:14:47,281 --> 00:14:48,976 Nice going, Pran. 161 00:15:47,735 --> 00:15:50,396 - What is he saying? - He wants you to look at his family. 162 00:15:50,603 --> 00:15:55,040 To take a photograph and help him because his child was wounded. 163 00:16:21,565 --> 00:16:23,658 Tell me what she's saying. 164 00:16:25,969 --> 00:16:27,459 She needs help. 165 00:16:31,407 --> 00:16:34,035 Her shop was destroyed last night. 166 00:16:35,244 --> 00:16:36,677 Her husband killed. 167 00:16:36,879 --> 00:16:38,106 How many bombs? 168 00:16:40,048 --> 00:16:41,310 She doesn't know. 169 00:16:42,417 --> 00:16:44,442 Does she know where the hospital is? 170 00:16:46,221 --> 00:16:47,551 "Just over there." 171 00:16:53,861 --> 00:16:56,091 She wants to know, "Did someone arrest the pilot?" 172 00:16:58,731 --> 00:17:01,529 Mister, you wanna buy? Mister, you wanna buy? 173 00:17:01,901 --> 00:17:05,132 - One dollar? You wanna buy? - I'm out of film. I'm sorry. 174 00:17:06,304 --> 00:17:09,273 Ask her how many kids she's got in her family. 175 00:17:10,542 --> 00:17:11,406 "Five." 176 00:17:11,877 --> 00:17:14,311 Her husband was killed already. 177 00:17:18,616 --> 00:17:19,878 What's this? 178 00:17:20,351 --> 00:17:22,114 What are these guys over here? 179 00:17:27,457 --> 00:17:30,358 In the jeep, prisoners. Khmer Rouge prisoners. 180 00:17:53,481 --> 00:17:55,471 They kill a lot of villagers. 181 00:17:55,849 --> 00:17:58,409 She says Khmer Rouge soak rags in gasoline... 182 00:17:58,618 --> 00:18:00,643 ...and push them down villagers' throat... 183 00:18:00,854 --> 00:18:02,845 ...then set the rags alight. 184 00:18:03,089 --> 00:18:04,248 Film! No film! 185 00:18:04,457 --> 00:18:05,947 I know there's no film. 186 00:18:06,158 --> 00:18:07,284 No camera! 187 00:18:08,561 --> 00:18:09,619 No camera! 188 00:18:09,962 --> 00:18:11,156 It's all right. 189 00:18:14,132 --> 00:18:15,565 Just take it easy. 190 00:18:21,539 --> 00:18:23,096 Tell them we're jour... 191 00:18:32,782 --> 00:18:34,181 Come on! Get in! 192 00:19:18,357 --> 00:19:19,984 I'm worried. 193 00:19:21,425 --> 00:19:23,825 I'm the guy who bring you over here. 194 00:19:24,595 --> 00:19:26,825 They accuse me and they arrest me. 195 00:19:27,398 --> 00:19:29,889 How can they arrest you? You're already arrested. 196 00:19:31,401 --> 00:19:33,392 They phone Phnom Penh about me. 197 00:19:42,745 --> 00:19:44,235 I want some cigarettes. 198 00:19:46,415 --> 00:19:47,882 And I need to take a leak. 199 00:19:51,052 --> 00:19:53,043 Would you tell them I need to piss? 200 00:20:17,209 --> 00:20:18,698 He said, "No piss." 201 00:20:20,545 --> 00:20:21,671 What does that mean? 202 00:20:22,213 --> 00:20:24,078 That's no piss. 203 00:20:28,586 --> 00:20:30,816 I've had enough of this bullshit. 204 00:20:31,488 --> 00:20:33,479 I got a story to get to New York! 205 00:20:38,728 --> 00:20:40,025 Don't leave me! 206 00:20:50,906 --> 00:20:52,168 I won't leave you. 207 00:22:01,002 --> 00:22:03,402 They brought in the whole press corps! 208 00:22:03,605 --> 00:22:06,937 They want to sanitize the story! Bastards! 209 00:22:17,383 --> 00:22:19,510 I am going to tell you something. 210 00:22:19,752 --> 00:22:21,413 I'm walking out of here. 211 00:22:21,621 --> 00:22:23,952 What are you gonna do? Blow my head off? 212 00:22:24,222 --> 00:22:27,214 You got a general out there, this is an American passport... 213 00:22:27,426 --> 00:22:29,360 ...and I am walking out of here! 214 00:22:32,130 --> 00:22:35,394 - He wants to get higher officer. - Then get him! Get him! 215 00:22:43,807 --> 00:22:47,937 I'm sorry we couldn't show you the minor bomb damage in the city itself. 216 00:22:48,144 --> 00:22:49,941 It's still a restricted area. 217 00:22:50,146 --> 00:22:52,409 Now, if you look across the river... 218 00:22:52,614 --> 00:22:55,549 ...you'll see positions held by Khmer Rouge... 219 00:22:55,751 --> 00:22:57,548 ...who moved in over the past few days. 220 00:22:57,753 --> 00:23:00,984 But the Cambodian Republican Army is moving in on them. 221 00:23:01,190 --> 00:23:04,681 They'll have the K.R. Out before you can say "Jack Robinson." 222 00:23:05,593 --> 00:23:07,288 Get in the chopper now! 223 00:23:07,595 --> 00:23:11,052 No, Schanberg! You came on a boat, you go back on a boat! 224 00:23:11,264 --> 00:23:13,459 That won't stop my story! 225 00:23:16,203 --> 00:23:17,135 What is this? 226 00:23:17,337 --> 00:23:20,363 If you weren't down here, I wouldn't be down here. 227 00:23:20,574 --> 00:23:23,474 And I don't want to be down here! What good is it doing? 228 00:23:23,676 --> 00:23:25,507 If anybody ever reads about this... 229 00:23:25,711 --> 00:23:28,407 ...you won't be able to look them in the face! 230 00:24:08,583 --> 00:24:09,776 Good morning. 231 00:24:10,618 --> 00:24:11,607 What time is it? 232 00:24:13,587 --> 00:24:15,111 Six o'clock. 233 00:24:16,557 --> 00:24:17,455 Shit. 234 00:24:17,658 --> 00:24:18,885 Telex for you. 235 00:24:19,526 --> 00:24:20,993 You been to the telex? 236 00:24:23,396 --> 00:24:24,761 We made the front page. 237 00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:25,931 Sure. 238 00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:30,092 We must be doing something right. 239 00:24:38,075 --> 00:24:40,669 My wife is very worried. 240 00:24:41,312 --> 00:24:44,907 She thinks all foreign journalists are going to leave Cambodia. 241 00:24:46,417 --> 00:24:47,849 Well, Pran... 242 00:24:49,052 --> 00:24:53,455 ...l'd feel kind of stupid trying to cover this war from a desk in Bangkok. 243 00:24:54,891 --> 00:24:57,984 And she said if the war keeps going like this... 244 00:24:58,194 --> 00:25:00,355 ...the future could be very bad. 245 00:25:02,231 --> 00:25:03,528 What do you think? 246 00:25:06,601 --> 00:25:07,932 I don't know. 247 00:25:10,438 --> 00:25:11,803 I don't know either. 248 00:25:14,576 --> 00:25:16,543 - Is Sarun downstairs? - Sure. 249 00:25:17,778 --> 00:25:19,177 Let's get going. 250 00:25:20,147 --> 00:25:21,114 All right. 251 00:25:27,386 --> 00:25:28,683 Don't go back to sleep. 252 00:25:28,888 --> 00:25:29,980 I won't. 253 00:25:38,964 --> 00:25:41,194 K.R.'s making a push for the airport road. 254 00:25:41,399 --> 00:25:43,424 If they cut it, the city could be lost. 255 00:25:43,635 --> 00:25:47,070 We hype these people up. "You'll be all right with us," we say. 256 00:25:47,271 --> 00:25:49,535 Now look at all this fucking mess! 257 00:25:56,746 --> 00:25:59,977 In America, everybody got a good car. 258 00:26:02,218 --> 00:26:04,583 He ask you what car you drive in United States. 259 00:26:04,786 --> 00:26:07,846 I don't have a car in America, only the Mercedes here. 260 00:26:08,056 --> 00:26:10,251 Mercedes, number one! 261 00:26:10,792 --> 00:26:13,317 Ask him where he learned to speak his English. 262 00:26:16,297 --> 00:26:18,765 American advisor with his unit teach him. 263 00:26:18,966 --> 00:26:21,025 Mercedes, number one, okay? 264 00:26:59,303 --> 00:27:00,361 What did he say? 265 00:27:00,570 --> 00:27:03,595 He said he thought all American people left already. 266 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,174 Made in the USA. 267 00:27:09,679 --> 00:27:10,703 Are we winning? 268 00:27:11,613 --> 00:27:13,706 No, you're not winning. 269 00:27:13,915 --> 00:27:15,246 What should we do? 270 00:27:15,450 --> 00:27:18,681 Well, you make sure they don't cut off the airport road. 271 00:27:21,655 --> 00:27:23,987 The first section came by Route number 36. 272 00:27:24,658 --> 00:27:28,355 And the second one came down by Route number 26. 273 00:27:28,562 --> 00:27:31,052 Khmer Rouge will come down Route 3. 274 00:27:31,497 --> 00:27:32,930 He doesn't know how many. 275 00:27:33,132 --> 00:27:35,123 They expect an attack today. 276 00:27:35,335 --> 00:27:36,825 - Where's your commander? - Phnom Penh. 277 00:27:37,036 --> 00:27:38,435 - Why there? - Don't know. 278 00:27:38,638 --> 00:27:40,571 How many mortar rounds you have...? 279 00:27:54,986 --> 00:27:58,581 Rockoff, get your ass out here! Get out here! 280 00:28:01,224 --> 00:28:03,488 Come on, let's get him out of here! 281 00:28:31,184 --> 00:28:32,515 - Fuck this! - They pulling out? 282 00:28:32,719 --> 00:28:34,653 I'm not happy here, Syd. 283 00:28:34,855 --> 00:28:36,755 Jon, I'm leaving. 284 00:28:37,024 --> 00:28:38,581 Syd, come on! 285 00:28:38,924 --> 00:28:39,913 Come on! 286 00:28:53,505 --> 00:28:54,972 Sydney, this way! 287 00:29:16,291 --> 00:29:18,088 Sydney, look! Khmer Rouge! 288 00:30:07,671 --> 00:30:10,606 In Washington, the Cambodian ambassador... 289 00:30:10,807 --> 00:30:13,707 ...in a speech to the Washington Press Club said: 290 00:30:13,909 --> 00:30:16,810 "Let's face it, you took advantage of us." 291 00:30:17,012 --> 00:30:17,910 I can't eat. 292 00:30:18,114 --> 00:30:22,949 "You are cleverer than we are, and you induced us into this fighting." 293 00:30:23,685 --> 00:30:26,745 Indeed, the Khmer Rouge insurgents in Cambodia... 294 00:30:26,955 --> 00:30:30,118 ...have tightened their ring around the capital, Phnom Penh... 295 00:30:30,325 --> 00:30:33,919 ...now swollen with some two million refugees from the fighting. 296 00:30:34,128 --> 00:30:38,360 Reports from government troops talk of the field situation being so bad... 297 00:30:38,565 --> 00:30:41,898 ...that soldiers are having to siphon gas from jeep to jeep... 298 00:30:42,102 --> 00:30:46,060 ...in order to be able to get the wounded back to the capital. 299 00:31:06,290 --> 00:31:08,087 No more electricity. 300 00:31:41,354 --> 00:31:43,982 And now I get a message to try for negotiations. 301 00:31:44,191 --> 00:31:46,159 Well, it's just too goddamn late! 302 00:31:46,359 --> 00:31:48,691 Alan, this country's split apart. 303 00:31:48,895 --> 00:31:52,694 We put this ship to sea, and it breaks my heart not to help it back to port. 304 00:31:52,898 --> 00:31:53,990 Any port. 305 00:31:55,167 --> 00:31:58,967 What pisses me off is, this country has faults and strengths... 306 00:31:59,171 --> 00:32:02,731 ...and we have done nothing but play to the faults. 307 00:32:05,443 --> 00:32:08,435 I tell you, I will be damn glad to get out of here. 308 00:32:08,646 --> 00:32:13,378 This thing has dragged on too long for it to end in all sweetness and light. 309 00:32:13,584 --> 00:32:15,848 After what the Khmer Rouge have been through... 310 00:32:16,053 --> 00:32:19,021 ...they won't be exactly affectionate toward Westerners. 311 00:32:21,157 --> 00:32:24,092 - Where do you want this? - On the floor. Anywhere. 312 00:32:24,293 --> 00:32:27,888 - Mr. Schanberg... - Oh, Christ, my dependents! Six. 313 00:32:28,097 --> 00:32:29,358 Dith Pran and family. 314 00:32:29,564 --> 00:32:30,588 Right. 315 00:32:31,933 --> 00:32:36,768 "Dear sir, my family and I are planning a touring vacation of Southeast Asia... 316 00:32:36,972 --> 00:32:41,704 ...and anticipate two weeks in Cambodia touring the country. 317 00:32:42,343 --> 00:32:45,676 Would you please send tour information and brochures? 318 00:32:45,879 --> 00:32:48,176 Thanking you in advance, Wendell Payne." 319 00:32:48,381 --> 00:32:51,282 Wendell lives in Wisacky, South Carolina. 320 00:32:52,452 --> 00:32:53,612 What about the airlift? 321 00:32:53,820 --> 00:32:55,378 We're taking it with us. 322 00:32:56,256 --> 00:32:59,588 - People will starve to death. - I know, but what can we do? 323 00:32:59,791 --> 00:33:02,157 Look, there could be a bloodbath here. 324 00:33:03,462 --> 00:33:07,227 Excuse the pun, but we're either staying or we're living. 325 00:33:18,708 --> 00:33:22,166 Hello, leaving a sinking ship then, are we, Carver? 326 00:33:27,249 --> 00:33:31,618 President Ford, in his foreign policy speech, hardly referred to Cambodia... 327 00:33:31,820 --> 00:33:35,755 ...except to say that, as of now, it may be too late. 328 00:33:51,171 --> 00:33:52,729 I'm sorry. I'm late. 329 00:33:52,939 --> 00:33:54,201 Where you been? 330 00:33:54,541 --> 00:33:57,270 - They stop me because of the curfew. - The curfew, huh? 331 00:33:57,476 --> 00:33:59,103 Yes. I'm sorry. 332 00:34:01,647 --> 00:34:05,104 Get started on this. Tell them to start sending this out... 333 00:34:05,317 --> 00:34:09,014 ...but hold the last two paragraphs. I'll have corrections in an hour. 334 00:34:10,255 --> 00:34:14,247 They don't transmit today. The transmitter at Kambol got hit. 335 00:34:15,926 --> 00:34:18,292 They say 6 p.m. We can file. 336 00:34:18,495 --> 00:34:19,928 6 p.m. 337 00:34:21,565 --> 00:34:24,931 What do you think this is? A monthly magazine? 338 00:34:25,134 --> 00:34:27,125 This is a newspaper. 339 00:34:30,106 --> 00:34:31,835 How about update tomorrow? 340 00:34:34,609 --> 00:34:37,476 Yeah, sure. We can file an update tomorrow. 341 00:34:46,954 --> 00:34:49,354 I was over at the American Embassy yesterday. 342 00:34:50,591 --> 00:34:51,455 Good news? 343 00:34:51,659 --> 00:34:53,455 No, not good news. 344 00:34:59,466 --> 00:35:02,195 They say that when this place goes up... 345 00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:09,199 ...they think a lot of people will be killed. A lot of people. 346 00:35:10,442 --> 00:35:14,104 I've arranged for the evacuation of you and your family. 347 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:19,382 So now it's up to you. What do you want to do? 348 00:35:21,885 --> 00:35:23,910 Do you want to stay or leave? 349 00:35:32,628 --> 00:35:33,652 And how about you? 350 00:35:34,864 --> 00:35:36,729 That's none of your business. 351 00:35:42,670 --> 00:35:45,400 Do you want to stay, or do you want to leave? 352 00:35:48,977 --> 00:35:50,170 I know. 353 00:35:50,944 --> 00:35:52,571 You love my family. 354 00:35:56,850 --> 00:35:59,750 But me, I'm reporter too. 355 00:36:00,453 --> 00:36:01,943 You know what I mean? 356 00:36:17,135 --> 00:36:20,797 All right, we don't have to decide this right now. 357 00:36:21,005 --> 00:36:22,370 Take it easy. 358 00:36:27,411 --> 00:36:30,504 But we'll have to make up our minds pretty soon, right? 359 00:37:43,412 --> 00:37:46,107 All right, this is it! Is the floor clear? 360 00:37:47,382 --> 00:37:49,077 This is the last check. 361 00:37:51,953 --> 00:37:54,513 Last check. This is the last check! 362 00:38:01,128 --> 00:38:02,618 Mr. Kincaid is not here. 363 00:38:02,930 --> 00:38:05,989 Mr. Kincaid is gone. You keep Mr. Kincaid's money. 364 00:38:06,432 --> 00:38:08,229 Now, I want you to go right now! 365 00:38:08,668 --> 00:38:10,260 I want you to leave now! 366 00:38:10,470 --> 00:38:12,563 You won't see Mr. Kincaid again! 367 00:38:26,017 --> 00:38:28,212 Okay, sergeant, let him in! 368 00:38:31,389 --> 00:38:34,687 Have you got Pran here? Have you got Pran on there? 369 00:38:34,891 --> 00:38:37,519 - And his wife? - Yes, sir, they are. 370 00:38:37,727 --> 00:38:40,958 - Did they come in yet? - No, sir, they haven't arrived yet. 371 00:38:54,142 --> 00:38:55,905 Have you seen Pran? 372 00:38:56,110 --> 00:38:57,099 No, I haven't. 373 00:38:57,879 --> 00:38:58,903 Where is he? 374 00:39:02,916 --> 00:39:04,713 Well, it's been real. 375 00:39:10,223 --> 00:39:11,712 They're gonna miss it. 376 00:39:12,491 --> 00:39:15,016 Why don't you check around the other side? 377 00:39:15,695 --> 00:39:18,721 If he comes here, I'm looking for him in the back. 378 00:39:30,841 --> 00:39:33,275 Beth! Have you seen Pran? 379 00:39:33,477 --> 00:39:35,672 No, have you looked at the hotel? 380 00:39:35,879 --> 00:39:37,744 He's at the post office! 381 00:39:38,148 --> 00:39:39,740 The post office! 382 00:40:08,409 --> 00:40:10,672 Get the fuck out! Get out of here now! 383 00:40:10,944 --> 00:40:13,139 Move your asses out of here! 384 00:40:13,613 --> 00:40:15,080 Hold those doors! 385 00:40:19,051 --> 00:40:21,986 - Where do you think you're going? - To embassy. 386 00:40:37,869 --> 00:40:39,358 Yes, sir, what's your name? 387 00:40:39,569 --> 00:40:40,934 Dith Pran family, sir. 388 00:40:41,138 --> 00:40:42,901 Dith Pran family? 389 00:40:43,106 --> 00:40:45,438 - Sydney Schanberg. - They've been through. 390 00:40:45,909 --> 00:40:48,399 - They've been through. - Check one more time, please. 391 00:40:48,611 --> 00:40:50,875 - You made a mistake, sir. - No mistake. 392 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:00,787 Rockoff, help me! 393 00:43:13,107 --> 00:43:13,937 Run! 394 00:43:14,408 --> 00:43:15,898 There's no time! 395 00:44:24,471 --> 00:44:25,438 Wait a minute. 396 00:44:29,141 --> 00:44:30,165 Smile. 397 00:44:57,101 --> 00:44:58,158 Jon. 398 00:44:58,735 --> 00:44:59,827 Hello, Sydney. 399 00:45:17,251 --> 00:45:21,153 If the going gets rough, I heard our best bet's the French Embassy. 400 00:45:23,925 --> 00:45:25,222 Who told you that? 401 00:45:28,194 --> 00:45:29,923 The British Embassy. 402 00:46:00,424 --> 00:46:02,085 Khmer Rouge coming. 403 00:46:02,292 --> 00:46:05,454 Look like government soldiers give them big welcome. 404 00:47:09,786 --> 00:47:11,185 No more fighting! 405 00:47:11,554 --> 00:47:12,884 I be right back! 406 00:47:29,037 --> 00:47:30,868 No more fighting! No more war! 407 00:47:31,304 --> 00:47:32,635 What do you think? 408 00:47:33,740 --> 00:47:35,469 I don't like the look of this. 409 00:47:35,675 --> 00:47:40,374 I was in Keng Kang this morning. Practically got my ass shot off. 410 00:47:40,580 --> 00:47:43,514 I just don't think these guys are for real. 411 00:47:43,783 --> 00:47:46,980 I'm going to the hospital. You want to come with me? 412 00:48:54,413 --> 00:48:56,779 Tetracaine, 50 milligrams, please. 413 00:48:57,615 --> 00:49:00,345 Jesus, what am I supposed to do? Sing her a lullaby? 414 00:49:00,551 --> 00:49:02,917 Pentothal, 150 milligrams, quick. 415 00:49:14,264 --> 00:49:17,562 Jesus, another shrapnel in the spine here. 416 00:49:17,766 --> 00:49:19,461 Okay, let's have her over. 417 00:49:25,274 --> 00:49:29,869 This is blood group A. We've had one unit of blood in the last two days. 418 00:49:30,778 --> 00:49:32,803 Plasma substitute, please, quick. 419 00:49:33,715 --> 00:49:36,308 We've plenty of blood, gentlemen. Plenty of blood. 420 00:49:36,517 --> 00:49:39,111 The problem is, it's all in the wrong fucking place. 421 00:49:41,955 --> 00:49:46,118 Why do corpses have to pile up before people decide it's time to go home? 422 00:50:13,951 --> 00:50:16,475 For God's sake, back up the car! Sarun, back it up! 423 00:50:16,686 --> 00:50:19,120 For God's sake, back it up now! 424 00:51:34,856 --> 00:51:38,383 - Why doesn't he get his ass in here? - He's trying to get in! 425 00:51:38,893 --> 00:51:40,190 They won't let him in. 426 00:52:03,782 --> 00:52:04,908 All right? 427 00:58:23,756 --> 00:58:24,687 Okay? 428 00:58:24,889 --> 00:58:26,083 Looks all right. 429 01:01:26,486 --> 01:01:27,543 I'm coming! 430 01:01:35,461 --> 01:01:37,485 Just a minute! He's with me! 431 01:01:37,762 --> 01:01:39,593 He's with The New York Times! 432 01:01:39,798 --> 01:01:42,995 Wait just a minute! He's a journalist and he's with me! 433 01:01:43,568 --> 01:01:46,968 Where is the consul? I want to talk to the consul. Let me see him! 434 01:01:47,237 --> 01:01:49,899 You tell me where he is. I want to speak to him! 435 01:01:50,874 --> 01:01:54,708 The picture in Cambodia is increasingly unclear. 436 01:01:54,912 --> 01:01:58,312 Journalists who have flown from Thailand over Phnom Penh... 437 01:01:58,514 --> 01:02:01,176 ...report that the Khmer Rouge have attempted... 438 01:02:01,384 --> 01:02:04,512 ...a mass evacuation of the entire population. 439 01:02:04,720 --> 01:02:09,281 Radio contact with the French Embassy reveals that some 200 Europeans... 440 01:02:09,491 --> 01:02:13,791 ...and an undisclosed number of Cambodians have taken refuge. 441 01:02:13,995 --> 01:02:18,124 As yet, no statement has been made by the new rulers of Cambodia. 442 01:02:18,332 --> 01:02:22,894 The whereabouts of Prince Sihanouk and the Khmer Rouge leadership... 443 01:02:23,103 --> 01:02:24,569 ...are not clear. 444 01:02:30,476 --> 01:02:32,910 - Okay? - Yes. He's sleeping. 445 01:02:58,702 --> 01:02:59,566 That's the consul. 446 01:03:08,844 --> 01:03:11,779 - Did you see that, Dennis? - The Russians are coming. 447 01:03:18,019 --> 01:03:19,782 Look, piss off! Please! 448 01:03:19,988 --> 01:03:23,115 Get out! You won't get anything here! Out! 449 01:03:30,864 --> 01:03:32,854 First, the main points of the news. 450 01:03:33,065 --> 01:03:34,589 BBC, Dougal. 451 01:03:37,336 --> 01:03:40,169 - Daily reports of fighting around the airport... 452 01:03:40,373 --> 01:03:44,206 ...14 kilometers outside Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. 453 01:03:45,143 --> 01:03:49,079 And now, an on-the-spot report from our correspondent in Thailand... 454 01:03:49,281 --> 01:03:50,339 ...Hugh Elder. 455 01:03:52,283 --> 01:03:54,410 Where do they get this crap? 456 01:03:54,952 --> 01:03:58,080 Do you see that guy across the gate? The little guy? 457 01:03:59,189 --> 01:04:01,713 Could we not all look at once, please? 458 01:04:02,492 --> 01:04:06,087 I have it on reliable sources that that's Hugh Elder. 459 01:04:06,829 --> 01:04:07,659 You're kidding. 460 01:04:07,864 --> 01:04:11,321 He's disguised, but I got suspicious about him. You know what I mean? 461 01:04:11,533 --> 01:04:14,502 - How does he get copy out? - How does he get his copy out? 462 01:04:14,703 --> 01:04:16,432 With specially trained hens. 463 01:04:17,739 --> 01:04:21,936 The BBC has, like, commissioned them to walk past the Khmer Rouge... 464 01:04:22,143 --> 01:04:23,906 ...like their regular fowl. 465 01:04:24,111 --> 01:04:28,639 They've been crossing the border into Thailand every day and every night. 466 01:04:29,716 --> 01:04:30,774 I told you. 467 01:04:31,651 --> 01:04:34,916 Unconfirmed reports say the Khmer Rouge are demanding... 468 01:04:35,121 --> 01:04:38,750 ...that any officials of the defeated Lon Nol government... 469 01:04:38,958 --> 01:04:42,052 ...especially the so-called Six Traitors of the Cabinet... 470 01:04:42,261 --> 01:04:43,888 ...be handed over to them. 471 01:04:44,096 --> 01:04:46,826 It is not known whether any of the ex-ministers... 472 01:04:47,032 --> 01:04:49,124 ...may have taken refuge in the embassy... 473 01:04:49,334 --> 01:04:52,770 ...where, in the words of a UNICEF representative in Bangkok... 474 01:04:52,971 --> 01:04:56,907 ...the situation is said to be "increasingly precarious." 475 01:06:26,676 --> 01:06:30,407 And when I tried to go just a kilometer further, no. 476 01:06:30,613 --> 01:06:33,242 The only sense I can make of it is that there's... 477 01:06:33,450 --> 01:06:36,384 ...some sort of internal power struggle going on. 478 01:06:36,953 --> 01:06:40,354 Different groups seem to be holding different parts of the city... 479 01:06:41,058 --> 01:06:45,858 ...and they all appear to be equally nervous over losing power and control. 480 01:06:46,429 --> 01:06:48,454 Half of them are under 15. 481 01:06:49,165 --> 01:06:52,101 Some Red Cross instruction sheets want translating. 482 01:06:52,302 --> 01:06:53,291 Can you help? 483 01:06:53,636 --> 01:06:56,070 Use Pran. He speaks French better than I do. 484 01:06:56,272 --> 01:06:58,331 I'd prefer it if it was you. 485 01:07:09,653 --> 01:07:11,143 What did you do that for? 486 01:07:11,588 --> 01:07:13,748 The guy's insecure enough already. 487 01:07:16,025 --> 01:07:18,551 The Cambodians have to leave the embassy. 488 01:07:21,264 --> 01:07:24,824 They want all our passports and everybody downstairs... 489 01:07:25,334 --> 01:07:27,394 ...and the Cambodians out. 490 01:08:05,409 --> 01:08:07,206 If you have papers, you have a name. 491 01:08:07,411 --> 01:08:09,606 If we have a name, we can find the mother. 492 01:08:10,379 --> 01:08:13,008 Look, I fight for five years. 493 01:08:13,650 --> 01:08:15,015 Useless war. 494 01:08:17,821 --> 01:08:18,788 Fuck! 495 01:08:21,190 --> 01:08:23,955 Pran is not gonna last five minutes out there. 496 01:08:24,161 --> 01:08:27,927 The Khmer Rouge have killed every journalist they've ever caught. 497 01:08:28,298 --> 01:08:29,992 Does Syd know how serious this is? 498 01:08:30,199 --> 01:08:33,863 - Of course he bloody knows! - We can't let him walk out of here. 499 01:08:34,638 --> 01:08:38,699 Look, two passports. This one's out-of-date, but the visa's valid. 500 01:08:38,909 --> 01:08:41,104 Jon Ankertill Brewer Swain. 501 01:08:41,311 --> 01:08:45,509 Knock out the Jon, knock out the Swain, and you're left with Ankertill Brewer. 502 01:08:46,183 --> 01:08:49,619 Change my photograph for one of Pran, and he's a British subject. 503 01:08:49,820 --> 01:08:51,048 It's worth a try. 504 01:08:51,354 --> 01:08:55,154 I hope he's got a photo because I don't have any fucking film. 505 01:09:09,673 --> 01:09:12,005 I try to escape to Thailand right now. 506 01:09:12,209 --> 01:09:13,972 Give me two or three weeks. 507 01:09:15,445 --> 01:09:17,504 If you get there first, let me know. 508 01:09:18,081 --> 01:09:20,811 And leave message for me at Reuters. Okay? 509 01:09:21,651 --> 01:09:25,382 Just give me an hour. I need some time to think. 510 01:09:26,290 --> 01:09:28,280 I got no time to give you. 511 01:09:29,893 --> 01:09:31,656 Swain's got an idea. 512 01:09:37,801 --> 01:09:40,065 Ankertill Brewer. That's the new name. 513 01:09:40,270 --> 01:09:42,795 - Ankertill Brewer. - Right. Now, my photograph. 514 01:09:43,006 --> 01:09:46,033 - Change my photograph for yours. - Do you have an old photo? 515 01:09:46,244 --> 01:09:47,232 I don't think so. 516 01:09:48,111 --> 01:09:49,772 Give him your passport. 517 01:09:49,980 --> 01:09:52,141 Your old passport, a family snapshot, anything. 518 01:09:52,349 --> 01:09:53,408 Khmer Rouge took everything. 519 01:09:53,618 --> 01:09:55,643 - What about your press card? - Everything! 520 01:09:55,853 --> 01:09:56,716 Fuck! 521 01:09:57,287 --> 01:09:59,915 - Didn't give it back. - We'll go and find some film. 522 01:10:00,123 --> 01:10:04,151 There's film here. We'll get it. Polaroid, any kind, any speed. 523 01:10:05,229 --> 01:10:07,924 We're gonna get it, and I'll shoot it, okay? 524 01:10:08,131 --> 01:10:09,621 We'll find the film. 525 01:10:11,803 --> 01:10:14,135 Do you have a Polaroid camera? Do you have film? 526 01:10:14,338 --> 01:10:15,895 No, I haven't got any film! 527 01:10:16,106 --> 01:10:20,737 I've also got no metronidazole, and this child has got amebic dysentery! 528 01:10:23,447 --> 01:10:25,710 We've gotta get sulfide and a developer. 529 01:10:25,916 --> 01:10:28,111 If we can get that, I can make the photo. 530 01:10:28,451 --> 01:10:29,418 Shit! 531 01:10:29,921 --> 01:10:33,721 Listen, I know where we can get some water. We can drain... 532 01:10:33,925 --> 01:10:37,257 ...the air conditioning vent. I've seen it done. Come on. 533 01:10:42,333 --> 01:10:45,165 Excuse me, you're Mr. Schanberg? 534 01:10:46,069 --> 01:10:49,597 I've been told that you're in charge of bed covers. 535 01:10:49,807 --> 01:10:50,705 What? 536 01:10:52,043 --> 01:10:55,876 Blankets. We've just arrived. We want some blankets. 537 01:10:57,281 --> 01:10:58,942 Come on down here. 538 01:10:59,584 --> 01:11:01,484 Go to the end of the hall there. 539 01:11:02,820 --> 01:11:04,810 Turn to the right, go up the stairs. 540 01:11:05,021 --> 01:11:08,355 If there are any, they'll be at the top of the stairs. 541 01:11:08,559 --> 01:11:11,824 Syd, I have got the camera... 542 01:11:12,530 --> 01:11:14,121 ...I have got the film... 543 01:11:14,598 --> 01:11:17,591 ...and I have got the fucking darkroom! 544 01:11:22,306 --> 01:11:24,535 All right. Don't smile. 545 01:11:27,712 --> 01:11:30,203 - You're smiling. - Very serious. You are smiling. 546 01:11:30,648 --> 01:11:32,012 Stop, please. 547 01:11:32,215 --> 01:11:35,208 - Very serious. - Very serious, very American. 548 01:11:50,164 --> 01:11:51,289 Okay, cover it. 549 01:11:57,038 --> 01:11:59,268 This fucking paper, I don't know. 550 01:12:00,007 --> 01:12:02,601 That was the stuff you found in the coatroom. 551 01:12:04,745 --> 01:12:06,474 Ankertill Brewer. 552 01:12:07,348 --> 01:12:09,782 Ankertill Brewer. 553 01:12:25,399 --> 01:12:27,731 Getting an image. Look at it. 554 01:12:27,935 --> 01:12:29,494 Look, the bugger's face. 555 01:12:29,704 --> 01:12:31,968 It sure is. Come on. 556 01:12:32,907 --> 01:12:34,169 Come on. 557 01:12:35,176 --> 01:12:36,268 Come on. 558 01:12:37,845 --> 01:12:39,369 Now fix it. 559 01:12:41,082 --> 01:12:42,515 That's good. 560 01:12:45,886 --> 01:12:48,117 Oh, no. Fuck, it's fogging. 561 01:12:48,423 --> 01:12:49,753 Goddamn it. 562 01:12:51,092 --> 01:12:52,821 Goddamn this paper! 563 01:12:53,027 --> 01:12:56,293 Goddamn it! We're gonna have to start again. 564 01:13:05,741 --> 01:13:07,333 Okay, now we gotta fix it. 565 01:13:09,477 --> 01:13:10,535 I did it. 566 01:13:12,780 --> 01:13:14,213 Let me have that. 567 01:13:16,785 --> 01:13:17,944 It's fading. 568 01:13:18,886 --> 01:13:19,853 Take it out. 569 01:13:20,054 --> 01:13:23,855 No, it's already gone. The solution's too strong. It's fading. 570 01:13:24,059 --> 01:13:25,822 Take it out now. I mean, if it's... 571 01:13:26,028 --> 01:13:27,086 Fuck! 572 01:13:28,195 --> 01:13:29,662 Goddamn it! 573 01:13:33,669 --> 01:13:37,069 Man, this fucking room is killing me. 574 01:13:37,338 --> 01:13:38,669 Could I just...? 575 01:13:39,106 --> 01:13:40,937 I'll just do it myself, okay? 576 01:13:41,142 --> 01:13:44,476 Let me just have a few feet in here by myself. 577 01:13:45,414 --> 01:13:46,437 Fuck. 578 01:13:47,815 --> 01:13:48,747 Sorry. 579 01:14:03,398 --> 01:14:04,626 That's it. 580 01:14:21,350 --> 01:14:22,749 It's perfect. 581 01:14:24,086 --> 01:14:25,211 Perfect. 582 01:14:40,001 --> 01:14:42,299 Welcome to New York. We got it. 583 01:14:42,504 --> 01:14:44,664 Perfect. Rockoff, perfect! 584 01:14:44,872 --> 01:14:47,569 Ankertill Brewer. Ankertill Brewer. 585 01:14:47,809 --> 01:14:51,438 All right, you jokers, would you like to bring your passports over to me? 586 01:14:51,646 --> 01:14:54,113 This is the last call for passports. 587 01:14:54,882 --> 01:14:56,544 Can I have your passports, please? 588 01:14:57,319 --> 01:14:59,287 Can I have your passports, please? 589 01:15:00,689 --> 01:15:01,678 Thank you. 590 01:15:01,990 --> 01:15:04,048 Passports, ladies and gents. 591 01:15:05,394 --> 01:15:09,421 All right, you jokers, this is your last chance to get your passports in. 592 01:15:12,634 --> 01:15:13,931 Your passports, please. 593 01:15:14,136 --> 01:15:16,297 On this passport depend my life. 594 01:15:17,973 --> 01:15:18,803 Thank you. 595 01:15:19,574 --> 01:15:23,340 Passports, ladies. This is for the big tour, the big package. 596 01:15:25,947 --> 01:15:29,405 From Thursday Island right down to Mount Macedon... 597 01:15:29,618 --> 01:15:32,178 ...to see the famous Hanging Rock. 598 01:15:32,387 --> 01:15:33,979 Come on, passports, please. 599 01:15:35,357 --> 01:15:37,450 Ladies and gentlemen, last call. 600 01:15:37,659 --> 01:15:38,853 Going... 601 01:15:39,361 --> 01:15:40,191 ...going... 602 01:15:44,833 --> 01:15:45,857 ...gone. 603 01:16:17,666 --> 01:16:18,861 Is this lunch? 604 01:16:24,473 --> 01:16:25,337 What? 605 01:16:28,544 --> 01:16:30,602 It seems certain that the majority... 606 01:16:30,812 --> 01:16:35,545 ...of Phnom Penh's population has been evacuated to the countryside. 607 01:16:35,750 --> 01:16:39,118 The population is swollen with thousands of refugees. 608 01:16:39,421 --> 01:16:40,479 Hello again. 609 01:16:45,327 --> 01:16:49,889 It'll be argued by some that this is a way of coping with postwar chaos. 610 01:16:50,298 --> 01:16:52,766 Dennis, can you turn that down, please? 611 01:16:55,238 --> 01:16:56,899 Now, listen, everybody. 612 01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:03,243 The trucks which we've seen arriving are for our evacuation. 613 01:17:03,545 --> 01:17:06,413 Probably in the next 24 hours. 614 01:17:07,116 --> 01:17:09,606 Now, listen. That's to be confirmed. 615 01:17:10,085 --> 01:17:12,110 It's almost certainly for Thailand. 616 01:17:22,698 --> 01:17:24,723 These so-called journalists have no right... 617 01:17:24,934 --> 01:17:29,097 You're not biased? You haven't seen any atrocities in Cambodia? 618 01:17:29,304 --> 01:17:32,968 - It's just an emotional spasm! - Yes, it is, yes. So just shut up! 619 01:17:33,175 --> 01:17:35,541 You have to break eggs to make an omelet! 620 01:18:29,532 --> 01:18:31,966 Sydney, Ankertill Brewer. 621 01:20:42,565 --> 01:20:45,592 - Thank you. Goodbye. - Good luck. 622 01:20:47,604 --> 01:20:49,867 - Give me these back in Paris. - Goodbye. 623 01:20:50,072 --> 01:20:51,699 Don't forget. All right? 624 01:20:51,907 --> 01:20:54,809 Why didn't you get him out when you had the chance? 625 01:20:55,011 --> 01:20:56,774 You had no right to keep him here! 626 01:20:56,980 --> 01:20:59,106 You've got a funny sense of priorities. 627 01:20:59,315 --> 01:21:02,285 I'm a reporter too, Morgan. I know his heart. 628 01:21:02,519 --> 01:21:04,578 - I love him like my brother. - Sure. 629 01:21:04,788 --> 01:21:07,780 And I do anything for him. Anything. 630 01:21:13,463 --> 01:21:14,828 Goodbye, Rockoff. 631 01:21:37,253 --> 01:21:39,814 Tell my wife I love her... 632 01:21:40,023 --> 01:21:42,355 ...and look after all my children. 633 01:21:43,660 --> 01:21:47,095 She doesn't speak any English. 634 01:21:48,999 --> 01:21:50,398 Please... 635 01:21:51,067 --> 01:21:54,662 ...I don't want anyone to be bad to my wife. 636 01:22:30,807 --> 01:22:32,206 Dith Pran. 637 01:22:33,109 --> 01:22:36,340 P-R-A-N. He disappeared in Phnom Penh in 1975. 638 01:22:36,546 --> 01:22:39,743 Pran is his first name. Any information you can give. 639 01:22:40,684 --> 01:22:43,677 Well, we're hoping for any information at all. 640 01:22:44,288 --> 01:22:47,654 He was last seen in '75. Can you get me that number again? 641 01:22:47,858 --> 01:22:48,688 In April 1975. 642 01:22:48,892 --> 01:22:53,592 4144-5364... 643 01:23:25,562 --> 01:23:27,792 Pran is a resourceful man. 644 01:23:27,998 --> 01:23:30,627 He will wait until he knows that it's safe... 645 01:23:30,835 --> 01:23:32,665 ...and then he'll make his move. 646 01:23:49,086 --> 01:23:51,781 Thank you for coming... 647 01:23:52,055 --> 01:23:54,182 ...and taking care of her and her family. 648 01:23:54,391 --> 01:23:57,850 But she knows that her husband is dead. 649 01:23:58,496 --> 01:23:59,861 That's not true. 650 01:24:01,564 --> 01:24:03,964 That's absolutely not true. 651 01:24:11,641 --> 01:24:13,768 It's not true. It's not. 652 01:24:15,046 --> 01:24:16,911 She doesn't believe you... 653 01:24:17,114 --> 01:24:20,174 ...because she knows her husband is dead. 654 01:24:43,307 --> 01:24:44,501 You're a good man. 655 01:24:46,911 --> 01:24:50,869 If your mother needs anything, make sure she gets in touch with me. 656 01:24:54,852 --> 01:24:56,183 You better go. 657 01:26:37,488 --> 01:26:39,115 For the past 5 years... 658 01:26:39,690 --> 01:26:42,785 ...as indicated on this map that you see here... 659 01:26:43,228 --> 01:26:47,664 ...North Vietnam has occupied military sanctuaries... 660 01:26:47,865 --> 01:26:51,927 ...all along the Cambodian frontier with South Vietnam. 661 01:26:52,504 --> 01:26:53,835 As the President spoke... 662 01:26:54,039 --> 01:26:57,565 ...American troops were preparing to move into Cambodia. 663 01:26:59,811 --> 01:27:03,712 The decision to invade, like the earlier secret decision to bomb... 664 01:27:03,914 --> 01:27:05,882 ...was withheld from the Cambodian people. 665 01:27:06,250 --> 01:27:09,482 We will yell at the top of our lungs. We will move. 666 01:27:10,722 --> 01:27:14,953 It's the fear that makes a man so scared, you know? 667 01:27:21,533 --> 01:27:24,501 There are no American combat advisors in Cambodia. 668 01:27:24,702 --> 01:27:28,434 There will be no American combat troops or advisors in Cambodia. 669 01:27:28,640 --> 01:27:30,164 We will aid Cambodia. 670 01:27:30,375 --> 01:27:34,777 Cambodia is the Nixon doctrine in its purest form. 671 01:32:37,950 --> 01:32:39,077 Sydney... 672 01:32:39,820 --> 01:32:43,755 ...I think of you often and often my family. 673 01:32:44,423 --> 01:32:47,756 They tell us that God is dead. 674 01:32:47,993 --> 01:32:51,224 And now the party they call the Angka... 675 01:32:51,430 --> 01:32:54,160 ...will provide everything for us. 676 01:32:54,800 --> 01:32:57,736 He says Angka has identified... 677 01:32:57,938 --> 01:32:59,928 ...and proclaims the existence... 678 01:33:00,139 --> 01:33:02,369 ...of a bad new disease... 679 01:33:02,575 --> 01:33:07,479 ...a memory sickness diagnosed as thinking too much about life... 680 01:33:07,681 --> 01:33:10,649 ...in prerevolutionary Cambodia. 681 01:33:11,550 --> 01:33:15,578 He says we are surrounded by enemies. 682 01:33:16,156 --> 01:33:18,589 The enemy is inside us. 683 01:33:19,091 --> 01:33:21,286 No one can be trusted. 684 01:33:30,569 --> 01:33:33,060 We must be like the ox... 685 01:33:33,272 --> 01:33:36,970 ...and have no thought except for the Party. 686 01:33:37,177 --> 01:33:40,612 No love but for the Angka. 687 01:33:45,318 --> 01:33:46,842 People starve... 688 01:33:48,187 --> 01:33:50,280 ...but we must not grow food. 689 01:33:53,226 --> 01:33:55,194 We must honor the comrade children... 690 01:33:55,395 --> 01:33:58,659 ...whose minds are not corrupted by the past. 691 01:34:27,326 --> 01:34:28,725 Is anybody of us... 692 01:34:28,929 --> 01:34:29,793 ...a doctor... 693 01:34:30,430 --> 01:34:31,522 ...professor... 694 01:34:31,765 --> 01:34:33,198 ...and student? 695 01:34:33,667 --> 01:34:35,463 Angka needs you. 696 01:34:36,302 --> 01:34:38,271 Angka has forgiven all the past. 697 01:34:53,186 --> 01:34:54,278 Sydney... 698 01:34:55,321 --> 01:34:59,782 ...Angka says that those who were guilty of soft living... 699 01:34:59,993 --> 01:35:02,655 ...in the years of the great struggle... 700 01:35:02,862 --> 01:35:06,958 ...and did not care for the sufferings of the peasant must confess... 701 01:35:08,034 --> 01:35:11,094 ...because now is the year zero... 702 01:35:11,371 --> 01:35:14,032 ...and everything is to start anew. 703 01:35:22,682 --> 01:35:24,843 I'm full of fear, Sydney. 704 01:35:25,285 --> 01:35:28,083 I must show no understanding. 705 01:35:28,622 --> 01:35:30,749 Not of French or English. 706 01:35:31,224 --> 01:35:33,454 I must have no past, Sydney. 707 01:35:34,761 --> 01:35:36,888 This is the year zero... 708 01:35:37,464 --> 01:35:39,694 ...and nothing has gone before. 709 01:35:51,879 --> 01:35:55,712 The wind whispers of fear and hate. 710 01:35:56,116 --> 01:35:59,108 The war has killed love, Sydney. 711 01:35:59,552 --> 01:36:03,249 And those who confess to the Angka vanish. 712 01:36:03,590 --> 01:36:06,957 And no one dare ask where they go. 713 01:36:07,327 --> 01:36:11,627 Here, only the silent survive. 714 01:41:55,944 --> 01:41:58,538 Mercedes, number one! 715 01:47:31,915 --> 01:47:36,317 Anyone who knows my work will know that half of this belongs to Dith Pran. 716 01:47:38,922 --> 01:47:42,914 Without Pran, I wouldn't have been able to file half the stories I did. 717 01:47:45,194 --> 01:47:48,687 It's nice to congratulate ourselves on occasions like this. 718 01:47:49,032 --> 01:47:51,159 But I can't stand here tonight... 719 01:47:51,368 --> 01:47:54,029 ...without thinking of those innocent people... 720 01:47:54,236 --> 01:47:58,867 ...Pran dedicated himself to helping me bring to the notice of the public. 721 01:48:01,644 --> 01:48:05,080 As they pondered their options in the White House... 722 01:48:05,281 --> 01:48:09,615 ...the men who decided to bomb and then to invade Cambodia... 723 01:48:10,286 --> 01:48:12,719 ...concerned themselves with many things: 724 01:48:14,090 --> 01:48:18,151 Great power conflicts and collapsing dominoes... 725 01:48:19,462 --> 01:48:22,328 ...looking tough and dangerous to the North Vietnamese... 726 01:48:22,631 --> 01:48:26,932 ...relieving pressure on the American troop withdrawal from the South. 727 01:48:27,904 --> 01:48:30,168 They had domestic concerns as well... 728 01:48:30,373 --> 01:48:35,174 ...which helps explain why they kept the bombing of Cambodia a secret. 729 01:48:36,012 --> 01:48:39,709 And they may be assumed not to have ignored self-interest... 730 01:48:39,916 --> 01:48:41,508 ...in their own careers. 731 01:48:42,285 --> 01:48:44,981 What they specifically were not concerned with... 732 01:48:45,188 --> 01:48:47,713 ...were the Cambodians themselves. 733 01:48:48,124 --> 01:48:49,955 Not the people... 734 01:48:50,426 --> 01:48:52,418 ...not the society... 735 01:48:52,896 --> 01:48:54,523 ...not the country. 736 01:48:55,799 --> 01:48:59,166 Except in the abstract as instruments of policy. 737 01:49:03,106 --> 01:49:04,869 Dith Pran and I... 738 01:49:05,608 --> 01:49:07,599 ...tried to record and bring home... 739 01:49:07,811 --> 01:49:11,577 ...the concrete consequences of these decisions to real people. 740 01:49:12,115 --> 01:49:13,912 To human beings... 741 01:49:15,218 --> 01:49:17,982 ...the people left out of the Administration's plans... 742 01:49:18,189 --> 01:49:20,019 ...but who paid the price... 743 01:49:20,223 --> 01:49:22,418 ...and took the beating for them. 744 01:49:27,898 --> 01:49:32,061 I'm very pleased to accept this on behalf of Dith Pran and myself. 745 01:49:32,602 --> 01:49:34,229 I'm very honored... 746 01:49:34,904 --> 01:49:37,567 ...and I know that Pran would be very proud. 747 01:49:50,286 --> 01:49:54,017 Do you plan to continue with that theme in the future? 748 01:49:56,694 --> 01:49:59,457 Congratulations, Ernie. Do it again next year! 749 01:49:59,662 --> 01:50:01,061 I'm sorry. 750 01:50:04,134 --> 01:50:07,034 - That was great, really good. - Better than last year. 751 01:50:07,937 --> 01:50:10,497 Abe, meet my sister. 752 01:50:10,707 --> 01:50:12,538 I'm very happy to meet you. 753 01:50:12,742 --> 01:50:15,211 That's my dad. Would you hold this for me? 754 01:50:16,313 --> 01:50:17,279 One second. 755 01:50:17,480 --> 01:50:20,677 I hoped you could recommend a good school for journalism. 756 01:50:20,884 --> 01:50:23,854 I told my daughter I'd be seeing you today. 757 01:50:24,054 --> 01:50:26,920 Just one minute, okay? I'll be right back. 758 01:50:36,065 --> 01:50:39,865 Could I have your autograph? I'm a great admirer of yours. 759 01:50:42,473 --> 01:50:45,169 Congratulations on your award, it was well-deserved. 760 01:50:45,375 --> 01:50:48,640 Very impressive. I was hoping you'd burst into song. 761 01:50:50,114 --> 01:50:52,844 - What are you doing here? - You know what bothers me? 762 01:50:53,050 --> 01:50:53,880 What? 763 01:50:54,285 --> 01:50:56,980 It bothers me that you let Pran stay in Cambodia... 764 01:50:57,186 --> 01:51:00,315 ...because you wanted to win, and you knew you needed him... 765 01:51:00,524 --> 01:51:03,254 - I didn't have any idea what... - The fuck you didn't! 766 01:51:05,161 --> 01:51:07,288 The fuck you didn't. 767 01:51:07,897 --> 01:51:11,390 I did everything I could, and I'm doing everything I can. 768 01:51:11,602 --> 01:51:13,934 Nice to see you. I'm on my way to Florida. 769 01:51:14,138 --> 01:51:15,695 I'm doing everything I can. 770 01:51:15,905 --> 01:51:19,205 I'm sure. I didn't realize you'd been out there to see him. 771 01:51:19,410 --> 01:51:22,675 Don't play games with me, Al. Don't play stupid games. 772 01:51:22,880 --> 01:51:26,543 Nobody gets to go in there. If I thought I could, I would. 773 01:51:27,418 --> 01:51:29,443 I've sent out hundreds of photographs. 774 01:51:29,653 --> 01:51:33,316 Every relief organization on the Thai-Kampuchean border... 775 01:51:37,027 --> 01:51:40,827 ...has got his picture. If I saw one glimmer of hope, I'd go today. 776 01:51:41,365 --> 01:51:42,889 Life isn't a '40s movie. 777 01:51:43,099 --> 01:51:46,934 You can't just get on a plane and make the whole world come out right! 778 01:51:48,539 --> 01:51:51,337 And I can't believe I'm hearing this from you! 779 01:51:56,146 --> 01:51:57,443 Congrats. 780 01:51:59,516 --> 01:52:02,076 Do you keep in touch with Dith Pran's family? 781 01:52:02,285 --> 01:52:04,481 Yes. They're living in San Francisco. 782 01:52:04,688 --> 01:52:07,555 How do you respond to accusations that journalists... 783 01:52:07,758 --> 01:52:10,124 ...underestimated the brutality of the Khmer Rouge... 784 01:52:10,327 --> 01:52:14,058 ...and so share responsibility for what happened in Cambodia afterwards? 785 01:52:14,732 --> 01:52:16,563 We made a mistake. 786 01:52:17,134 --> 01:52:19,728 Maybe we underestimated the kind of insanity... 787 01:52:19,937 --> 01:52:22,462 ...that $ 7 billion worth of bombing could produce. 788 01:52:22,673 --> 01:52:23,833 That is provocative... 789 01:52:24,041 --> 01:52:27,442 There have been a lot of refugee stories in Reader's Digest... 790 01:52:27,645 --> 01:52:30,079 ...about Cambodia. Do you believe them? 791 01:52:30,280 --> 01:52:31,838 Don't you believe them? 792 01:52:32,049 --> 01:52:35,917 Maybe in this instance the Reader's Digest happens to be correct. 793 01:52:36,120 --> 01:52:38,418 Do you apply the same disbelief to stories... 794 01:52:38,622 --> 01:52:41,113 ...that come out of Iran or Palestine or Chile? 795 01:52:41,325 --> 01:52:43,691 Are refugees your next area of interest? 796 01:52:43,894 --> 01:52:46,328 Will you be covering the boat people? 797 01:52:46,530 --> 01:52:47,656 No, I will not. 798 01:52:47,865 --> 01:52:49,561 Do you want a cup of tea? 799 01:52:50,534 --> 01:52:54,129 Are you looking around for some kind of more salable suffering? 800 01:52:56,707 --> 01:52:59,336 I must have sent 500 letters. 801 01:53:04,848 --> 01:53:08,580 I wrote the International Red Cross, the World Health Organization. 802 01:53:08,787 --> 01:53:11,482 I know you did, Syd. You told me. 803 01:53:11,989 --> 01:53:14,253 I don't know who I didn't write to. 804 01:53:20,731 --> 01:53:23,393 I never really gave him any choice. 805 01:53:28,839 --> 01:53:31,967 One time we tried to discuss leaving. 806 01:53:40,918 --> 01:53:44,377 I talked to him about it, but we never really discussed it. 807 01:53:47,692 --> 01:53:50,990 I discussed it with Swain and Rockoff. 808 01:53:54,999 --> 01:53:57,523 But I never discussed it with him. 809 01:54:08,712 --> 01:54:11,648 He stayed because I wanted him to stay. 810 01:54:17,688 --> 01:54:19,553 And I stayed because... 811 01:57:58,977 --> 01:58:00,843 I'm trapped, Sydney. 812 01:58:01,046 --> 01:58:05,244 I know he suspects me, and yet he treats me well. 813 01:58:05,884 --> 01:58:09,284 There are many different groups over here, Sydney. 814 01:58:09,587 --> 01:58:11,681 I must take much care. 815 01:58:12,224 --> 01:58:16,285 Now Angka says we have new enemies. 816 01:58:16,828 --> 01:58:21,732 They say we must regain our old lands from the Vietnamese. 817 01:58:22,501 --> 01:58:26,403 And now they say we must fight them. 818 01:58:28,207 --> 01:58:32,405 I miss you, my wife, my children. 819 01:58:32,611 --> 01:58:36,068 And my heart hungers for news of you. 820 01:59:00,205 --> 01:59:01,729 New China Radio reports... 821 01:59:01,940 --> 01:59:05,239 ...that fighting between Vietnam and Democratic Kampuchea... 822 01:59:05,444 --> 01:59:07,810 ...has broken out on a number of fronts. 823 01:59:08,080 --> 01:59:10,810 This is in retaliation, according to the Vietnamese... 824 01:59:11,016 --> 01:59:13,450 ...for a number of attacks on border villages... 825 01:59:17,189 --> 01:59:18,554 Taxi driver, huh? 826 01:59:36,408 --> 01:59:38,239 I think you speak English. 827 01:59:38,710 --> 01:59:40,007 Sit down. 828 01:59:46,218 --> 01:59:48,743 You know, I love this country. 829 01:59:50,556 --> 01:59:53,354 I sacrificed everything for it. 830 01:59:54,827 --> 01:59:58,319 My wife died for the revolution. 831 02:00:00,233 --> 02:00:04,931 But the leaders of Angka no longer trust the people. 832 02:00:05,871 --> 02:00:09,433 Therefore, I can no longer trust them. 833 02:00:11,277 --> 02:00:13,335 And they don't trust me. 834 02:00:15,848 --> 02:00:16,712 I fear... 835 02:00:18,117 --> 02:00:20,450 ...really fear for the future. 836 02:00:24,857 --> 02:00:28,350 I think you love my son. 837 02:00:31,463 --> 02:00:32,725 For his sake... 838 02:00:33,799 --> 02:00:35,198 ...look after him. 839 02:00:39,839 --> 02:00:42,432 The fighting is close by, Sydney. 840 02:00:42,641 --> 02:00:45,109 If the Vietnamese get here... 841 02:00:45,310 --> 02:00:47,472 ...Angka will destroy everything... 842 02:00:49,616 --> 02:00:51,173 ...and the Vietnamese, they will find only ashes. 843 02:04:00,507 --> 02:04:03,942 I must try to stop the killing. Good luck. 844 02:13:23,305 --> 02:13:25,205 Yeah, I'll be right there, Brian. 845 02:13:28,144 --> 02:13:32,102 Ann, get me 415-555-6421. 846 02:13:32,314 --> 02:13:34,009 Abe, I've got some great news! 847 02:13:47,230 --> 02:13:50,289 Twenty minutes ago, I get a phone call from Paris. 848 02:13:50,499 --> 02:13:53,400 I get Andreas Freund. He talked to Henry. 849 02:13:53,602 --> 02:13:55,696 He told him how to get in touch with me. 850 02:13:55,905 --> 02:13:58,771 Freund says, "I have got some great news for you." 851 02:13:58,974 --> 02:14:01,602 - San Francisco's on the line. - "It's about Pran!" 852 02:14:01,977 --> 02:14:03,673 Is your mother there? 853 02:14:06,282 --> 02:14:07,442 When? 854 02:14:09,851 --> 02:14:12,514 All right, I want you to get this down. 855 02:14:13,356 --> 02:14:16,018 No, write it down. Write it down. 856 02:14:17,559 --> 02:14:19,686 I've got a message from your dad! 857 02:15:32,635 --> 02:15:33,829 How you been? 858 02:15:46,916 --> 02:15:47,940 Do you forgive me? 859 02:15:48,651 --> 02:15:51,245 Nothing to forgive, Sydney. Nothing.