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.
- Director
- Oliver Stone
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $2M
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24 billed performers
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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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Box Office & Release
Salvador returned 0.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $5M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Apr 23, 1986
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United Kingdom, Mexico
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