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Cambodia

.T_d ZQ 2SZ^_^ (2002, Drama) A con man looking for his payout, his criminal mentor, a
trustworthy cyclo driver, and a pretty NGO worker are just some of the people that inhabit this
increasingly dangerous story, which is mostly set in Cambodia. Filmed on location in Phnom
Penh and at a pre-Angkor temple.

The Killing Fields (1984, Drama) Based on the work of New York Times reporter Sydney
Schanberg (Waterston) and his translator Dith Pran (Ngor), this war drama explores the tragic
rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

Vietnam
,[ZNLWd[^P 9Zb (1979, Drama) Set in the midst of the Vietnam War, this intense drama follows
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Conrad’s book, Heart of Darkness.

2ZZO 8Z]YTYR ATP_YLX (1987, Comedy) While the irreverent humor of Armed Forces Radio
Service host Adrian Cronauer (Williams) amuses the troops stuck in Vietnam, he clashes with
the Army brass who try to censor his show.

Indochine (1992, Foreign) When a well-to-do French plantation owner and her adopted
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burgeoning nationalist movement. Set in French Indochina of the 1930s; in French with
subtitles.
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widely understood to be a comment on the Vietnam War. The darkly comedic tone of the
movie was so popular that it was developed into a long-running TV series, M*A*S*H.

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desire and romantic intrigue: Although initially attracted to a tough and brassy beauty
(Harlow) plantation foreman Gable soon falls instead for the classy wife of an employee
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and the challenges of a remote jungle plantation (monsoons and malaria, just to name two).

?SP <`TP_ ,XP]TNLY (1958, Classic) A love triangle between a British journalist, a young
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remake starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser puts more emphasis on the intrigue and
seedy side of Saigon in the 1950s, but is also quite good.

Burma

Never So Few (1959, Drama) When American OSS operatives are sent to train local Burmese
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commanders, the overwhelming odds against them, or the interference of murderous Chinese
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