

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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box office
- $1.5M
- Language
- Spanish
- guerrilla warfare
- journalist
- assassination
- civil war
- loss of loved one
- dictator
- war correspondent
- revolution
- civil rights
- dictatorship
- press
- based on true story
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United Kingdom, United States of America, Mexico
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSanta Barbara Film Festival28 Feb 1986
- PremiereRNew York City5 Mar 1986
- TheatricalR23 Apr 1986
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1818 Aug 1986
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+11 Sept 1986
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+1612 Jun 1986
BrazilBR
- Physical16Fox Home mj.gov.br30 Dec 2003
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical11 Jul 1986
FranceFR
- Theatrical21 May 1986
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1611 Jun 1987
GreeceGR
- PhysicalDVD21 Feb 2006
Hong KongHK
- Theatrical30 Nov 1986
HungaryHU
- TV30 Oct 1998
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1630 Jan 1987
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Salvador was released on 23 April 1986.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
John Chard
9/25/2014
You've become just like them. Based around the real life experiences of journalist Richard Boyle, we are in 1980 and Boyle is not only in crisis torn El Salvador, he's also in it up to his neck. It sometimes gets forgotten just what a great director Oliver Stone can be, strip away his ability to ruffle feathers on a seemingly perennial basis, and you find some pieces of work that are stark and striking for all …
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/14/2023
With almost all things Oliver Stone...it gets political, and because of that you have people reviewing the politics and NOT the movie. Hate it or love it because of the politics... ...and politically I agree with the message in Salvador, but I'm going to try to keep all of that out of this and too the side. However, I do want to mention that the film dramatizes a few stories that should have gotten better coverage…
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