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Salvador

Salvador

Apr 23, 1986
123 min
DramaThrillerWar
7.0/ 10
384 votes

Overview

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.

Ratings & Reviews

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TMDB
7.0/10
384 votes
IMDB
7.3/10
24,556 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
69/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$4,500,000Production cost
Box Office$1,500,000Worldwide gross
Profit-$3,000,000Loss
ROI
-66.7%Return on investment
US Box Office$1,500,000Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 9 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Dateline: 1980, El Salvador. Correspondent: Richard Boyle, Photojournalist - Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Chile, Belfast, Lebanon, Cambodia..."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$4,500,000

Revenue

$1,500,000

Production Companies

HemdaleCinema '85Estudios Churubusco Azteca

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