From: Reviews and Criticism of Vietnam War Theatrical and Television Dramas (http://www.lasalle.edu/library/vietnam/FilmIndex/home.htm) compiled by John K. McAskill, La Salle University ([email protected])

S9400 (USA, 1987) (Other titles: Schwimmend nach Kambodscha)

Credits: director, ; writer, . Cast: Spalding Gray. Summary: Dramatic monologue. Spalding Gray’s Obie award-winning theatrical performance in which he recounts the eights weeks he spent in Southeast Asia creating the role of the Ambassador’s aide in the Killing fields.

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