Brief & Animated Encounters 2004
Pol Pot's Birthday
Talmaga CooleyUnited States200410 min
After the fall of Phnom Penh in 1979, the brutal Cambodian dictator Pol Pot and his ruthless Khmer Rouge army spent the next decade retreating towards Thailand. Set in 1985, the efforts of the dictator's office staff to throw a surprise birthday party for their boss are documented.
CastKeone Young, Murphy Tan, Peter Leung, Ken Sih, Lock Lee and Domnang Pin
Written byTalmage Cooley and Anthony Sperduti
CinematographyTodd Antonio Somodevilla
EditingAkiko Iwakawa-Grieve
MusicJosh Kirsch and Keith Lomenza
Production designShane Valentino
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