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Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
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April 1987 (USA) morePlot:
Spalding Gray tells about his participation in the film, "The Killing Fields" & the background story about the troubles of Cambodia. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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“Spalding Never Got Normal”: Jonathan Demme on Swimming To Cambodia (From Spout. 12 May 2009, 10:34 PM, PDT)
Spalding Gray's Body Found in East River
(From WENN. 8 March 2004)
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Monologue about filming 'The Killing Fields' reveals genius shock! moreCast
(Credited cast) | Spalding Gray | ... | Himself |
 | Sam Waterston | ... | Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage) |
 | Ira Wheeler | ... | Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage) |
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[On Cambodia's history and people]Spalding Gray: What a fantastic land it was, how it was Shangri-La before it was colonized... Thailand was a Nordic country compared to Cambodia, and they're right next to each other. And he said 90% of the land was owned by the people; it was earth, it was dirt, but it was THEIRS...
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Spalding's 'Swimming to Cambodia' defies the preconceptions often brought to a movie: we get to see one man at a desk, with a lamp and a glass of water, and a map of Cambodia with a pointer to help. And then Gray's amazing ability to hook the listener into his amazing free improvised anecdotes makes it worth a thousand blockbusters. Demme's film prior to this was 'Something Wild'... this is wilder and wittier. Do yourself a favour and watch. Spalding's tragic suicide last year brings a poignant edge to many of his existential observations, but this is uplifting, entertaining, funny and harrowing all in one. And it's a monologue. Sam Shephard once said it was impossible to compare anyone to Spalding, so unique was he. Here's the proof.