|
A Mighty Heart comes at the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl with a de-glamorized intensity: it's not a melodrama about Pearl's kidnapping and killing at the hands of Islamic terrorists, but a near-documentary about the process of trying to find him. Thus the center of the film is not Pearl (Dan Futterman) but his wife Mariane (Angelina Jolie), a cool customer who manages--almost--to maintain her calm throughout the weeks-long ordeal. Director Michael Winterbottom is less overtly political here than in his Road to Guantanamo, although the reactions of various authorities, from U.S. officials to local Pakistani cops, give the flavor of different attitudes and approaches. Jolie, playing the Dutch-Afro-Cuban Mariane Pearl, does nicely at playing her character's control (others marvel at her sangfroid), yet she remains recognizably human throughout. By no means a star turn, the movie leaves Mariane for long stretches, and other actors shine: Irfan Khan as a detective, Denis O'Hare as Daniel Pearl's Washington Post editor, and Will Patton as a stymied diplomat. As engrossing as the movie generally is, the point of emphasizing the police-procedural method is sometimes obscure. Oddly enough, by rejecting the usual string-pulling of conventional Hollywood drama, A Mighty Heart ends up without a strong point of view--as good as its pieces are.
Condition:NEW.
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irrfan Khan, Archie Panjabi, Mohammed Afzal
Directors: Michael Winterbottom
Writers: John Orloff, Mariane Pearl
Producers: Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland, Arti Gupta, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner
Format: Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Dubbed: French, Spanish
Region: Region 1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
R
Restricted
Studio: Paramount Vantage
DVD Release Date: October 16, 2007
Run Time: 108 minutes
Cast & Crew
Angelina Jolie Mariane Pearl
Dan Futterman Daniel "Danny" Pearl
Irfan Khan Javed Nabib, "Captain"
Denis O'Hare John Bussey
Archie Panjabi Asra Nomani
Will Patton Randall Bennett
Gary Wilmes Steve LeVine
Mohammad Afzal Shabir
Mushtaq Ahmed Danny's Taxi Driver
Daud Khan Masud the Fixer
Telal Saeed Kaleem Yusuf
Arif Kahn Marianne's Taxi Driver
Tipu Taheer Human Rights Director
Amit Dhawan Technical Supervisor
Saira Nasir Khan Nasrin
Alya Khan Kashva
Sarah Mone Female Guest
Bushra Parwani Female Guest
Afar Zarachiwala Male Guest
Danish Iqbal Male Guest
Ali Tejani Male Guest
Azfar Ali Azlar
Ahmed Jamal Khwaja
Perrine Moran Ruth Pearl
Jeffry Kaplow Judea Pearl
Ishaque Ahmed Arif
Alyy Kahn Omar Saeed Sheikh, "Bashir"
Adnan Siddiqui Dost Aliani
Shah Murad Aliani Farooq
Imran Paracha Major Major
Imran Patel Jamal Paracha
Jean-Jacques Scaerou Philippe Scaerou
Veronique Darleguy Veronique Laurent
Jillian Armenante Maureen Platt
Demitri Goritsas John Skeleton
Zach Coffin Matt MacDowell
Sajid Hasan Zafir
Farooq Khan Noor
Mikail Lotia Hasan
Baba Shaikh Phone Engineer
Amy Shindler Michelle Pearl
William Hoyland John Bauman
Bilal Saeed Haider
Sean Chapman US Journalist
Holly Goline News Producer
Amy Rosenthal Tamara Pearl
Nour Ayad Ibrahim the Cook
Lynn Blades News Reader
Ikram Bhatti Gilani, Sheikh
Fahad Hussain Farhad Naseem
Taj Khan Suleiman
Hasan Ali Cell Phone Worker
Naeem Sogay Adil
Sujata Humane Omar's Aunt
Sayed Masood Doctor
Imran Hasny Lawyer
Chad Chenouga Satchi
Mike Rosen US Journalist
Jenni Lee US Journalist
Elizabeth Danheim US Journalist
Tom Spencer US Phone Journalist
Qasim Iqbal Hotel Manager
Fabienne Khaldi Mariane's Mother
Gigi Ledron Woman in Orange
Aimee Matimbia French Midwife
Harvesp Viraf Chiniwala Baby Adam
Nassim Benbrik Adam Aged 4
Barney Welch Reporter
Technical Credits
Michael Winterbottom Director,Screenwriter
Raphaël Benoliel Production Manager
Wendy Brazington Casting
David Bryan Art Director
Peter Christelis Editor
Laurence Coriat Screenwriter
Danny Daniel Sound Mixer
Alice Dawson Production Manager
Mark Digby Production Designer
Peter Digby Editor
Andrew Eaton Producer
Mike Elliott Asst. Director
Dede Gardner Producer
Bijon Das Gupta Art Director
Harry Escott Score Composer
Texas Hunsaker Costumes/Costume Designer
Janice Janecek Costumes/Costume Designer
Marese Langan Makeup
Ellen Lewis Casting
Fiona McCann Costumes/Costume Designer
Molly Nyman Score Composer
Dilip More Art Director
Asra Nomani Consultant/advisor
John Orloff Screenwriter
Anita Overland Co-producer
Melissa Parmenter Production Manager
Mariane Pearl Consultant/advisor
Brad Pitt Producer
Mozez Singh Production Manager
Christopher Stull Art Director
Arti Gupta Surendranath Producer
Andrew Tapper Art Director
Charlotte Walter Costumes/Costume Designer
Marcel Zsykind Cinematographer
Marcel Zyskind Cinematographer
|