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Genres:
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Biography /
Drama /
History /
Thriller /
War /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Michael Winterbottom
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Actors:
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Dan Futterman,
Mohammed Afzal,
Daud Khan,
Telal Saeed,
Tipu Taheer,
Amit Dhawan,
Saira Nasir Khan,
Aliya Khan,
Sarah Mone,
Bushra Parwani,
Zafar Karachiwala,
Angelina Jolie,
Archie Panjabi,
Mushtaq Khan,
Arif Khan
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Duration:
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108 min.
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Rating:
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(6.7/10)176.5
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Plot Summary:
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Based on Mariane Pearl's memoir detailing the tragic record of her husband, Wall Street Paper columnist Danny Flower's life and liquidation. The story covers Danny's reasons looking for being in Karachi, Pakistan, the complete detective story of his abduction, the intense struggle of his wife, Mariane Pearl to discover him during the weeks following his disappearance and his unavoidable murder.
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Mighty Heart, A
Kenneth TuranA Mighty Heart has to serve a number of masters ??? the somber story surrounding the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, the magnetic star quality of actress Angelina Jolie, the quasi-documentary style of director Michael Winterbottom ??? and it does so remarkably well.
That's a lot to juggle, but the resulting film, both moving and frighteningly real, so plays to everyone's strengths that it's clear that none of the elements would have fared as well without their connection with the other two.
The narrative of the doomed search for Pearl, for instance, taken from the bestselling book written by his widow, Mariane Pearl, could have turned maudlin and treacly in other hands. Left to another story, Winterbottom could have falle...
Mighty Heart, A
Justin ChangThe sad saga of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl has made it to the bigscreen with facts, figures and beating heart intact in A Mighty Heart. In his first studio venture, Michael Winterbottom coaxes forth a staggering wealth of detail from this terse, methodical account of Pearl's kidnapping and murder in Pakistan, seen through the eyes of those who sought his return. Given audiences' resistance to films dealing with 9/11 and its aftermath, soberly restrained pic reps a mighty tough sell, though Angelina Jolie's performance as Pearl's widow should broaden prospects for the June 22 Stateside release.
Adapting Mariane Pearl's harrowing memoir, director Winterbottom, who previously ventured into Mideast politics with In This World and The Road to...
Mighty Heart, A
There can be no plea: Michael Winterbottom's mist of the kidnap and brutal murder of Daniel Flower is a sensitive, civil and methodical account that's as far removed from Hollywood sensationalism as possible. Despite the A-index sheen - with Angelina Jolie starring as Pearl's wife Mariane and her veritable-life cohort Brad Pitt acting as fabricator - this is most certainly a film that bends to Winterbottom's drive. Pellet with a documentary-like seem to be, at times it feels as if the cameras were de facto there as this tragic saga unfolded. Based on the book 'A Big Heart' written by Mariane Pearl, the photograph sticks closely to her as she begins a fraught - and fruitless - five-week search to find her conserve Daniel (played by Capote screenwriter Futterma...
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