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A Mighty Heart (2007) -- The film is based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.
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A Mighty Heart (2007) -- The film is based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.
A Mighty Heart (2007) -- The film is based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.

Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   12,440 votes
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Writers (WGA):
John Orloff (screenplay)
Mariane Pearl (book)
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Release Date:
22 June 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | History | Thriller | War more
Tagline:
It was an event that shocked the world. This is the story you haven't heard. more
Plot:
Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 14 nominations more
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User Comments:
"I just want to tell him that I love him" more (108 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Dan Futterman ... Daniel 'Danny' Pearl

Angelina Jolie ... Mariane Pearl

Archie Panjabi ... Asra
Mohammed Afzal ... Shabbir
Mushtaq Khan ... Danny's Taxi Driver (as Mushtaq Ahmed)
Daud Khan ... Masud the Fixer
Telal Saeed ... Kaleem Yusuf
Arif Khan ... Mariane’s Taxi Driver
Tipu Taheer ... Human Rights Director
Amit Dhawan ... Technical Supervisor
Saira Nasir Khan ... Nasrin
Aliya Khan ... Kashva
Sarah Mone ... Female Guest
Bushra Parwani ... Female Guest

Zafar Karachiwala ... Male Guest
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English | French | Urdu | Arabic
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
USA:R | Ireland:15A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:12 | Germany:12 | France:Unrated | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | Brazil:12 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | Norway:15 (TV rating)
Filming Locations:
Austin, Texas, USA more
Company:
Paramount Vantage more

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Trivia:
After Angelina Jolie was cast as Mariane Pearl, she and the filmmakers came in for a great deal of criticism, since Pearl's and Jolie's racial backgrounds are not similar, and Jolie played the role wearing makeup that somewhat darkened her own skin tone. The casting reminded many critics of the time in Hollywood when it was customary to cast "ethnic" roles with white actors in makeup rather than using black, Asian, or Native American actors. During a promotional press event for the movie, Jolie responded to the criticisms by saying, "the idea is, if you ask Marianne, because she did address that... if you did actually want to find somebody that was her exact makeup, she's actually majority Dutch, and she's as black as she is Chinese, and she's Cuban, and she's French. So, it could have gone to many different racial backgrounds, probably, if you went technical on it." Pearl herself approved of casting Jolie; in Time Magazine, Pearl said, "I have heard some criticism about her casting, but it is not about the color of your skin. It is about who you are. I asked her to play the role - even though she is way more beautiful than I am - because I felt a real kinship to her." more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: Since a lot of the movie was shot in Pune and Mumbai, a lot of scenes actually show taxis and roads of Mumbai and Pune. Though most cars in focus have the numbers changed, yet Fiat taxi's and trucks with Indian number plates are all over the place. more
Quotes:
Captain: [after the two men have just watched a man be tortured] Are you okay?
Randall Bennett: [smiling nervously] Yeah.
Captain: We'll go easy on this next guy. He's a jihadi, spent time in Afghanistan. And he's a police officer.
Randall Bennett: Man, I love this town.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Banged Up Abroad: India: Hostage to Terror (#2.7)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Yara Seeli Seeli more

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66 out of 107 people found the following comment useful.
"I just want to tell him that I love him", 22 June 2007
9/10
Author: screenwriter-14 from United States

MIGHTY HEART is an important film with a tremendous performance from Angelina Jolie and a superb cast that joins her on screen in a story that captures the fear of terrorism which we live with today. From the first frame to the final scene, the power of the camera which moves across the streets of Karachi and into the homes of its citizens, creates a pulse that moves the film forward with both excitement, dread and fear. Fear for not only Daniel Pearl's life, but for many victims of the destructive nature of terrorism the world over.

The film is intelligent, suspenseful, and captures the world of technology which we live in today-cell phones, IP addresses, computers and laptops and the internet-which connects us to both good and evil. There is an anti-American underlying theme in the film and through what America has done in both Afghanistan and Iraq, the audience can fathom the hatred felt for America in many parts of the world. Thus, MIGHTY HEART is a film which delivers both a tragic story, but also one for the United States of America as it continues the violent war in Iraq.

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