Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 06/22/07 Home Video 10/16/07 MPAA Rating Rated R for horror violence, some sexual content and language Running Time 1 hour 48 minutes Genre Drama Director Michael Winterbottom Writer Michael Winterbottom, Laurence Coriat, John Orloff Cast Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi, Will Patton, Irfan Khan, Sajid Hasan, Aly Khan, Denis O'Hare Studio Paramount Vantage |
A MIGHTY HEART
SYNOPSIS
On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl's world
changed forever. Her husband Daniel, South Asia
bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was
researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid.
The story drew them to Karachi where a go-between
had promised access to an elusive source. As
Danny left for the meeting, he told Mariane he might
be late for dinner. He never returned.
In the face of death, Danny's spirit of defiance and
his unflinching belief in the power of journalism led
Mariane to write about his disappearance, the
intense effort to find him and his eventual murder in
her memoir A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and
Death of My Husband Danny Pearl. Six months
pregnant when the ordeal began, she was carrying a
son that Danny hoped to name Adam. She wrote the
book to introduce Adam to the father he would never
meet. Transcending religion, race and nationality,
Mariane's courageous desire to rise above the
bitterness and hatred that continues to plague this
post 9/11 world, serves as the purest expression of
the joy of life she and Danny shared.
--© Paramount Vantage
On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl's world
changed forever. Her husband Daniel, South Asia
bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was
researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid.
The story drew them to Karachi where a go-between
had promised access to an elusive source. As
Danny left for the meeting, he told Mariane he might
be late for dinner. He never returned.
In the face of death, Danny's spirit of defiance and
his unflinching belief in the power of journalism led
Mariane to write about his disappearance, the
intense effort to find him and his eventual murder in
her memoir A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and
Death of My Husband Danny Pearl. Six months
pregnant when the ordeal began, she was carrying a
son that Danny hoped to name Adam. She wrote the
book to introduce Adam to the father he would never
meet. Transcending religion, race and nationality,
Mariane's courageous desire to rise above the
bitterness and hatred that continues to plague this
post 9/11 world, serves as the purest expression of
the joy of life she and Danny shared.
--© Paramount Vantage
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