A Mighty Heart (film)
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| A Mighty Heart | |
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| Directed by | Michael Winterbottom |
| Produced by | Brad Pitt Andrew Eaton Dede Gardner |
| Written by | Mariane Pearl (novel) Sara Crichton (story) Michael Winterbottom (screenplay) Laurence Coriat (screenplay) |
| Starring | Angelina Jolie Dan Futterman |
| Cinematography | Marcel Zyskind |
| Editing by | Peter Christelis |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 2007 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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A Mighty Heart is an upcoming 2007 film adaptation of Mariane Pearl's published memoir of the same title. [1]
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[edit] Plot
The film recounts the life and death of Daniel Pearl in 2002 by Pakistani militants.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Angelina Jolie | Mariane Pearl |
| Azfar Ali | Asra's Boyfriend |
| Jillian Armenante | Maureen Platt |
| Zachary Coffin | Matt McDowell |
| Dan Futterman | Daniel Pearl |
| Demetri Goritsas | John Skelton |
| Sajid Hasan | Zubair |
| Irfan Khan | Captain |
| Mikail Lotia | Hasan |
| Denis O'Hare | Bussey |
| Archie Panjabi | Asra Q. Nomani |
| Will Patton | Randall |
| Adnan Siddiqui | |
| Aly Khan |
[edit] Production
Currently, this film is in post production and due out in June 2007. It was shot at locations in Indian city of Pune. Pune was chosen because of its similarities to Karachi. Jolie originally wanted the film to shoot in Pakistan, but film had to be shot in India because they couldn't get permission to shoot in Pakistan.
[edit] Incidents
Shooting has been marred by several alleged incidents involving Jolie's security detail and locals. In the first reported incident, an Associated Press photographer was assaulted by bodyguards and threatned with a gun.
In the second, a security guard grabbed a photographer by the throat outside of the hotel where Jolie and companion Brad Pitt were staying.
The most recent incident occurred on November 16, 2006, at a school where bodyguards are accused of verbally abusing and assaulting parents who were picking up their children. Paparazzi were blamed for provoking the incident in an official statement by Dallington TV, the production company organizing the shoot. Jolie's bodyguards were subsequently arrested by police pending criminal charges. [2] Jolie fainted three times due to the heat in India
[edit] Trivia
- Jennifer Aniston was originally slated to play the role of Mariane Pearl.
- Jolie has fainted three times during the filming of this movie
- Mariane Pearl is of Afro-Cuban descent. Jolie wore an ethnic-style wig and make-up to appear Negroid.
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