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A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience. full summary | add synopsis
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4 nominations
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(11 articles)
Red Alert-the War Within in line for Greater Glory! - News
(From GlamSham. 27 October 2009, 12:08 AM, PDT)
Vinod Khanna plays a Naxalite Kobad Ghandy like character in Red Alert
(From RealBollywood. 16 October 2009, 8:16 PM, PDT)
(From GlamSham. 27 October 2009, 12:08 AM, PDT)
Vinod Khanna plays a Naxalite Kobad Ghandy like character in Red Alert
(From RealBollywood. 16 October 2009, 8:16 PM, PDT)
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Thoughtful, well crafted and Engaging
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ayad Akhtar | ... | Hassan |
 | Firdous Bamji | ... | Sayeed Choudhury |
 | Nandana Sen | ... | Duri Choudhury |
 | Sarita Choudhury | ... | Farida S. Choudhury |
 | Charles Daniel Sandoval | ... | Khalid |
| Varun Sriram | ... | Ali S. Choudhury |
| Anjeli Chapman | ... | Rasheeda S. Choudhury |
| John Ventimiglia | ... | Gabe |
 | Mike McGlone | ... | Mike O'Reilly |
 | Aasif Mandvi | ... | Abdul |
 | Ajay Naidu | ... | Naved |
| Kamal Marayati | ... | Imam |
| Wayman Ezell | ... | Izzy |
 | James Rana | ... | Saudi Man |
| Christopher Castelo | ... | Steven |
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Over the Mountains (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for violent images, some language and nudity.
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USA:90 min | Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Featured in 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (2006) (TV)
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I love this film. It works. It moved me, it frightened me and it shocked me. The idea of a fundamentalist suicide bomber living among his victims before his attack is one which strikes deep.
I didn't see Hassan simply as a machine or as a monster or as the incarnation of evil. I saw him as a man, like all men, capable of MAKING himself into a machine or a monster or the incarnation of evil should he chose to do so. And this film is about a man who makes that choice. Thankfully the filmmakers knew that the reasons for such a choice can't be explained in an entire lifetime let alone two hours.
All of the acting is refreshingly true. FIRDOUS BAMJI is heartbreaking. But AYAD AKHTAR holds it all together. His subtle portrayal is enough reason to see this film. He didn't take the easy road and serve as yet another facile illustration of how simple it is to tell the good guys from the bad guys.
This film asks those questions we in the West have been asking since September 11th. Most of them start with the word "how?" In art asking the questions as truthfully as you can is always better than providing the answers.