A Mighty Heart (2007)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Michael Winterbottom

Writers (WGA):

John Orloff (screenplay)
Mariane Pearl (book)

Release Date:

22 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | History | Thriller

Tagline:

It was an event that shocked the world. This is the story you haven't heard.

Plot:

Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan.

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | Journalist | Pakistan | Interview | Wall Street Journal

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 14 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 15	3:15 PM	SHOW
Thur. July 16	12:15 AM	SHOW
Thur. July 23	4:35 PM	SHOW

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | French | Urdu | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R | Ireland:15A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | 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

Company:

Paramount Vantage

Trivia:

Based on the memoir "A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life & Death of My Husband Danny Pearl" by Mariane Pearl.

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.

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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Banged Up Abroad: India: Hostage to Terror (#2.7)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Otashi Anata

"I just want to tell him that I love him"

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.