Release Date
June 22, 2007
DVD Release Date
October 16, 2007 (Buy on Amazon)
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
Running Time
108 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for horror violence, some sexual content and language
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.
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MOVIE REVIEW
A Mighty Heart was released to theaters in the middle of June, a surprising date considering its subject matter. Surrounded by super heroes and John McClanes, Paramount chose to counteract the offerings everyone wanted to see with a depressing drama about a woman's struggle to overcome the kidnapping of her journalist husband in Pakistan.
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