Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 06/22/2007(USA
Release Date: 03/24/2009
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DTHD/DD5.1
Run Time: 108 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
Angelina Jolie stars as
Mariane Pearl, wife of slain journalist
Daniel Pearl, in director
Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of
Mariane's memoir recounting the abduction and murder of her husband (played in the film by
Dan Futterman) by Pakistani militants. It was on January 23, 2002, that
Mariane Pearl's life took a grim and unanticipated turn that no one could have seen coming. The South Asia Bureau Chief for the
Wall Street Journal,
Daniel Pearl, was in Pakistan with his pregnant wife,
Mariane, when he set out to conduct one last interview for an upcoming article; the pair were due to fly back home to the U.S. shortly thereafter. By all accounts, it was the same type of interview he had conducted a hundred times before, and though the only concern that
Daniel had voiced beforehand was that he might be a bit late for dinner, it would soon become obvious that something had gone horribly awry. Later, in an attempt to rise above the seething vengeance and cycle of violence that the post-9/11 world has fallen into and familiarize her newborn son with the father he will never know,
Mariane penned
A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl. The remarkable true story behind the murder that shook the entire world,
Mariane's deeply personal novel is adapted for the screen by the BAFTA award-winning director of
The Road to Guantanamo.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
;)
