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The Kite Runner Details

2007 Certificate 12
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Based on the international bestseller by Khaled Hosseini, THE KITE RUNNER is a fascinating historical epic set in 20th-century Afghanistan. In 1978, Amir (Zekiria Ebrahimi) and Hassan (Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada) are young boys living in Kabul, where Hassan and his father, Ali (Nabi Tanha), work as servants for Amir and his father, .. Read more

Starring Shaun Toub, Homayon Ershadi, Khalid Abdalla, Said Tashimaoui
Director Marc Forster
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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The Kite Runner

Based on the international bestseller by Khaled Hosseini, THE KITE RUNNER is a fascinating historical epic set in 20th-century Afghanistan. In 1978, Amir (Zekiria Ebrahimi) and Hassan (Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada) are young boys living in Kabul, where Hassan and his father, Ali (Nabi Tanha), work as servants for Amir and his father, Baba (Homayoun Ershadi). Amir and Hassan make an excellent team in kite competitions, with Hassan having a gift for running kites, but after one contest, he is bullied by Assef (Elham Ehsas), who does unspeakable things to him as Amir watches from a distance and then runs away, not helping his friend. As the Russians and then the Taliban take over Afghanistan, Baba and Amir escape to America, where they make a new home in San Francisco. But even as he graduates from college and meets a beautiful young woman, Soraya (Atossa Leoni), who is also from Kabul, Amir (now played by Khalid Abdalla) is haunted by his cowardice and can't turn down an opportunity to try to make things right when it is offered by his father's old friend Rahim Khan (Shaun Toub)--even if it means risking his life. THE KITE RUNNER was adapted for the screen by David Benioff (THE 25TH HOUR), with much of the dialogue spoken in Dari, one of the primary languages in Afghanistan. Director Marc Foster (MONSTER'S BALL, FINDING NEVERLAND) does a deft job navigating the complicated story, which moves from Afghanistan to San Francisco and Pakistan (with much of the film actually shot in China), using many nonprofessional actors and a subtle score composed by Alberto Iglesias. Ebrahimi and Mahmoodzada make impressive debuts, with solid work by Abddalla, Leoni, and especially Ershadi.

Starring Shaun Toub, Homayon Ershadi, Khalid Abdalla, Said Tashimaoui, Atossa Leoni, Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada, Nabi Tanha
Director Marc Forster
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 4 mins
HD DVD: 2 hrs 4 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 8 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Collections 100 Hot Hits, 100 Most Wanted, Top 400 All-Time Rentals, Top Foreign Films, Top World Cinema
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language DVD: English
HD DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: English, Dutch
Blu-ray: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Released Production year: 2007

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DVD: 02 Jun 2008
HD DVD: not available
Blu-ray: 20 Jul 2009

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