A Mighty Heart

Director: Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/16/2007
UPC:	0097363505242
Original Release:	2007
Rating:	R
Source:	Paramount
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Time:	1:48:00

Special Features

Closed Caption; "Journey of passion: the making of A Mighty Heart"; Public service announcement; Committee to protect journalists

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Angelina Jolie	Mariane Pearl
Dan Futterman	Daniel "Danny" Pearl
Irfan Khan	Javed Nabib, "Captain"
Denis O'Hare	John Bussey
Archie Panjabi	Asra Nomani
Will Patton	Randall Bennett
Gary Wilmes	Steve LeVine
Mohammad Afzal	Shabir
Mushtaq Ahmed	Danny's Taxi Driver
Daud Khan	Masud the Fixer
Telal Saeed	Kaleem Yusuf
Arif Kahn	Marianne's Taxi Driver
Tipu Taheer	Human Rights Director
Amit Dhawan	Technical Supervisor
Saira Nasir Khan	Nasrin
Alya Khan	Kashva
Sarah Mone	Female Guest
Bushra Parwani	Female Guest
Afar Zarachiwala	Male Guest
Danish Iqbal	Male Guest
Ali Tejani	Male Guest
Azfar Ali	Azlar
Ahmed Jamal	Khwaja
Perrine Moran	Ruth Pearl
Jeffry Kaplow	Judea Pearl
Ishaque Ahmed	Arif
Alyy Khan	Omar Saeed Sheikh, "Bashir"
Adnan Siddiqui	Dost Aliani
Shah Murad Aliani	Farooq
Imran Paracha	Major Major
Imran Patel	Jamal Paracha
Jean-Jacques Scaerou	Philippe Scaerou
Veronique Darleguy	Veronique Laurent
Jillian Armenante	Maureen Platt
Demitri Goritsas	John Skeleton
Zach Coffin	Matt MacDowell
Sajid Hasan	Zafir
Farooq Khan	Noor
Mikail Lotia	Hasan
Baba Shaikh	Phone Engineer
Amy Shindler	Michelle Pearl
William Hoyland	John Bauman
Bilal Saeed	Haider
Sean Chapman	US Journalist
Holly Goline	News Producer
Amy Rosenthal	Tamara Pearl
Nour Ayad	Ibrahim the Cook
Lynn Blades	News Reader
Ikram Bhatti	Gilani, Sheikh
Fahad Hussain	Farhad Naseem
Taj Khan	Suleiman
Hasan Ali	Cell Phone Worker
Naeem Sogay	Adil
Sujata Humane	Omar's Aunt
Sayed Masood	Doctor
Imran Hasny	Lawyer
Chad Chenouga	Satchi
Mike Rosen	US Journalist
Jenni Lee	US Journalist
Elizabeth Danheim	US Journalist
Tom Spencer	US Phone Journalist
Qasim Iqbal	Hotel Manager
Fabienne Khaldi	Mariane's Mother
Gigi Ledron	Woman in Orange
Aimee Matimbia	French Midwife
Harvesp Viraf Chiniwala	Baby Adam
Nassim Benbrik	Adam Aged 4
Barney Welch	Reporter

Technical Credits

Michael Winterbottom

Laurence Coriat

John Orloff

Michael Winterbottom	Director,Screenwriter
Raphaël Benoliel	Production Manager
Wendy Brazington	Casting
David Bryan	Art Director
Peter Christelis	Editor
Laurence Coriat	Screenwriter
Danny Daniel	Sound Mixer
Alice Dawson	Production Manager
Peter Digby	Editor
Mark Digby	Production Designer
Andrew Eaton	Producer
Mike Elliott	Asst. Director
Dede Gardner	Producer
Bijon Das Gupta	Art Director
Harry Escott	Score Composer
Texas Hunsaker	Costumes/Costume Designer
Janice Janecek	Costumes/Costume Designer
Marese Langan	Makeup
Ellen Lewis	Casting
Fiona McCann	Costumes/Costume Designer
Molly Nyman	Score Composer
Dilip More	Art Director
Asra Nomani	Consultant/advisor
John Orloff	Screenwriter
Anita Overland	Co-producer
Melissa Parmenter	Production Manager
Mariane Pearl	Consultant/advisor
Brad Pitt	Producer
Mozez Singh	Production Manager
Christopher Stull	Art Director
Arti Gupta Surendranath	Producer
Andrew Tapper	Art Director
Charlotte Walter	Costumes/Costume Designer
Marcel Zsykind	Cinematographer
Marcel Zyskind	Cinematographer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Mighty Heart
1. Scene 1 [3:17]
2. Scene 2 [3:48]
3. Scene 3 [4:20]
4. Scene 4 [2:35]
5. Scene 5 [5:08]
6. Scene 6 [1:52]
7. Scene 7 [6:59]
8. Scene 8 [:59]
9. Scene 9 [6:02]
10. Scene 10 [3:06]
11. Scene 11 [3:52]
12. Scene 12 [6:58]
13. Scene 13 [:51]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Mighty Heart
   Play
      Play Film With PSA Intro
      Play Film
   Set Up
      Audio Options
         English 5.1 Surround
         Français
         Español
      Subtitle Options
         English
         Français
         Español
         None
   Special Features
      A Journey of Passion: The Making of A Mighty Heart
      Committee to Protect Journalists
      Public Service Announcement - Pearl Foundation With Christiane Amanpour
      Previews
   Scene Selection