A Mighty Heart

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Call Number: Blu-ray Drama Mighty
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Based on the book by Mariane Pearl.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: "A journey of passion: the making of A mighty heart" featurette; public service announcement; committee to protect journalists; theatrical trailer (in HD).
Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irrfan Khan, Archie Panjabi, Will Patton.
On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane. She is also a reporter. On the day they are to leave, Daniel carefully arranged an interview in a café with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Daniel doesn't return, Mariane initiates a search. The Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives in an effort to discover who has him. They find that some of the reasons behind his kidnapping are based on the the U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, and possibly because Pearl is a Jew. Nine days later he is murdered and beheaded. Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined. Based on a true story.
Blu-ray disc, widescreen; Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 1080p High Definition.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Contents: Mighty heart.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Awesome submitted by mysterio on July 29, 2011, 9:57am Awesome

Angelina Jolie controversy submitted by willow on August 28, 2015, 5:19pm There has been some controversy over the choice of Angelina Jolie to play Mariane Pearl, particularly because of the skin darkening and hair curling used to play the mixed race Pearl.