A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, A... Read allA down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.
- Daoud
- (as Beehan Land)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe story is loosely based on Setara Hussainzada, the first woman to compete on Afghanistan's popular talent show Afghan Star (2009), a television show similar in concept to American Idol (2002).
- GoofsWhen Richie (Bill Murray) and Bombay Brian (Bruce Willis) go to the desert to do deliver the weapons/ammo and collect the money, one of the tribal elders tells them that they are being forced to grow poppy. However, Paktya province is virtually poppy-free, as the altitude is too high for that crop. On the other hand, it is common to find huge fields of marijuana plants.
- Quotes
Richie Lanz: Can you sing?
Merci: No. But, I can fuck you like a Mouseketeer on crack.
Richie Lanz: You can?
Merci: Sweets, I can do things to you that are illegal in every civilized nation in the world. I will leave you broken, drooling, and speaking in tongues like a hillbilly snake-handler.
- Crazy creditsJust after the closing credits begin, there is an inset scene running alongside. In it, Bill Murray haggles with a vendor who offers him colored string. The vendor speaks no English, while Murray carries on his side of the negotiation in English only. Murray rejects the string, saying "Do I look like a guy who uses string?", but he wants to buy a stuffed elephant with mirrors on it because early in the movie he promised to buy his daughter that exact item. In the end he also buys the colored string.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Celebrated: Bill Murray (2015)
- SoundtracksPop Star
Written and Performed by Cat Stevens
Courtesy of Island Records Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
- cjnavage
- Jan 22, 2016
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,020,664
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,470,592
- Oct 25, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $3,394,174
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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