A Mighty Heart (film)

A Mighty Heart is a 2007 drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom; It is an adaptation of Mariane Pearl's memoir, A Mighty Heart.A Mighty Heart was met with relatively positive reviews from both critics and viewers alike.

The film was screened out of competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, before being released in North America on June 22, 2007.

Plot

A Mighty Heart is a detailed account of the search for kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporterDaniel Pearl in 2002.

Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi by supporters of Omar Sheikh, who claimed responsibility (and was later captured and convicted but is appealing the ruling) for kidnapping and beheading Pearl in 2002. The movie also covers efforts by Pakistan's Security Forces, Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) to track the kidnappers and bring them to justice.

Cast

A Mighty Heart

A Mighty Heart is a memoir by Mariane Pearl, the widow of the slain American journalist Daniel Pearl.

The book has been reviewed by, among others, The Christian Science Monitor, the Chicago Sun-Times, The Spectator and The New York Review of Books.

A Mighty Heart has been made into a film, A Mighty Heart, with Angelina Jolie as Mariane Pearl, Dan Futterman as Daniel Pearl, and Archie Panjabi as their friend and colleague Asra Nomani. The movie also covers efforts by Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) and the Central Intelligence of Pakistan to track the kidnappers and bring them to justice.

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