On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a caf? with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initiates a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanimo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pear... l is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined.Read moreLess
A Mighty Heart has to serve a number of masters ??? the somber story surrounding the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, the magnetic star quality of actress Angelina Jolie, the quasi-documentary style of director Michael Winterbottom ??? and it does so remarkably well.
That's a lot to juggle, but the resulting film, both moving and frighteningly real, so plays to everyone's strengths that it's clear that none of the elements would have fared as well without their connection with the other two.
The narrative of the doomed search for Pearl, for instance, taken from the bestselling book written by his widow, Mariane Pearl, could ...
The sad saga of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl has made it to the bigscreen with facts, figures and beating heart intact in A Mighty Heart. In his first studio venture, Michael Winterbottom coaxes forth a staggering wealth of detail from this terse, methodical account of Pearl's kidnapping and murder in Pakistan, seen through the eyes of those who sought his return. Given audiences' resistance to films dealing with 9/11 and its aftermath, soberly restrained pic reps a mighty tough sell, though Angelina Jolie's performance as Pearl's widow should broaden prospects for the June 22 Stateside release.
There can be no argument: Michael Winterbottom's film of the kidnap and brutal murder of journalist Daniel Pearl is a sensitive, respectful and methodical account that's as far removed from Hollywood sensationalism as possible. Despite the A-list sheen - with Angelina Jolie starring as Pearl's wife Mariane and her real-life partner Brad Pitt acting as producer - this is most certainly a film that bends to Winterbottom's will. Shot with a documentary-like feel, at times it feels as if the cameras were really there as this tragic saga unfolded.
Based on the book 'A Mighty Heart' written by Mariane Pearl, the film sticks closely to her as she begins a fraught - and...
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