The Kite Runner (2007)
December 14, 2007Release Date
The Kite Runner (2007)
December 14, 2007Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Khalid Abdalla
Amir
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada
Young Hassan
Atossa Leoni
Soraya
Shaun Toub
Rahim Khan
Saïd Taghmaoui
Farid
Zekeria Ebrahimi
Young Amir
Mustafa Haidari
Party Worker
Mir Mahmood Shah Hashimi
Business Man in Baba's Study
Homayoun Ershadi
Baba
Ali Danish Bakhty Ari
Sohrab
Nabi Tanha
Ali
Elham Ehsas
Young Assef
Bahram Ehsas
Wali
Marc Forster
Director
David Benioff
Writer
Tamim Nawabi
Kamal
Mohamad Nabi Attai
Uncle Saifo the Kite Seller
Khaled Hosseini
Writer
William Horberg
Producer
Walter F. Parkes
Producer
Mohamad Nadir Sarwari
Spice Merchant
E. Bennett Walsh
Producer
Kenny Santiago Marrero
Russian Solider (uncredited)
Abe Nevin
Kid in Park (Uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 14, 2007
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Budget$20,000,000
Box Office$73,276,047
Filming LocationsSan Francisco, United States · Beijing · Peking, China
Genres
Wiki.
The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Benioff and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet military intervention, the mass exodus of Afghan refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.
Though most of the film is set in Afghanistan, these parts were mostly shot in Kashgar in Xinjiang, China, due to the dangers of filming in Afghanistan at the time. The majority of the film's dialogue is in Dari Persian, with the remainder spoken in English and a few short scenes in Pashto and Urdu. The child actors are native speakers, but several adult actors had to learn Dari. Filming wrapped up on December 21, 2006, and the film was expected to be released on November 2, 2007. However, after concern for the safety of the young actors in the film due to fears of violent reprisals to the sexual nature of some scenes in which they appear, its release date was pushed back six weeks to December 14, 2007. The controversial scenes also resulted in the film being banned from cinemas and distribution in Afghanistan itself.Made on a budget of $20 million, the film earned $73.2 million worldwide. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2007. The film's score by Alberto Iglesias was nominated for Best Original Score at the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards.