A MIGHTY HEART
On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl’s world changed forever. Her husband Daniel, South Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid. The story drew them to Karachi where a go-between had promised access to an elusive source. As Danny left for the meeting, he told Mariane he might be late for dinner. He never returned.
In the face of death, Danny’s spirit of defiance and his unflinching belief in the power of journalism led Mariane to write about his disappearance, the intense effort to find him and his eventual murder in her memoir A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl. Six months pregnant when the ordeal began, she was carrying a son that Danny hoped to name Adam. She wrote the book to introduce Adam
Year of production: 2006
Country: United States, United Kingdom
Duration: 108 minutes
Credits
- Michael WINTERBOTTOM Director
- John ORLOFF Screenplay
- Marcel ZYSKIND Cinematography
- Mark DIGBY Production Design
- Molly NYMAN Music
- Harry ESCOTT Music
- Peter CHRISTELIS Editing
Casting
- Irrfan KHAN Captain
- Gary WILMES Steve Levine
- Will PATTON Randall Bennett
- Denis O’HARE John Bussey
- Dan FUTTERMAN Daniel Pearl
- Archie PANJABI Asra
- Angelina JOLIE Mariane Pearl
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