THE KITE RUNNER - Crew and Cast
Hi friends in this article let us discuss about the crew and cast of this film "KITE RUNNER".For the general introduction about the film, you can click here
Crew Information
i)This film was directed by the famous German born director Marc Forster, who was well known for his previous film that includes Monster's Ball and Finding Neverland.Even though this is film is based on a novel, he has done an excellent job and he made each and every scene very naturally and the cinematography was also excellent and he made sure that many of the locations that we see in this film are very pleasant to our eyes.
ii)This film is produced by Walter Parkes, Laurie McDonald, Sam Mendes and Sidney Kimmel and distributed by DreamWorks and Paramount Vantage
iii)The Novel was written by Khaled Hosseini and from this the adapted screenplay for this movie is done by David Benioff.
iv)Alberto Iglesias composed the music for this film and it was really good.This was also nominated for the Best Original Score at the Golden Globe and Academy Awards.
v)One of the best part of this movie is the cinematography and this was done by Roberto Schaefer and I assure you that after watching this movie you might want to go to Afghanistan.Really Afghanistan is such a wonderful place and if thereis no war, then it would have become one of the best tourist spot.
vi)The editing for this film is done by Matt Chesse
vii)Officially this film was released on December 14, 2007 in USA,December 26, 2007 in UK and January 17, 2008 Australia.
viii)It was released in both English and Dari Persian language.
ix)The budget for this film is 92 crores and it has earned around 340 crores.
x)This film was also nominated for the Best Foreign Language category at the Golden Globe Awards.
xi)Eventhough most of the films were shot in Afghanistan, due to security problem some scenes are also taken in China and mainly in Kashgar region.
xii)The interesting thing in this movie is that the author of the book Khaled Hosseini also done a cameo role in this film
for around 10 seconds as a doctor in the climax scene, where he was seen speaking with Amir.
Cast Performed by the Artists
i)Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada as Young Hassan(belongs to Hazara ethinicity), and he is a child actor, who is 14 years of age at present .This is a very good character and moreover Ahmad has done a great job in this character.He was really willing to continue in this field but he felt that a particular scene in this film made his friend tease him in his school.He was paid
$17,500 for this movie and many felt that he was underpaid.
ii)Zekeria Ebrahimi as Young Amir and this is a character which travels throughout the film and this character is the base of
the story, both as young and senior.He was responsible for his friendship to be broken with Hassan.But later when he realises the truth he tries to find the solution for the sin he has committed at the young age.He was also paid $17,500.
iii)Khalid Abdalla as senior Amir and the introduction of this character takes place in USA where he gets his graduation and
later get married.He the travels back to Afghanistan so as to find the son of Hassan and wants to find the remedy for the
mistake he had committed at his young age.
iv)Homayoun Ershadi as Baba and he is the father of Amir.But later in the film you will find the secret, and how Baba is responsible for this.Amir also believe that his father doesn't like him, as his mother was died when Amir was born.Baba appears in most of the scenes in this film.He also likes Hassan and you can find the find the reason why he has a soft corner towards him.He is also responsible for the marriage of Amir.He is also against Russia and Communism.
v)Atossa Leoni as Soraya and she is also an Afghan who lives in USA and she marries Amir, after being inspired by the writing skills of Amir.Amir and Leoni don't have child and at last they adopt the child of Hassan and the reason why they chose him will be discussed in the article later.
vi)Shaun Toub as Rahim Khan, and he is the most inspiring person for Amir.Even when Amir was young and wrote stories Rahim was the person who encouraged him, and Amir was very happy.Even Amir's father didn't encourage Amir for his writings.He is a very good friend of Baba and he takes care of the Baba's house, when Baba and Amir left Kabul due to the invasion of Russia.Rahim.who was in Peshawar, calls Amir , who was in USA in the opening scene of the film and he asks him to come back to Kabul and he also says Amir about the important secret.He also sends a very good driver,Farid to take Amir to Kabul and return safely.
vii)Elham Ehsas as Young Assef, and he is one of the big boy who always teases Hassan and he also goes to the extent of torturing Hassan.And after 30 years he is also shown as Taliban leader and he also stonned a woman to death in the football ground and this character is done by Abdul Salaam Yusoufzai.He also meets Amir when Amir came back to Kabul after a long time to get Sohrab
viii)Ali Danish Bakhtyari as Sohrab and he is the son of Hassan and he was paid $13,700 for this film.Both his father(Hassan) and his mother(Farzana) were shot dead by Taliban and Sohrab was in an orphanage. From the orphanage Sohrab was taken by the Taliban and later saved and taken to USA by Amir.
ix)Said Taghmaoui as Farid and he is a very good person.He takes Amir to Kabul and brings back safely to Peshawar.While he was going to Kabul he asks Amir to glue on a fake beard, so that the Taliban believes that he belongs to Afghanistan.He is a very good person and he is also a famous artist and you might have seen him in many films like Traitor,Vantage point,G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and also in the famous TV serial Lost(in 5th season) as a character called Caesar.
x)Qadir Farookh as General Taheri and he is the father of Soraya.Initially he was interested Amir as his son-in-law but later
he accepts for the marriage.He also opposed the adoption of Sohrab by Amir as he felt that Sohrab belong to Hazara family.
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