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The Kite Runner (2007) -- After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
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The Kite Runner (2007) -- After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
David Benioff (screenplay)
Khaled Hosseini (novel)
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Release Date:
26 December 2007 (UK) more
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Tagline:
There is a way to be good again.
Plot:
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 13 nominations more
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Excellent film, music & cinematography more (179 total)

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Also Known As:
Cometas en el cielo (Argentina) (Mexico) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul (Belgium: French title) (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Drachenläufer (Germany) [de]
Drage løberen (Denmark) [da]
Drageløberen (Denmark) [da]
Drageløperen (Norway) [no]
Flyga drake (Sweden) [sv]
Hartaetoi pano ap' tin poli (Greece) [el]
Il cacciatore di aquiloni (Italy) [it]
Kimi no tame nara sen kai demo (Japan) [ja]
Leijapoika (Finland) [fi]
Lohelennutaja (Estonia) [et]
O Caçador de Pipas (Brazil) [pt]
Uçurtma avcisi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for strong thematic material including the rape of a child, violence and brief strong language.
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128 min
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Trivia:
Director Mark Forster mentions at 11:10 in the DVD commentary that his passion to make the film as authentic as possible was responsible for his insistence on filming Afghanistani characters speaking in Dari (with English subtitles). At 91:37 author Khaled Hosseini says "Iran and Afghanistan share a language - they call it Farsi in Iran and we call it Dari in Afghanistan - it's essentially the same language, but the accent is very different." He mentions at 97:38 that the speaker at the soccer game is speaking in Pashdu, the other main language of Afghanistan. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Hassan first points the slingshot at the three big guys to save Amir it is crossed but in the next shot it appears to be normal again. more
Quotes:
Amir: [explaining Sohrab's presence] You see, General Sahib, my father slept with his servant's wife, and she bore him a son named Hassan. Hassan is dead now. That boy sleeping in the other room is Hassan's son. He's my nephew. That's what you tell people when they ask. And one more thing, General Sahib: you will never again refer to him as "a Hazara boy" in my presence. He has a name, and it's Sohrab. more
Movie Connections:
Features The Magnificent Seven (1960) more
Soundtrack:
Beds are Burning more

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84 out of 117 people found the following review useful.
Excellent film, music & cinematography, 28 November 2007
10/10
Author: ictconnect from San Francisco Bay Area

The Kite Runner was beautiful, poignant and very moving. I particularly loved the two child actors in the film as well as the actor portraying the father. It really made me want to go back and read the book again.

The music was a wonderful part of the fabric of the movie. If there is a soundtrack coming out for the film, I will buy it to accompany my second reading of the book. It is also a visually stunning film. The cinematography was gorgeous and really added to experience.

The Brazilian word 'saudades' is very descriptive of how I felt at the end of the film..."it is a deep feeling of longing for someone or someplace, which is very sweet but also tinged with an inescapable sadness" (definition provided years ago by Antonio Carlos Jobim).

Saw it at a small cinema here for an advance screening. I would love to see it again on a really large screen with a tricked out sound system.

Can't wait for the formal release. I will definitely recommend the film to friends.

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