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[Patrick F]

From IMDB : all the latest information about this much expected movie :

A Mighty Heart (2007)

Overview
Director:
Michael Winterbottom
Writers:
Mariane Pearl (book) and
Sarah Crichton (story) ...

Release Date: 19 September 2007 (Belgium) (Sorry about that, but it's my country!)
Genre:
Drama / War
Plot Outline:
Mariane Pearl (Jolie) embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan.
Production Notes/Status:
Status:
Completed
Comments:
Confirmed to premiere at Cannes on May 21st.
Status Updated:
18 April 2007
Note:
Since this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.


Cast(Credited cast)

Angelina Jolie ... Mariane Pearl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Irfan Khan ... Captain

Archie Panjabi ... Asra Q. Nomani
Will Patton ... Randall Bennett

Christine Rose ... International Press
Dan Futterman ... Daniel Pearl

Jillian Armenante ... Maureen Platt

Denis O'Hare ... John Bussey

Demetri Goritsas ... John Skelton

Kimberly Ensey ... Press
Jacob Gaffney ... News Reporter

San Banarje

Lisa Carnahan ... News Reporter

Zaayan Lala
Aly Khan

Edwin Reck ... Chef in Parking Storage

Scott A. Stevens ... Network News Reporter
Adnan Siddiqui ... Dost
Sajid Hasan ... Zubair
Zachary Coffin ... Matt McDowell
Mikail Lotia ... Hasan
Harvasp Chiniwala ... Adam Pearl
Azfar Ali ... Asra's Boyfriend
Rana Haddad ... International Press

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[Patrick F]

OK, I was joking in the previous post, release date in Belgium, it's correct of course, here are the other countries, aren't we on World Wide Web, after all ?

Release dates for
A Mighty Heart (2007)

Country Date
USA 22 June 2007 (limited)
Mexico 14 September 2007
Spain 14 September 2007
Belgium 19 September 2007
France 19 September 2007
Netherlands 20 September 2007
Denmark 21 September 2007
UK 28 September 2007
Denmark 5 October 2007
Sweden 5 October 2007
Norway 12 October 2007
Australia 18 October 2007
Germany 18 October 2007
Turkey 19 October 2007
Finland 26 October 2007

[Patrick F]

From Allociné (Allociné A mighty Heart)

Info : the movie will be presented at Cannes Festival 2007, but it won't be competing ! (Of course it's too good, let's leave a chance to the other movies )

[Patrick F]

As told here above, a Mighty Heart at Cannes ! Angie will be opening the festival, read this story from Just Jared :

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Brad & Angelina to do the Cannes Cannes

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are set to open the Cannes Film Festival on May 16 in France with A Mighty Heart, produced by Pitt’s company, Plan B.

“The story unfolds like a mystery,” said Jolie, who plays Mariane Pearl, the widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. “You’ve got people collecting clues and trying to solve what happened. But it’s also very real and personal. We didn’t want it to be too melodramatic or too polished. We didn’t want it to be a typical movie.”

Says co-star Dan Futterman (pictured), “It would usually take about five minutes before people would figure out that it was Angelina. So we ended up shooting a lot of the exterior stuff in five-minute increments.”

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[LadyKatrin]

Am sure it`s going to be a very good movie, sounds very interesting! Can`t wait!
Thanx 4 posting!

[Patrick F]

There is also Solo's post in Angelina in the media ! Thank you solo ! http://forum.tombrai...tyle_emoticons/default/smile.gif
However lemme put the link to the official site of the movie here :
A Mighty Heart, the movie.

[Patrick F]

Angie as Marianne Pearl in the movie, of course for Angie to be credible she had to meet Mrs Pearl, and now they have become kinda befriended !
Read ths from ContactMusic :

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JOLIE BONDED WITH PEARL OVER PLAYDATES
ANGELINA JOLIE and the woman she plays in her hard-hitting new movie A MIGHTY HEART became fast friends after arranging a playdate with their kids. The actress plays murdered journalist Daniel Pearl's wife Mariane in the film and only landed the deal after befriending the grieving widow. Pearl admits she knew she and Jolie were kindred spirits and got in touch to arrange a mothers' meeting. In a new Glamour magazine interview, conducted with the two friends, Jolie admits she was thrilled and a little intimidated about her first meeting with Pearl. She says, "I remember being amazed by your courage and your grace - but I also sensed, she's an interesting woman, I wonder what she's really like. "When I got the note, I was thrilled to hear that you wanted to have a playdate. Later I realised that Mariane and I are the two worst people to plan a playdate in the history of playdates... because she hates the phone as much as I do. So it almost didn't happen." But Jolie admits she's glad the couple got the chance to meet; she found Pearl "an intelligent European woman." The pair's children have now also become great friends - Jolie's adopted son Maddox and Pearl's son Adam have bonded over Disney cartoon The Jungle Book and the actress' adopted daughter Zahara is "madly in love with Adam."

[Patrick F]

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JOLIE FEARED PEARL WOULD HATE HER PORTRAYAL OF HER
ANGELINA JOLIE struggled to play her pal Mariane Pearl in new movie A Mighty Heart - because she worried the French writer would hate her portrayal. The actress befriended murdered journalist Daniel Pearl's widow long before she decided to play her on the big screen and feared she'd turn her pal against her when she took on the role. Jolie reveals, "I was so nervous. I mean, it's like you're in roomful of your closest friends and somebody says, 'Why don't you get up and imitate the friend to your left?'" In a new Glamour magazine interview with both Jolie and Pearl, the actress admits, "I tried to get you right - your hair and that accent that changes all the time." Jolie adds, "Much more than how Mariane looks or acts, I wanted to express her essence. I've come to respect her so much."

(ContactMusic)

[Patrick F]

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JOLIE KEEN TO SHOW PEARL LOVE STORY IN NEW FILM
ANGELINA JOLIE and DANIEL FUTTERMAN made a pact to fall in love on the set of new movie A MIGHTY HEART - because they wanted to show a young boy just how much his mum and dad cared for each other. The actors wanted to show little Adam Pearl his parents, Mariane and Daniel Pearl, enjoyed a great romance before tragedy struck and claimed the life of his father. The U.S. journalist was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan in 2002. Jolie became friends with Pearl's widow before filming began and her children played with Mariane's son Adam, so it was important to the actress that she and Futterman, who plays Daniel in the new film, fought to make sure the Pearls' story was not focused solely on the tragedy. She tells Glamour magazine, "That was one of the reasons doing this movie was hard for me; I know Adam and I know he's going to see it. I want him to know how much his parents madly, madly loved each other. "Danny Futterman and I would talk about that: 'God, are we going to be connected enough? Are we going to be desperately in love like Danny and Mariane were?' "I usually can't watch things I'm in but I was able to watch this and think about them as a couple and smile a lot."

(ContactMusic)

[Patrick F]

Angie is such a good actress because, as I say, she doesn't play her characters, she actually experiences what they do in the movies. Here again, a sad event (her mom's death) inspired her in her latest movie :

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DEATH OF JOLIE'S MOTHER INSPIRED ACTRESS ON SET
ANGELINA JOLIE inadvertently resorted to method acting on the set of new movie A Mighty Heart, when she learned her mother had died before shooting a crucial scene. Marcheline Bertrand passed away in January (07) after a long battle with cancer, just days before Jolie acted out the moment her real-life character Mariane Pearl discovered her journalist husband Daniel Pearl had been executed in Iraq. Jolie, who recently described filming the scene as "the hardest thing I've ever done", says, "By some strange twist my mother passed away just before we shot that. "It was such a great reminder of Mariane's strength in that moment and how lucky I was to have had all those years with my mother. "When I went on set, everyone was saying, 'I'm so sorry for your loss' to me, and then they were saying the same thing to me as Mariane in the scene. "It was really strange."

[Patrick F]

and this incident at Cannes (ContactMusic) :

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JOURNALIST BEGS FOR PEARL'S FORGIVENESS AT CANNES

The CNN reporter who asked grieving widow MARIANE PEARL if she'd seen the video of her husband's execution used the press conference surrounding ANGELINA JOLIE's new film to apologise for his thoughtlessness. Chris Burns stunned Pearl with his tough questions during a TV interview in February 2002 and begged her forgiveness during a Cannes Film Festival press conference on Monday (21May07). The journalist stood as Pearl, Jolie - who plays her in new film A Mighty Heart - and Brad Pitt were promoting the movie, and reminded the single mother of his poor judgment. Burns said, "Have you maybe forgiven me for that question? It was journalistic instinct that I regret." Smiling Pearl said, "I accept your apologies."

Very professional attitude ! A pity not all journalists behave like that !

[Patrick F]

From CNN now :

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Angelina Jolie on 'A Mighty Heart'
CANNES, France (CNN) -- One of the films showing at Cannes this year is Michael Winterbottom's "A Mighty Heart." It follows the story of murdered journalist, Daniel Pearl, who was beheaded by Pakistani militants in 2002. Based on the book by his widow, writer Mariane Pearl, it stars Dan Futterman and Angelina Jolie.

The Screening Room talked to Angelina Jolie about truth, brutality and her relationship with Mariane Pearl.

CNN: This film sticks to the truth like glue. What was that like for you as an actress?

Angelina Jolie: It was an amazing experience for me, technically, as an actress to work with a director like Michael Winterbottom, who is so set on honesty and honest moments. He dedicates himself; he was obsessive about understanding and meeting with every single person and learning about the facts, learning about the history. He impressed all of them with his knowledge and he gave us a great education. He's the only person that I believe could have made this film and we all felt we were in his capable hands.

CNN: Tell us about your relationship with Mariane Pearl.

Jolie: We first got in contact about four years ago to have a play date because our children are very close in age and we were both single moms at the time. Since then, we slowly got to know each other and during this process [of making "A Mighty Heart"] had a chance to really get to know each other.

She is a remarkable woman, a great friend and a wonderful mom, and she's taught me a lot. We've joked because it's the first time I've had a really great relationship with a journalist, but she's a really great woman and she's so supportive of other women and other journalists. She's a really open, compassionate, interesting person -- I set out to do a film and I ended up making a great lifelong friend who's taught me so much.

CNN: Michael Winterbottom doesn't direct his actors as such, and he was telling us about the scene when you emitted that horrible scream. As an actress did what you delivered surprise you?

Jolie: Yes, it did, actually. We had no plan 'cause I don't think you can ever plan those things really. I had no idea exactly how she reacted -- I couldn't ask her, so I never did.

On that night we all thought about Danny, we thought about Mariane, we thought about what that news would be like and we thought about that little boy. I guess something overwhelmed everybody that night because everybody was emotional. Maybe it was just the brutality and the horrors of what people are capable of in this world and what happens to families.

CNN: And when you actually came to filming, what happened?

Jolie: Michael said to me, if you're comfortable, leave the door open and if you're not, slam the door and I'll know not to come in. That was our only signal; that was his only direction. So I left the door open.

CNN: This film sticks to the truth, it's restrained and it lets the story speak for itself. Do you think cinema can play a role in being truthful, not just telling stories?

Jolie: Absolutely, and again, I don't think anybody does it better than Michael. It's the kind of film I like to see. If somebody's presenting a story that they say is truthful, then I want to learn, I want to know what really happened. I don't want somebody else's idea of what's a more exciting truth. I'm not going to the movie to be entertained, I'm going to that movie to be educated: hopefully we did try to do that.

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[Patrick F]

We all know there's a link between Angie's real life and her character's lives. Read this about her pregnancy (ContactMusic) :

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JOLIE 'CONNECTED' TO PREGNANT CHARACTER
ANGELINA JOLIE used her recent experience of pregnancy to help relate to her real-life character MARIANE PEARL's trauma at learning her husband was missing. The actress plays the widow of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl - who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan in 2002 - in new film A Mighty Heart. But she insists her characterisation would have been much weaker had she not given birth to daughter Shiloh Nouvel with boyfriend Brad Pitt months earlier (May06). Jolie says, "People tend to forget that Mariane was five and a half months pregnant at the time. So through all of her fighting, trying to stay calm and working so hard to find her husband, losing sleep over it, she was heavily pregnant. "When we were going over this story, I was thinking about that. I remember being six months pregnant and thinking, I can't imagine not having the father with me. "So as a woman it made me so much more connected to Mariane."

[Patrick F]

... and other tips to play a pregnant woman in a realistic way (ContactMusic) :

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JOLIE TAKES BIRTH TIPS FROM WINTERBOTTOM FOR NEW MOVIE
ANGELINA JOLIE took acting tips from director MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM in a bid to make the birth scene in A Mighty Heart look realistic. The actress, who plays the pregnant widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, admits she found the natural birth scene difficult to act because her daughter Shiloh Nouvel had been delivered via Caesarean section. She says, "The birth scene was actually very funny because when I gave birth I had a Caesarean and I didn't scream at all. "Michael had to explain how a woman behaves in labour. It was funny that a bunch of men explained what to do." "I had to scream at the top of my lungs and all these men were screaming, showing me how to scream."

[Patrick F]

When a new movie is released, there are press conferences of course, and as usual (and she's right) Angie doesn't wish to talk about private matters ! (ContactMusic)

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JOLIE CENSORS REPORTERS AT PRESS FREEDOM BENEFIT
ANGELINA JOLIE insisted reporters sign an agreement not to ask questions about her "personal relationships" at the premiere of A MIGHTY HEART last night (13Jun07) - despite the event doubling as a freedom of the press benefit. The actress laid down some strict ground rules for the media at the New York City screening, which raised awareness for the Reporters Without Borders organisation, reports Roger Friedman on FoxNews.com. Jolie plays the pregnant widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in the film. Journalists were requested to refrain from asking Jolie "any questions regarding her personal relationships" and if they did she "will have the right to immediately terminate the interview and leave". Reporters were also instructed that "the interview may only be used to promote the picture... The interview will not be used in a manner that is disparaging, demeaning, or derogatory to Ms. Jolie."

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JOLIE BACKTRACKS ON CENSORING INTERVIEWS
LATEST: ANGELINA JOLIE has backtracked after insisting reporters sign an agreement not to ask "personal" questions at the premiere of A MIGHTY HEART - she is granting an interview to a news agency that refused to do so. Before Wednesday's (13Jun07) premiere in New York, Jolie laid down some strict ground rules for the media, despite the event doubling as a freedom of the press benefit. As reported by Roger Friedman on FoxNews.com, journalists were requested to refrain from asking Jolie "any questions regarding her personal relationships" and if they did she "will have the right to immediately terminate the interview and leave". Reporters were also instructed that "the interview may only be used to promote the picture... The interview will not be used in a manner that is disparaging, demeaning, or derogatory to Ms. Jolie." However, after Associated Press refused to sign a document regarding an interview scheduled for later today (15Jun07), Jolie has agreed to do the interview anyway. Associated Press' Paul Colford says, "(We were) asked to sign a document pertaining to an interview with her... but declined to sign because it is not AP policy to do so. Jolie has agreed to the one-on-one interview without the signed document."

[CJ13]

[quote name='Patrick F' date='Jun 15 2007, 08:50' post='11417']
When a new movie is released, there are press conferences of course, and as usual (and she's right) Angie doesn't wish to talk about private matters ! (ContactMusic)
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she should not have to talk about personal matters. "A Mighty Heart" is a very good film - a recorded historical understanding for Adam Pearl regarding the character and strengths of both his parents and perhaps a wakeup to others . Freedom of the press - yes, I agree for those matters of importance (without compromising potential ability to protect). Should this freedom extend into the personal lives of those who step up to reveal the issues - No. The press is beginning to remind me of Ayn Rand's Ellsworth Toohey and [u]Fountainhead[/u]. How sad...

[Patrick F]

Hi, CJ13 and welcome to the forums. I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie, I'll get Marianne's book in a coupla days as well as the soundtrack and the film will be in my country this September. Journalism can be a very dangerous job (let's take what happens to journalists in mission in Iraq and Afghanistan).

[Patrick F]

Lemme ad this item here, I got it as usually from ContactMusic : Mariane Pearl sues El Qaeda.
More :

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PEARL WIDOW SUES AL QAEDA

The tragic widow portrayed by ANGELINA JOLIE in A MIGHTY HEART is suing radical groups, including al Qaeda and Pakistan-based Habib Bank, over her husband's 2002 murder. Mariane Pearl, the wife of slaim U.S. journalist Daniel Paerl, filed her lawsuit at the U.S. District Court For The Eastern District Of New York on Wednesday (18Jul07). It reads, "Plaintiffs seek to hold responsible those terrorists, terrorist organisations and the supporting charitable and banking organisations for the senseless kidnapping, torture and murder of Daniel Pearl... "Habib and its subsidiaries aided, abetted and provided material support in the form of financial services for the terrorist support organisations." Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel was kidnapped in Pakistan, before being tortured and then beheaded by militants, an act captured on videotape. Mariane Pearl is seeking unspecified damages and just whatever is deemed "appropriate" to stop the defendants committing similar acts again. Her agony in the days following her husband's kidnapping and then murder was captured by Jolie in 2007 drama A Mighty Heart.

[Patrick F]

A good week for me this week : I've got Mariane Pearl's book "A Mighty Heart". Beautifully written, she expresses her feelings, her love for Daniel, her worries ...
It's a good idea to read it before watching the moving. Really, do get it ! It's absolutely worth reading !

[Patrick F]

The link to the official site of A Mighty heart
Enjoy the trailer, the photos !!!