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Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
December 14, 2007 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Marc ForsterStarring :
Wali Razaqi, Said Taghmaoui, Shaun Toub, Nasser Memarzia, Khalid Abdalla, Navid Negahban, Brian Vowell
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'The Kite Runner' Banned in Home Country
January 16, 2008 10:01:31The Afghanistan Ministry of Information and Culture has quietly banned the import and exhibition of "The Kite Runner" in the country. According to reports, the banning decision was taken in fear that the film based on Khaled Hosseini's best selling novel about childhood betrayal, ethnic tension and sexual predation in Afghanistan might create dangerous tensions between religious sects.
On Monday, January 14, to Reuters, the director of the state-run company Afghan Film, Latif Ahmadi said "On the basis of the instruction of the Information and Culture Ministry, the 'Kite Runner' film's depiction and import has been banned." In his statement, Ahmadi also noted that the ministry had formally given out the restriction notification to Afghanistan theater owners three months ago.
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Marc Forster Chases the Kite
September 13, 2005 09:09:37DreamWorks Pictures will in the near future out a new film. It's titled "The Kite Runner," an adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel that William Horberg is producing with Marc Forster to direct and David Benioff wrote the screenplay.
"The Kite Runner" follows a man who returns to his native Afghanistan, which is under Taliban rule, to right a long-standing wrong and rescue the son of a childhood friend. The book, which the film based on, was Hosseini's debut novel and published by Riverhead Press in spring 2003 to glowing reviews and has remained on the New York Times paperback fiction best-seller list since September 2004.
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Reader's Reviews
So I just found out originally the movie was suppose to be release on November 2, but then Paramount pushed it back to December 14. The reason being is Paramount wanted the kids in this movie to be safe when it releases. There was a controversial rape scene that some find it very offensive. All I know is that I really want to see this movie and if you all haven't heard about this movie, please preview the trailer at www.kiterunnermovie.com
posted by cowinkadinky on Nov 28, 2007