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The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner SynopsisBased on one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, THE KITE RUNNER is a profoundly emotional tale of friendship, family, devastating mistakes and redeeming love. In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It’s a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day’s victory, one boy’s fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after 20 years of living in America, Amir returns to a perilous Afghanistan under the Taliban’s iron-fisted rule to face the secrets that still haunt him and take one last daring chance to set things right..

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Release Date: December 14, 2007
Genre: Drama and Adaptation
Running Time: 122 min.
Distributor(s): Paramount Vantage
Tagline: There is a way to be good again.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for strong thematic material including the rape of a child, violence and brief strong language.

Director:
Marc Forster

Writer(s):
David Benioff - Screenplay (adaptation)
Khaled Hosseini - Source Material (from novel: "The Kite Runner")

Producer(s):
Sam Mendes - Executive Producer
Laurie MacDonald - Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll - Executive Producer
Sidney Kimmel - Executive Producer
Bruce Toll - Co-Executive Producer
William Horberg - Producer
Rebecca Yeldham - Producer
Walter F. Parkes - Producer
E. Bennett Walsh - Producer
Kwame Parker - Associate Producer
Leslie McMinn (II) - Associate Producer

Movie Casts:
Khalid Abdalla - Amir
Homayon Ershadi - Baba
Zekeria Ebrahimi - Amir as a child
Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada - Hassan as a child
Shaun Toub - Rahim Kahn
Nabi Tanha - Ali
Ali Dinesh - Sohrab
Saïd Taghmaoui - Farid
Atossa Leoni - Soraya
Abdul Qadir Farookh - General Taher
Maimoona Ghizal - Jamila
Abdul Salam Yusoufzai - Assef
Elham Ehsas - Young Assef
Ehsan Aman - Wedding Singer
Vsevolod Bardashev - Russian Soldier
Ismail Bashey - Cab Driver (voice)
Larry Brown - Gas station customer
Laurie Burke - Graduate
L. Peter Callender - Dean of Students
James Cotner - Graduate
Emmy Farese - Little girl in park flying kite
Susan Farese - Woman in park, picnic caterer
Reza Ghasemi - Voice Over
Michael F. Grant - Post graduate
Mason Hsieh - Kite flyer
Charles Lewis III - Graduate
Larry Kitagawa - College Professor
Nasser Memarzia - Zaman
Benjamin Miller - Boy running through park
Caon Mortenson - Boy flying kite in park
Navid Negahban - Charles Bronson in The Magnificent Seven (voice)
Henri Ramsey - Family Member - Graduation
Salim Razawi - Graduate
Jeff Redlick - Family member Graduation at Fremont City College
Timothy Roberts - Russian Soldier
Big Spence - Aaron Hill
Kelcie Stranahan - Kite Flyer
Yvonne Truong - Graduate
Brian Vowell - College Graduate
Zadran Wali - (voice)
Mohammad Yawary - Son of dad / kite flyer
Susan Zangl - College Professor in Graduation
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