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| The Kite Runner | 
 enlarge | Director: Marc Forster
Actors: Khalid Abdalla, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub, Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada, Zekeria Ebrahimi
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 344
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), Urdu (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 127
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 117974
UPC: 097361179742
EAN: 0097361179742
ASIN: B0012OX7EO
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: March 25, 2008
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Product Description
Amir is a young Afghani from a well-to-do Kabul family; his best friend Hassan is the son of a family servant. Together the two boys form a bond of friendship that breaks tragically on one fateful day when Amir fails to save his friend from brutal neighborhood bullies. Amir and Hassan become separated and as first the Soviets and then the Taliban seize control of Afghanistan Amir and his father escape to the United States to pursue a new life. Years later Amir now an accomplished author living in San Francisco is called back to Kabul to right the wrongs he and his father committed years ago.System Requirements:Running Time: 127 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/INNOCENCE LOST Rating: PG-13 UPC: 097361179742 Manufacturer No: 117974
Amazon.com
Like the bestselling book upon which it's based, The Kite Runner will haunt the viewer long after the film is over. A tale of childhood betrayal, innocence and harsh reality, and dreamy memory, The Kite Runner faces good and evil--and the path between them, though often blurry and sorrowfully relative. Director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) presents a painterly vision of Afghanistan before the Soviet tanks, before the Taliban--lush, verdant, fertile--in its landscape and in its people and their history and hopes. The story follows two young boys' friendship, tested beyond endurance, and the haunting of their adult selves by what happened in their youth--and what horrors befall their country in the meantime. The performances of the two boys--Zekeria Ebrahimi (Amir) and Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada (Hassan)--are the film's strongest, unforced and gently evocative. The penance paid by their adult selves is foreshadowed, but never predictable--and the metaphor of innocence lost, a common theme in Forster's work, keeps the film, like the title kites, truly aloft.--A.T. Hurley
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Succeeds in painting Arabs in shades of grey unlike most Hollywood films July 5, 2008
"The Kite Runner" is a well-made tale of betrayal and redemption set in Afghanistan and San Francisco. With both western and arabic collaboration in making this film we end up with a strange mixture of Arabic sensibility, gritty art film, and Hollywood soap opera. In addition the sexual perversion element of the film is very hard to take. Nevertheless this is a very well acted film and succeeds in portraying Arab people in shades of grey in contrast to most Hollywood films.
 Kite Runner June 26, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I probably would have given the movie "Kite Runner" a good review if I received it. Ordered it from spring4nix on May 26th, it never arrived.
 deep & profound June 15, 2008
An incredibly good movie in all respects. For a reminder of truth, courage, loyalty and what it means to be human; it doesn't get any better than this.
Tears,Tears,Tears June 15, 2008
Simply one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen.
Cried throughout,mesmerized by the scenery and story..and the beautiful,literally
beautiful cast.
Whoever casted the actors,did the costumes,sets,
locations,etc deserves awards.
This will be forever one of my top favorite movies..and
oh the music is simply gorgeous too.
WARNING! BOY ON BOY RAPE! June 14, 2008
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
In this movie, child actors act out boy on boy rape. In my opinion, you should not rent or buy this movie, even if the book is on your child's school reading list. Granted, the scene doesn't go far, but it goes far enough to let you know what has happened. Now, THE REAL LIFE BOY ACTOR FEARS BEING ATTACKED because the movie offends Afghan dignity. (Source= http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3639956) This kid has been used. Compared to that kid, I am lucky. I am only out a few bucks for a movie that I will never finish watching. This movie should be rated R. Then I would not have allowed my children to rent it. If you write a review about this movie, please mention the boy on boy rape so that others can make an informed decision.
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