A Mighty Heart

A Mighty Heart

A Mighty Heart

A Mighty Heart

Daniel 'Danny' Pearl

Shabbir

Danny's Taxi Driver (as Mushtaq Ahmed)

Masud the Fixer

Kaleem Yusuf

Mariane's Taxi Driver

Human Rights Director

Technical Supervisor

Nasrin

Kashva

Female Guest

Female Guest

Male Guest

Male Guest (as Danish Iqbal)

Male Guest

Azfar

Khawaja

John Bussey

Ruth Pearl

Judea Pearl

Arif

Omar

Captain

Dost Aliani

Farooq

Major Major

Jamal Paracha

Philippe Scaerou

Véronique Laurent

Randall Bennett

John Skelton

Matt MacDowell

Zafir

Noor

Steve LeVine

Hasan

Phone Engineer

Michelle Pearl

John Bauman

Haider

US Journalist

News Producer

Tamara Pearl

Ibrahim the Cook

News Reader (as Lynne Blades)

Sheikh Gilani

Farhad Naseem

Suleiman

Cell Phone Worker

Adil

Omar's Aunt

Doctor (as Dr. Sayed Masood)

Journalist at Sheraton

Lawyer

Satchi

US Journalist

US Journalist

US Journalist

US Phone Journalist

Hotel Manager

Mariane's Mother

Woman in Orange

French Midwife

Baby Adam

Adam Aged 4

International Press (uncredited)

US Journalist

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

International Journalist (uncredited)

Pakistani Journalist (uncredited)

On March 19, 2013, eleven years after Daniel Pearl's murder, Pakistani officials announced they had arrested a senior militant accused of involvement in his videotaped beheading. The militant, Qari Abdul Hayee, a leader of the Islamist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, was arrested by Pakistan Rangers after an operation on March 17 in Karachi.

Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan who plays Captain could not obtain a visa to enter Pakistan.

After Angelina Jolie was cast as Mariane Pearl, she and the filmmakers came in for a great deal of criticism, since Pearl's and Jolie's racial backgrounds are not similar, and Jolie played the role wearing makeup that somewhat darkened her own skin tone. The casting reminded many critics of the time in Hollywood when it was customary to cast "ethnic" roles with white actors in makeup rather than using black, Asian, or Native American actors. During a promotional press event for the movie, Jolie responded to the criticisms by saying, "the idea is, if you ask Marianne, because she did address that... if you did actually want to find somebody that was her exact makeup, she's actually majority Dutch, and she's as black as she is Chinese, and she's Cuban, and she's French. So, it could have gone to many different racial backgrounds, probably, if you went technical on it." Pearl herself approved of casting Jolie; in Time Magazine, Pearl said, "I have heard some criticism about her casting, but it is not about the color of your skin. It is about who you are. I asked her to play the role - even though she is way more beautiful than I am - because I felt a real kinship to her."

There are a number of computers and gadgets shown, which were not introduced in early 2002, i.e. HP LaseJet 1320 Printer at Asra's place, HP Color Laserjet shown at the consulate, Acer Notebook used in investigation, and the Nokia 1100 cellphone used by Captain.

There is a travel prayer note hanging on the rear-view mirror of the taxi in which Danny goes to the Village Restaurant in January 2002. The note has a branding of "GMSA Glue", which was not launched until mid of 2004.

There are a number of cars shown, which were not available in the early 2002, i.e. the Toyota Corrolla Altis (2004), Honda City (2006), Toyota Camry (2004) and Honda Civic (2004).

Captain: [after the two men have just watched a man be tortured] Are you okay?

Mariane Pearl: [narrating] The day after 9-11, Danny and I flew to Pakistan. He was the South Asia Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal, and I was working for French Public Radio. Thousands of journalist from all over the world arrived in Islamabad to cover the war in neighboring Afghanistan. On the 7th October, bombing began.

Mariane Pearl: [looking at a picture of her husband smiling while having a gun to his head] He says "fuck you" to them.