The Kite Runner

Year:

2008

Duration:

128 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Marc Forster

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 19 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2008-01-11

Filming Locations: China

Earnings

Budget: $20,000,000

Opening Weekend: $471,713 (USA) (16 December 2007)

Gross: $15,797,907 (USA) (13 April 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Khalid Abdalla

Amir

Atossa Leoni

Soraya

Shaun Toub

Rahim Khan

Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada

Omar

Zekeria Ebrahimi

Young Amir

Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada

Young Hassan

Mir Mahmood Shah Hashimi

Business Man in Baba's Study

Homayoun Ershadi

Baba

Nabi Tanha

Ali

Elham Ehsas

Young Assef

Bahram Ehsas

Wali

Tamim Nawabi

Kamal

Mohamad Nabi Attai

Uncle Saifo the Kite Seller

Mohamad Nadir Sarwari

Spice Merchant

Mustafa Haidari

Party Worker

Ahmad Yasar Shir Agha

Birthday Singer

Mohammad Aman Joya

Mahmood

Abdul Azim Wahabzada

Karim

Vsevolod Sevanchos

Soviet Union Soldier

Murina Abudukelimu

Young Wife in Truck

Igor Radchenko

Soviet Union Officer

Larry Brown

Gas Station Customer

L. Peter Callender

Dean of Students

Josh Chamberlain

Pool Player

Marco Mazariegos

Pool Player

Shaan Price

Pool Player

Abdul Qadir Farookh

General Taheri (as Qadir Farookh)

Peg McKibbin

Flea Market Customer

Chris Verrill

Dr. Starobin

Amar Kureishi

Dr. Amani

Maimoona Ghizal

Jamila Taheri

Ehsan Aman

Wedding Singer (as Mohammad Ehsan Aman)

Yunus Osman

Cemetery Mullah

Mehboob Ali

Pakistan Taxi Driver

Saïd Taghmaoui

Farid

Nasser Memarzia

Zaman the Orphanage Director

Abdul Salam Yusoufzai

Assef

Mohamad Amin Rahimi

Taliban Stadium Speaker

Aziz Raxidi

Assef Guard

Khalil Ahmad Nooryan

Assef Guard

Ali Danish Bakhtyari

Sohrab

Hameeda Hamraz

Rahim Khan's Neighbor

Kaiser Doulat-Beek

Man at Mosque

Ahmad Shah Alam

Man in the Park

Khaled Hosseini

Doctor in the Park

Habib Zargi

Park Kite Seller

Houshmand Habib

Kite Flyer Kid

Lukas Ferreira

Kite Spooler Kid

Saeed Meeran Farhad

Stout man in truck (as Sayed Miran Farhad)

Anita Argent

Parent of Graduate (uncredited)

Harmony Blossom

Young Woman in Park (uncredited)

Cabran E. Chamberlain

Graduation Ceremony Guest (uncredited)

John de Lancie

Barman (uncredited)

Emmy Farese

Little Girl Flying Kite in Park (uncredited)

Susan Farese

Woman in Park (uncredited)

Tim Halpin

Soviet Tank Commander (uncredited)

Katrina-Jovan Howard

College Graduate

Larry Kitagawa

Professor at Graduation (uncredited)

Charles Lewis III

Graduate (uncredited)

Kenny Santiago Marrero

Russian Soldier (uncredited)

Jeff Redlick

Parent at Graduation (uncredited)

Germaine Mozel Sims

College Graduating Senior

Yvonne Truong

Graduate (uncredited)

Brian Vowell

College Graduate

Did you know?

Trivia

Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title 'Playground Bully'.

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Author Khaled Hosseini mentions in the commentary that the name on the door "Dr. Amani" is his homage to his medical school roommate. He mentions in the documentary "Words from the Kite Runner" also on the DVD that he, himself, was a practicing physician for eight and a half years before choosing to concentrate on writing after 'The Kite Runner' book became successful.

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Due to Afghan mores concerning male rape, Paramount Vantage agreed to relocate the young actors out of the country to the United Arab Emirates and arrange visas, housing and schooling for the young actors and jobs for their guardians. Paramount Vantage accepts responsibility for the living expenses of Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Ali Danish Bakhtyari and Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada until they reach adulthood, a cost some estimated at up to $500,000.

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Goofs

During a 1988 scene in San Francisco, modern-day gas pumps are clearly visible.

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(at around 22 mins) When people from the Middle East speak English, they frequently use the word "too" where native American speakers interpret the use of "too" as meaning "excessively" and would instead use "very". Where the subtitles translate what Baba tells Rahim Kahn as "You come here too often" he certainly means "You come here very often" and would not insult Rahim Kahn by meaning "You come here excessively often."

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The stoning of adulterers in the stadium is incorrectly depicted. The correct process involves digging two holes. The woman is placed in the hole up to her shoulders with only her neck and head showing out, and the man is placed in his hole up to his knees with the rest of his body showing out.

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Quotes

Young Hassan: For you, a thousand times over

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Baba: There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft... When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.

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Baba: [regarding the mullahs, who teach that drinking alcohol is a sin] I piss on the beards of all those self-righteous monkeys.

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