The kite runner

Resource Information

The work The kite runner represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Oshkosh Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The kite runner

Statement of responsibility

DreamWorks Pictures, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions present a Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Parkes/MacDonald production ; released by Paramount Classics

Contributor

• Dreamworks Pictures
• Paramount Classics (Firm)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Participant Productions
• Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Firm)
• Abdalla, Khalid, 1980-
• Bakhtyari, Ali Danish
• Benioff, David
• Ebrahibi, Zekiria
• Ehsas, Elham
• Ershadi, Homayoun
• Farookh, Qadir
• Forster, Marc, 1969-
• Horberg, William
• Hosseini, Khaled
• Leoni, Atossa
• Mahmoodzada, Ahmad Khan
• Nawabi, Tamim
• Parkes, Walter F
• Taghmaoui, Saïd
• Tanha, Nabi
• Toub, Shaun
• Walsh, E. Bennett
• Yeldham, Rebecca, 1976-
• Yusoufzai, Abdul Salam

Subject

• Afghanistan
• Afghanistan -- Drama
• Amistad -- Afghanistan -- Teatro
• Betrayal -- Afghanistan
• Betrayal -- Afghanistan -- Drama
• Cometas (Aeronáutica) -- Afghanistan -- Teatro
• Detective and mystery films
• Friendship
• Friendship -- Drama
• Kites -- Afghanistan
• Kites -- Afghanistan -- Drama
• Secrecy
• Secrecy -- Drama
• Suspense films
• Thriller -- Feature
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Suspense films
• Teatro
• Thriller
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Produced by William Horberg, Walter F. Parkes, Rebecca Yeldham and E. Bennett Walsh ; screenplay by David Benioff ; music by Alberto Iglesias ; directed by Marc Forster

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; strong thematic material including sexual assault of a child, violence, and brief strong language

Language note

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.S87

LC item number

K584 2008

PerformerNote

Khalid Abdalla, Homayoun Ershadi, Shaun Toub, Atossa Leoni, Said Taghmaoui, Zekiria Ebrahibi, Ali Danish Bakhtyari, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Nabi Tanha, Elham Ehsas, Bahram Ehsas, Tamim Nawabi, Oadir Farookh, Abdul Salam Yusoutzai

Runtime

127

Target audience

general

Technique

live action