A Mighty Heart
On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl's world changed forever. Her husband Daniel, South Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid. The story drew them to Karachi where a go-between had promised access to an elusive source. As Danny left for the meeting, he told Mariane he might be late for dinner. He never returned.
In the face of death, Danny's spirit of defiance and his unflinching belief in the power of journalism led Mariane to write about his disappearance, the intense effort to find him and his eventual murder in her memoir A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl. Six months pregnant when the ordeal began, she was carrying a son that Danny hoped to name Adam. She wrote the book to introduce Adam to the father he would never meet. Transcending religion, race and nationality, Mariane's courageous desire to rise above the bitterness and hatred that continues to plague this post 9/11 world, serves as the purest expression of the joy of life she and Danny shared.
Directed by
Michael Winterbottom
Cast
Angelina Jolie - Mariane Pearl
Dan Futterman - Daniel Pearl
Irfan Khan - Captain
Adnan Siddiqui - Dost
Alyy Khan
Sajid Hasan - Zubair
Dennis O'Hare - John Bussey
Will Patton - Randall Bennett
Archie Panjabi
Production Co.
Revolution Films
Plan B
Produced by
Andrew Eaton
Brad Pitt
Dede Gardner
Studio
Paramount Vantage
Writer
Mariane Pearl
Sarah Crichton
John Orloff
Music
Steve Parr
