A Mighty Heart
Updated: 2007-05-21 15:45

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.
Also
Known As: The Breve Life and Death of my Husband Danny Pearl
Production
Status: In Production/Awaiting Release
Logline: A memoir of the life of
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered in
Pakistan in 2002.
Genres: Drama, Adaptation and Biopic
Release
Date: June 22nd, 2007 (limited)
MPAA Rating: R for horror violence, some
sexual content and language.
Distributors: Paramount Vantage
Production Co.: Revolution Films, Plan B
Studios: Paramount
Vantage
Filming Locations: India Pakistan London
Produced
in: United States
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