Transcript: Film Version of 'Kite Runner' Faithful to Book

STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
12-14-2007
Film Version of 'Kite Runner' Faithful to Book

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 11:00-12:00 PM


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STEVE INSKEEP, host:

Children in Afghanistan are at the center of "The Kite Runner." That best-selling book by Khaled Hosseini is now a movie, which opens today. We have a review this morning from Los Angeles Times and MORNING EDITION film critic Kenneth Turan.

KENNETH TURAN: "The Kite Runner" is a house divided against itself. The film version does one part of the story so well that its success underlines what's lacking in what remains. The film, like the novel, breaks into two parts. Initially it's the tale of childhood friendship and ...

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