Article: Library to re-show 'The Kite Runner'

Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Kite Runner' flies low, if prettily
University Wire;  February 20, 2008 ;     490 words ......went to see "The Kite Runner" (2007) I half expected...to hate it: The movie has a conventional...even though "The Kite Runner" is trite and unremarkable...be an enjoyable movie. The film has a...real life after the movie was finished, the...strengths. "The Kite ...

Article: Film Version of 'Kite Runner' Faithful to Book
NPR Morning Edition;  December 14, 2007 ;     549 words ......become adults. (Soundbite of movie, "The Kite Runner") Unidentified Man #1 (Actor...California. (Soundbite of movie, "The Kite Runner") Unidentified Man #2 (Actor...vivid place. (Soundbite of movie, "The Kite Runner") Unidentified Child(Actor...

Article: 'KITE RUNNER' A SPELLBINDING TRIP TO REDEMPTION.(RHYTHM)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  December 20, 2007 ;     665 words ......ROB THOMAS Watching The Kite Runner, I kept waiting for someone...audiences need to see every movie from a Western perspective. There's none of that in The Kite Runner. Director Marc Forster...big screen. So we have a movie with no recognizable actors...commitment helps make The ...

Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Kite Runner' a hard-hitting success
University Wire;  November 21, 2007 ;     448 words ......early November, the movie "The Kite Runner" release was delayed...after seeing the movie it's clear that...unfounded. The movie is moving, powerful...beautifully filmed. "The Kite Runner" is based off Khaled...servant Hassan. The movie takes place ...

Article: FILM REVIEW: 'The Kite Runner' highlights novel's strengths
University Wire;  December 14, 2007 ;     673 words ......If you haven't heard of Khaled Hosseini's book "The Kite Runner," you've been living under a rock for the last 100-plus...fixture on Starbucks bookshelves across the nation, "The Kite Runner," when first published, was a list of unknowns: a new...to the one the new film of the same name faces. ...

Article: Kite Runner film delayed over fear for actors' safety
Winnipeg Free Press;  October 5, 2007 ;     323 words ......Afghan boy starring in The Kite Runner said the company producing the movie has delayed its release...rape scene. Bestseller The Kite Runner, based on the 2003 bestselling...nothing to stop it. The Kite Runner was originally scheduled...

Article: Afghan-banned 'Kite Runner' sold on U.S. bases.(Preview)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 17, 2008 ;     343 words ......government has banned The Kite Runner film from theaters...bases still sell the movie there. The Afghan...Shops selling the movie would be closed...ethnic groups. The Kite Runner is based on the...United States. The Kite Runner does not appear...was selling the ...

Article: 'Kite Runner': Danger On and Off the Screen; Reaction to Rape Scene in Film Raises Fear of Reprisals Against Child Stars
The Washington Post;  October 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......who shot the movie in China because...release of "The Kite Runner" by six weeks while...repeatedly warned "The Kite Runner" filmmakers, including...release of the Indian movie "Kabul Express...allow his kid in the movie and would go home...would not be in the movie," ...

Article: Studio delays film to protect child actorsHaven sought for Afghan schoolboys in incendiary 'Kite Runner'
International Herald Tribune;  October 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......distributing ''The Kite Runner,'' a tale of childhood...workers that the movie could aggravate...the $18 million movie by six weeks, to...coincidentally, the ''Kite Runner'' actor who plays...until after the movie is released. ''They...said he saw ''The Kite ...

Article: 'Kite Runner' Star's Family Feels Exploited By Studio
NPR All Things Considered;  July 2, 2008 ;     698 words ......that country, "The Kite Runner." It's also a major...offended by the movie because it includes...Soundbite of film, "The Kite Runner") SORAYA SARHADDI...Paramount Vantage movie "The Kite Runner," young Amir asks...Soundbite of film, "The Kite Runner") ...

Article: Child stars imperilled by film's vivid script; Release of The Kite Runner is delayed while distributors weigh up Afghan reaction, write John Ward Anderson and William Booth.(News)
The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  October 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......next chapter of The Kite Runner, the best-selling...child who is the movie's narrator, and...would not be in the movie, Tanha said, explaining...his family. The Kite Runner is famous, and when...only be part of a movie, but it will still...at times. For The Kite ...

Article: The Kite Runner
Pittsburgh City Paper;  December 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The Kite Runner Pulling the Strings ONE THING THE CINEMA can...minutes, near the end of its two hours, The Kite Runner, based on Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel...himself, and that's why he's come home. The Kite Runner tells its story in three movements and three...the sins of his ...

Article: Blowing in the Wind.(Arts)('The Kite Runner')(Movie review)
Newsweek International;  December 17, 2007 ;     453 words ......Lorraine Ali The film adaptation of 'The Kite Runner' is a model of cross-cultural collaboration. Khaled Hosseini's 2003 novel The Kite Runner introduced Western readers to an Afghanistan...long-awaited screen adaptation of The Kite Runner opens in America; it will be released...

Article: 'The Kite Runner': A Soaring Tale of Hardship & Hope
The Washington Post;  December 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......published in 2003, "The Kite Runner" could not have been better...vividly drawn characters, "The Kite Runner" -- like the book itself...Atonement," Forster's "Kite Runner" is just right precisely...it isn't showy. This is a movie that knows better than to...is not to say that ...