The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion... More

Initial release date:

  • Oct 5, 2007

Directed by:

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 2 h 8 min

Screenplay by:

Also known as:

  • Lohelennutaja,
  • O Menino de Cabul,
  • Cometas en el cielo,
  • Il cacciatore di aquiloni,
  • Drageløberen,
  • Chlopiec z latawcem,
  • Drachenläufer,
  • Les cerfs-volants de Kabou,
  • Drageløperen,
  • Leijapoika,
  • O Caçador de Pipas,
  • Papírsárkányok,
  • Kimi no tame nara sen kai demo,
  • Hartaetoi pano ap' tin poli,
  • De vliegeraar,
  • Flyga drake,
  • Uçurtma avcisi

Film

Directed by

Marc Forster

Marc Forster (Illertissen, November 30, 1969(1969-11-30)) is a German-Swiss filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger than Fiction, The Kite Runner, and Quantum of Solace. Forster was born in Au (today Illertissen), in the Neu...

Tagline:

  • There is a way to be good again.

Story by:

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Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Dec 26, 2007
  • Mar 25, 2008
  • Dec 14, 2007
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Art direction by:

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Music by:

Runtime:

  • 2 h 8 min
  • 2 h 7 min
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 20,000,000

Soundtrack:

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Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominees

Satellite Award for Best Original Score Winners

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Media

Adapted From

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner is a novel by Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it is Hosseini's first novel, and was adapted into a film of the same name in 2007. The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, whose closest friend is Hassan,...

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