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, the mass exodus of Afghan refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime. Though most of the film is set in Afghanistan, these... parts were mostly shot in Kashgar, China, due to the dangers of filming in Afghanistan at the time. The majority of the film's dialogue is in Dari, with the remainder spoken in English. The child actors are native speakers, but several adult actors had to learn Dari. Filming wrapped up on December 21, 2006, and the film was expected to be released on November 2, 2007. However, after concern for the safety of the young actors in the film due to fears of violent reprisals to the sexual nature of some scenes in which they appear, its release date was pushed back six weeks to December 14, 2007.
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| Release date: | October 5, 2007 |
| Directed by: | Marc Forster |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 128 Minutes |
| Producer: | Walter F. Parkes, William Horberg, E. Bennett Walsh, Rebecca Yeldham |
| Editor: | Matt Chesse |
| Music by: | Alberto Iglesias |
| Cinematography: | Roberto Schaefer |
| Screenplay by: | David Benioff |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Kite Runner |