Angelina Jolie to Star in Film About Daniel Pearl
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 07.13.06 | 2:05 PM ET
According to Reuters, Jolie will play Mariane Pearl, the widow of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was murdered in Pakistan in 2002. The movie is to be based on Mariane Pearl’s memoir, A Mighty Heart. “I am delighted that Angelina Jolie will be playing my role in the adaptation of my book,” Pearl reportedly told Daily Variety. “I deeply admire her work and what she is committed to.” Daniel Pearl’s murder was also the subject of the book Who Killed Daniel Pearl? by French writer Bernard-Henri Lévy.
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Frank Bures 07.13.06 | 4:26 PM ET
Yeah, I deeply admire her, um, work too.
Carl Parkes 07.13.06 | 5:28 PM ET
Everyone should read the New Yorker article about the death of Daniel Pearl. He was in a very dangerous place and ignored advice from all around, and then went alone to meet a member of the Taliban in a lonely place in Pakistan.
He was murdered.
Reporters are often heroes, but sometimes they take irrational risks and end up dead. Daniel Pearl should not be made a martyr, but rather a warning sign to other journalists bent on getting the latest story.
I’m sure Angelina Jolie has read the New Yorker article, but why she would participate in this glorification of a tragedy is beyond me.
Angie, why not a bio of Aung San Suu Kyi? That women deserves the attention.
Frank Bures 07.14.06 | 6:15 AM ET
Making a movie about a tragedy is not the same as glorifying it. If well done, it’s called art. And Angelina knows a thing or two about art.
Jim Benning 07.15.06 | 12:01 PM ET
I think the same could be said about war movies. They don’t always seek to glorify war, yet they inevitably do in some way. The medium is the message and all that. Lawrence Weschler wrote a great piece about this for Harper’s when “Jarhead” came out.
Marco Paulini 09.03.06 | 11:57 PM ET
Is this true that Jolie will film in India??? does anyone know where in India?
Charlotte 02.11.07 | 5:13 PM ET
God Bless Mariane for writing this book and keeping Daniel Pearls Memory alive, while telling us a real story of these times that we live in.
God Bless Angelina for playing such a sad part; it is in keeping with the humanitarian work she is doing. While Daniel may not have listened to all his warnings he was a pioneer in a dangerous land trying to do what few man have done, if he is glorified he does deserve it. Both of these women touch many lives with their work; I can not wait to see the movie. As for people who have something about why didn’t a woman of color play this part all I can ask is when did Mariane Pearl become a black woman? She is part Dutch, part Black and part Spanish, Daniel and Mariane’s son is multi cultural. Angelina with her multi cultural family would identify, and add the passion this part deserves
Jane 07.27.08 | 4:15 PM ET
Angelina Jolie definitely has a nice taste. She chooses everytime the roles which are interesting for her. So, she has read, liked it and chose!