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Beyond Borders is an epic tale of the turbulent romance between two star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the world’s most dangerous hot spots. Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984.
She is married to Henry Bauford son of a wealthy British industrialist, when she encounters Nick Callahan a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
Beyond Borders is a romantic-drama film about aid workers, directed by Martin Campbell and starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen. The original music score was composed by James Horner. Reflecting Jolie’s real-life interest in promoting humanitarian relief, the film was critically and financially unsuccessful. The film was marketed with the tagline “In a place she didn’t belong, among people she never knew, she found a way to make a difference.”
Concurrently with the release of the film, Jolie published Notes from My Travels, a collection of journal entries from her real-life experiences as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) — similar to her character in the film. Beyond Borders was shot on location in Thailand, Namibia and Canada.
While attending a fund-raising gala, Sarah Jordan (Angelina Jolie), a naive, married American socialite living in England, witnesses a fiery plea delivered by an intruder – a renegade humanitarian, Dr. Nick Callahan (Clive Owen). His plea made on behalf of impoverished children under his care turns Sarah’s life upside down. Attracted to Nick and his cause, she impulsively abandons her job at an art gallery and sheltered life in England to work alongside him in his effort to aid the refugee camps. She travels to Ethiopia.
As Sarah’s work takes her to these volatile areas, where few people have traveled and even fewer have survived, she discovers that the harsh realities she encounters, and her growing romantic attraction to the charismatic, unpredictable doctor, ignite in her a passion for saving lives, while risking her own in the process. She works for humanitarian and human rights organizations for ten years after she first travels to Ethiopia, and eventually works for the U.N.H.C.R. and acts as a regional representative for the United Kingdom.
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Teri Polo, Linus Roache, Noah Emmerich, Kate Trotter, Timothy West, Jonathan Higgins
Screenplay by: Caspian Tredwell-Owen
Production Design by: Wolf Kroeger
Cinematography by: Phil Meheux
Film Editing by: Nicholas Beauman
Costume Design by: Norma Moriceau
Set Decoration by: Jim Erickson
Music by: James Horner
MPAA Rating: R for language and war-related violence.
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: October 24, 2003
