In the 5 years since Daniel Pearl’s death, nearly 230 journalists have been killed in the line of duty. On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl’s world changed forever. Her husband Daniel, South Asia Bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid. The story drew them to Karachi…
Category: Real Life Stories
Alpha Dog (2007)
Tagline: How did a crime with this many witnesses go so far? “You ever have that dream: the one where you did something… You don’t know why, but you can never go back?” – Johnny Truelove Versatile filmmaker Nick Cassavates directs an impressive group of both young and veteran performers in Alpha Dog—inspired by actual…
Amazing Grace (2007)
Behind the song you love is a story you will never forget. In 1796 William Wilberforce is severely ill and taking a recuperative holiday in Bath, Somerset, with his cousin, Henry Thornton. It is here that William is introduced to his future wife, Barbara Spooner. Although he initially resists any romantic overtures, she convinces him…
American Gangster (2007)
In the early ’70s, police corruption was rampant in New York City. The Vietnam War was taking a devastating toll overseas and at home. Soldiers were brought back to the U.S. either in body bags or addicted to an imported opiate called heroin-which they shared with curious experimenters who became instantly hooked. With the assistance…
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Jesse James [Brad Pitt] was one of the country’s first bona fide celebrities. There have been countless books written and tales told about America’s most famous outlaw—all of them colorful and fascinating, all focused on his larger-than-life public persona and daring exploits, and most of them bearing only incidental reference to the truth. To those…
Becoming Jane (2007)
Tagline: Their love story was her greatest inspiration. Becoming Jane is an imaginative romantic comedy in the spirit of Jane Austen that places young Jane herself at the center of a witty, enchanting romance not unlike those that would later captivate millions in her celebrated works of literature. The film spins the few known facts…