Captain abu raed, for all of its gimmicky dialogue and ridiculous character buildups, has its heart in the right place. The first dramatic independent feature film to come out of jordan in the last 50 years. In his quest to prove that abu raed is a liar and a fake, murad begins to. The discarded captains hat he sports gives the local kids the impression that abu was once a pilot, and seeing the grim realities that surround them all inspires him to play to. Such a subtle yet global view of human struggle the whole world viewed through the prism of a.
When an old airport janitor finds a captains hat in the trash, he gets pulled into the lives of. Filmed in aman, jordan, captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. Technical supervisor clark graff devised a tapeless workflow for captain abu raed, a jordanian film produced by gigapix studios chatsworth, ca that played in competition at this years sundance film festival, using custombuilt digital film recorders both to capture footage from the productions arriflex d20 cameras and to conform the feature using adobe premiere pro cs3. With nadim sawalha, rana sultan, hussein alsous, odai qedese. Captain abu raed, featured in the 2008 mill valley film festival. Ive come from a planet that crashed on the mountains. Abu raed is a lonely janitor at ammans international airport. Olian previously worked from icm and as a senior attorney for warner bros. Finding a discarded captains hat in the trash at work one day, he is followed by a. Mlb owners approve plan to start season in july 12. Abu raed is an aging airport janitor who has always yearned of seeing the world but has never been able to afford to travel. Finding a discarded captains hat in the trash at work one day, he is followed by a neighborhood boy who spots him. Griffins story 2008 video game the love guru 2008 nights in rodanthe 2008 splinter cell. Never having realized his dreams of seeing the world, he experiences it.
But this is a dvd that can only be played in region 2, not in the us which is region 1. Captain abu raed, an unaffected melodrama from jordan, is like the humanistic efforts that made. Captain abu raed 2008, jordan captain abu raed is a story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. Captain abu raed is a straightforward hearttugging melodrama that, while safe and conventional, is likable in numerous ways. Neoclassics has released the hedgehog, laffaire farewell, moscow and captain abu raed, winner. Nadim sawalha has made over 100 appearances in film and television, in a career spanning more than 40 years. Cloud 2010 charlottes web 2006 cheaper by the dozen 2 2005 a christmas carol 2009 the chronicles of narnia. Conforming a d20 feature in adobe premiere pro studio daily. Heartland film festival, and the dubai international film festival.
When an old airport janitor finds a captains hat in the trash, he gets pulled into the lives of children in his poor neighborhood. Captain abu raed is not a film which merely entertains, provoking the experience of emotion that usually accompanies experience without our having had the experience, nor is it a film of pseudoart, which seeks to produce the behavior without the experience, but rather it is a film which provokes recognition and thought anew about jordanian. The fabulous picture show captain abu raed tv episode. Every bay area countys projected date for stage 2 reopening. Funnily enough, writerdirector amin matalqa originally wanted to make an american film but producer. Captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan abu raed is a lonely janitor at ammans international airport. Everyone has a dream when an old airport janitor finds a captains hat in the trash, he gets pulled into the lives of children in his poor neighborhood. It was screened at the jerusalem international film festival in 2008. Captain abu raed chevolution christmas in paris christmas on mars chrysalis conjurer corporate affairs the crimson wing. Much of this score features a variety of excellent soloists, such as the harp solo by katie kirkpatrick on the two captains, and the flute solo by heather clark on tea with nour. Sundance 2008 audience award winner for world cinema. Filmed in aman, jordan, captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship. Captain abu raed is a 2007 jordanian film directed and written by amin matalqa. Jordans first ever academy award entry, and winner of 28 international captain abu raed trailer on vimeo.
Sex and the city 2008 captain abu raed 2007 christmas is here again 2007. Written and directed by amin matalqa, captain abu raed tells the story of an airport janitor, mistaken for an airline pilot by local children, who weaves fantastical stories to offer them. Captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. The main character of this jordanian film, beautifully played by nadim sawalha, is introduced on meet captain abu raed,and the storyteller. The brave and the bold 2008 tv series beverly hills chihuahua 2008 body of lies 2008 captain abu raed 2008 david and fatima 2008 get smart 2008 huxley 2008 video game jumper. Captain abu raed is jordans first film submitted to the foreignlanguage oscar race. Captain abu raed 2008, paper and pen films nadim sawalha,rana sultan,hussein alsous,udey alqiddissi,ghandi saber,dina raadyaghnam,mohammad qteshat,nadim mushahwar,faisal majali,lina attel,ali maher,khaled alsafi,rami samara,ayat najah abd alsadeq,khuloud khaled issa,salam najjar,bilal rantisi,issa hilal,marc hollogne,omar jabaji,malik madi,zeid mustafa,ala husseini,yousef. This world cinema selection edition is in arabic with dutch subtitles, and is coded for region 2 europe and uk. Captain abu raed original motion picture soundtrack austin wintory. When we were in language class, i remember someone telling me that one measure of being reasonably proficient in a language is can you explain the electoral college system in that language. For the award season 200809, 88 films from 27 studios competed for awards recognition in 26 categories.
Find hollywood studio symphony orchestra credit information on allmusic allmusic. Small wonder that captain abu raed won an audience award at the 2008 sundance film festival. Movies a catalog of films, indexed by time, with content, themes or depictions related to mental illness, addiction and their treatment. He weaves imaginary stories of his world adventures to offer hope in the face of their harsh reality. Body of war, captain abu raed lead traverse city awards. This makes captain abu raeds commercial poise and polish. Personal life edit sawalha is married to roberta mary lane, and has three daughters, julia. In 2011, he directed the inspirational soccer drama the united for the walt disney studios. A poetic and deeply felt debut by director amin matalqa, captain abu raed is simultaneously mythic and.
Frozen river, the wackness lead 2008 sundance winners. Jordanian directorscreenwriter amin matalqa tells this tale of an elderly airline janitor mistaken for a pilot by the children of his neighborhood who does his best to inject a little imagination into their bleak reality. This makes captain abu raeds commercial poise and polish all the. The revenge of kitty galore 2010 cello 2017 short film central intelligence 2016 charlie st. Mystery of the flamingos dark horse a darker reality david and fatima david mccullough. I only wish that the film was smart enough to disregard its paint by numbers direction, and try something more organic and believable. Nadim sawalha in captain abu raed 2007 captain abu raed 2007. Never having realized his dreams of seeing the world, he experiences it vicariously through books and brief encounters with travelers. Bruce dern, anthony michael hall starring in king lear. Captain abu raed 102 minutes abu raed is a lonely janitor at ammans international airport. Abu raed always wanted to see the world, yet the closest he ever got was talking to travelers as they walked through the airport and reading books about faraway. Hollywood studio symphony orchestra credits allmusic.
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