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Friday, February 10, 2006
VOTE FOR PARADISE NOW
Dear friends
This is a Palestinian movie that has the chance to win an award in the
OSCARS, the movie is one of the most important movie that explains our
situation.
Forward this email as you can
CLICK ON THE LINK AND SCROLL DOWN TO FIND THE TITLE OF THE FILM. To
vote for Paradise Now as OSCAR best foreign Language film go to:
http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/nominees
Watch the trailer for Paradise Now (2005)
Vote and circulate plz.
THANKS!
Full Description
Two young Palestinian men embark upon what may be the last 48 hours of
their lives. On a typical day in the West Bank city of Nablus, where
daily life grinds on amidst crushing poverty and the occasional rocket
blast, we meet two childhood best friends, Saïd and Khaled, who pass
time drinking tea, smoking a hookah, and working dead-end menial jobs
as auto mechanics. Saïd's day takes a turn for the better when a
beautiful young woman named Suha brings her car in for repairs. From
their spirited interaction, it is apparent that there is a budding
romance growing between them. Saïd is approached by middle-aged Jamal,
a point man for an unnamed Palestinian organization, who informs Saïd
that he and Khaled have been chosen to carry out a strike in Tel Aviv.
They have been chosen for this mission as a team, because each had
expressed a wish that if either is to die a martyr, the other would
want to die alongside his best friend. Saïd and Khaled have been
preparing for this moment for most of their lives. They spend a last
night at home-- although they must keep their impending mission secret
even from their families. During the night Saïd sneaks off to see Suha
one last time. Suha's moderate views, having been educated in Europe,
and Saïd's burgeoning conflicted conscience cause him to stop short
of explaining why he has come to say good-bye. The following day, Saïd
and Khaled are lead to a hole in the fence that surrounds Nablus, where
they are to meet a driver who will take them to Tel Aviv. But here the
plan goes wrong, and Saïd and Khaled are separated.
Also Known As: Al-Jenna-An
Pillar of Light: The Work and the Glory
Two Days
Production Status: Released
Genres: Art/Foreign and Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.
Release Date: October 28th, 2005 (NY)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material and brief strong
language.
Distributors: Warner Independent Pictures
Production Co.: Arte France Cinema, Augustus Film, Hazazah Films, Lama
Productions, Lumen Films, Razor Film Produktion
Financiers: Funding: Nedlerlands Fonds Voor De Film, Filmstiftung NRW,
Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Action Preparatoire i2i de
la Commission Europeene, World Cinema Fund
U.S. Box Office: $530,147
Filming Locations: Israel
Gaza
Palestine
Produced in: Netherlands
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3 comments:
this of course does not affect the oscars because the voting is done by members of the academy only
I did not know that.
Thanks,
Khaled
But it will help bring publicity to the film.
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