The Kite Runner

Based on one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, THE KITE RUNNER is a powerful tale of friendship, family, devastating mistakes and redeeming love. In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood best friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It’s a glorious afternoon in Kabul, and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of an innocent kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day’s victory, one boy’s fearful act of betrayal will set in motion a catastrophe . . . and an epic quest for redemption. Now, after 20 years of living in America, Amir returns to a perilous Afghanistan under the Taliban’s iron-fisted rule, to face the dark secrets that still haunt him, and take one last daring chance to set things right.

DreamWorks Pictures, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions Present THE KITE RUNNER, a Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Production and Parkes/ MacDonald Production released by Paramount Vantage. William Horberg (Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr. Ripley) of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Walter Parkes (Gladiator, Catch Me If You Can) of DreamWorks, Rebecca Yeldham (The Motorcycle Diaries), and Bennett Walsh (GHOST RIDER) will produce. Sidney Kimmel (The Emperor’s Club, Trust the Man), Laurie MacDonald (The Terminal, The Ring) of DreamWorks, Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road To Perdition), and Jeff Skoll (Good Night, And Good Luck, An Inconvenient Truth) of Participant Productions will serve as executive producers. The story was adapted for the screen by David Benioff (Troy, Stay). Directed by Marc Forster (Stranger Than Fiction, Finding Neverland, Monsters Ball).