One day he wears home a discarded airline captain s cap. Captain abu raed pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released captain abu raed pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive. Using his imagination to weave stories of the wonderful places he has visited around the world, a friendship develops as he brings hope to their otherwise grim home life. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing captain abu raed near you. Abu raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned of seeing the world but has never been able to afford to travel. One day a group of children in his poor neighborhood assume he is a pilot and beg him to share stories of the world outside of amman, jordan. Chaplin, but from my vantage point, the results feel more like they were plucked from harvey weinsteins trash bin circa 1998.
Never having realized his dreams of seeing the world, he experiences it vicariously through books and brief encounters with travelers. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 2008 movies 2008. Released december 17th, 2007, captain abu raed stars nadim sawalha, hussine alsouse, udey alqadise the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Abu raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. An airport janitor makes a big difference in the lives of the children in his poor neighborhood when they mistake him for an airplane pilot. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Captain abu raed 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
It is the first feature film produced in jordan in more. Captain abu raed pictures rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Captain abu raed trailer subtitled english video dailymotion. Find all the latest captain abu raed trailers and clips at. A poetic and deeply felt debut by director amin matalqa, captain abu raed is simultaneously mythic and melodramatic. Rent captain abu raed 2009 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Watch captain abu raed trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. The royal film commission of jordan endorsed captain abu raed to be submitted to the 81st academy awards for best foreign language film, the first ever submitted by jordan. One day, he finds an old discarded pilots hat, and discovers a calling. Now calling himself captain, abu raed seeks out a group of kids who play soccer in the dust and dirt. A ccording to the films press notes, captain abu raed materialized when writerdirector amin matalqa was challenged by producer david pritchard to write an original arab language feature film that charlie chaplin would want to be in. When an old airport janitor finds a captains hat in the trash, he gets pulled into the lives. Rent captain abu raed 2009 starring nadim sawalha and rana sultan on dvd and bluray.
Captain abu raed 2007 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Rana sultan is an actress, known for captain abu raed 2007 and the united 2012. Finding a discarded captain s hat in the trash at work one day, he is followed by a. Park city one of the first films from jordan to enter the international arena has its premiere at sundance, and it belies the inexperience of its makers, for its a substantial, deeply moving. I bought this movie thinking of a fun, happy, entertaining movie. Abu raed is a lonely janitor at ammans international airport. It is the first feature film produced in jordan in more than 50 years. Some montage from the recently produced jordanian movie captain abu raed, for the jordanian director. Captain abu raed, an unaffected melodrama from jordan, is like the humanistic efforts that made up the first generation of art films to arrive in the united states. Captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. Captain abu raed is an intriguing glimpse at a littleknown world and a moving testament to the potential that exists there as much as anywhere else.
One appeal of going to subtitled movies is the possibility of virtual travel, experiencing other places and cultures with minimal. Sundance and truly moving pictures winner, captain abu raed, opens in us theaters in july, august, and sept. Captain abu raed 2007 nadim sawalha in captain abu raed 2007 captain. Captain abu raed 2007 stream and watch online moviefone. Filmed in amman, jordan, captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. See the full list of captain abu raed cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Abu raed nadim sawalha is a janitor at ammans airport. Filmed in aman, jordan, captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. List of sundance film festival award winners wikipedia. Captain abu raed dvd columbus metropolitan library. Grand jury prize dramatic old enough grand jury prize documentary style wars honorable mention documentary seeing red honorable mention documentary the good fight the abraham lincoln brigade in the spanish civil war special jury prize dramatic last night at the alamo special jury prize documentary when the mountains tremble.
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