A Mighty Heart Page #6

Synopsis: On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a café with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initiates a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pearl is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined.
Production: Paramount Vantage
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
R
Year:
2007
108 min
$9,093,521
Website
184 Views


Wait, wait, wait.

I thought Gilani was the guy?

He was just the bait.

He was used as a bait.

-So, there's no Gilani involved?

-No.

We go back to Arif,

we go back to Siddique and Bashir.

I don't see this as a negative

thing, I have to say.

This is a set-up.

I mean, if Gilani has nothing

to do with this

-some of these letters are bogus.

-It's worse than that.

It means that they've been

planning something for weeks.

And for weeks he thinks he's meeting

with Gilani and there is no Gilani.

And whoever these people are,

they're thinking about

doing this for weeks.

It is disappointing.

It's just taking away one piece,

I don't see this as a negative thing.

It's not a dead end,

I think it's quite the contrary.

Well, now, the good news is Zafir and

Farooq have traced one of the e-mails.

It was sent from a server

in Noman City Apartments.

There's a team of people

who are searching for the computer

that was using the server

when the kidnapper e-mail was sent.

What's your name?

Farhad Naseem.

Is this computer yours?

-This computer is mine.

-Turn it on, please.

It can't be switched on

because the hard disk has crashed.

What happened to the hard disk?

There was a virus on it

and it crashed.

I took it to repair two days ago.

-It broke down two days ago?

-Yes.

Okay.

Take him in.

How many computers

have you connected in that building?

In that building, twenty or more.

-Twenty?

-Yes.

Is this your job?

Yes, this is what I do.

We are looking

for Daniel Pearl's photograph.

We have new software

that can recover deleted files

from your hard drive

just like that.

Whatever you know, just tell us now.

You won't have any difficulties.

If the Americans find out,

you'll be in big trouble

and we won't be able to help you.

There was no-one else?

You did it on your own?

No, sir, my cousin

Suleiman was with me.

-Okay, he's your cousin?

-Yes.

Where does he live?

-He lives in Karachi.

-ls he in Karachi now?

-Yes.

-Come on, let's go.

Well done.

In the morning prayer,

everybody will come to know.

So we have to find Danny tonight.

Quickly, quickly.

This is the place.

There he is.

That's him.

Yes, he's the one.

Come on, move it.

Get out of the way.

Give me his phone.

Tell him what I told you to say.

It's Suleiman.

Hello?

-He says he's not there.

-Do you have his cell number?

-Yes.

-Then let's try it.

Be quiet.

Suleiman speaking.

-What do you want?

-I need to speak to you.

I need to meet you urgently.

Not now. We'll meet up early

tomorrow morning and talk. Okay?

Hello? Hello, Adil?

Sir, he's saying we'll

speak tomorrow.

Sir, he's saying we'll

speak tomorrow.

Take down this number.

Open the door.

Sir, this is the phone company.

Yeah, this is Javed Habib,

CID Chief.

I need some information about the last

phone call made on this phone.

Which cell tower received a signal

on the last phone call?

We don't have any time, you bastard.

Let's go. Let's go.

Yeah, Randall, come along.

CID!

Excuse me. Excuse me, sir.

We need to trace a number.

Sorry, sir, the office is closed, we can't

give you any information right now.

What do you need

to do with this number?

I am CID Chief Javed Habib.

You know what I can do?

Screw your confidentiality,

I need that information.

A man has been kidnapped, a foreigner.

If something happens to him,

Pakistan will have a bad reputation.

-You okay?

-Yeah, man.

We just have to go a little careful

with this one.

-Why?

-Oh, he's a Jihadi.

He was in Afghanistan.

-He's a police officer as well.

-In my unit.

Oh, God. I love this town.

-Who's there?

-Don't move.

-Put your hands up.

-Take him away.

You'll be sorry.

God is great.

God is great.

Where is Daniel Pearl?

I don't know.

What do you know?

I don't know anything.

Tell me whatever you know.

I don't know anything.

What do you know?

What do you know?

Just tell me.

What do you know?

What did you do?

I don't know anything.

-What do you know?

-Nothing.

-What do you know?

-Nothing.

Who asked you to e-mail?

Who are you working for?

Who asked you to e-mail?

Sheikh Omar.

-Dost, come in.

-I'm here, Captain.

Quickly, come on.

Check all the rooms.

Search everything.

Who are you people?

Is this the way to come into

respectable people's homes?

Where's Sheikh Omar?

You must have a contact number.

Nine-zero-seven-zero

two-seven-two-six.

Where is Sheikh Omar?

-We don't know anything.

-Give me Adil's phone.

Come on.

Give me Adil's phone.

We've got Omar's number.

Hello?

Omar Sheikh?

Yes?

It's Javed Habib speaking,

Omar Sheikh.

We have all the information,

we know everything about you.

Farhad, Adil, Suleiman,

we have all of them.

Check your caller ID.

He's cut the phone.

Come on, bring them out.

Adil told us

that he met Omar in Afghanistan.

Suddenly I realized

Bashir was Omar Saeed Sheikh.

-Are you sure?

-Yes.

The FBI found Danny's photos

on this guy Farhad's computer

who is the key to Sheikh Omar.

So we've had this article

and we just put it away

and it was about Omar Saeed Sheikh.

I have it here somewhere.

Okay, look, here it is, here it is.

"British born and educated.

A known Jihadist.

"Arrested for kidnapping

four tourists in India,

"one American, three British.

"The four were freed unharmed."

-They were freed unharmed?

-Yeah.

So this guy is a serious, serious player.

He was arrested in 1994

for this kidnapping

and put in an Indian prison until 1999.

and put in an Indian prison until 1999.

-Why was he released?

-There was a hostage swap.

An Indian airplane was hijacked

and flown to Afghanistan.

He's Al Qaeda.

He has connections,

yes, we know. But...

Close connection, it says, to Al Qaeda.

We arrested his two cousins.

We will fight kidnappers

with kidnappings.

Are you okay?

-Mariane, what's wrong?

-Yeah, I'm all right. I'm all right.

F***.

Are you okay?

Fetal heart sound and the

blood pressure is quite normal.

I will give you some medicine.

You will feel definitely better. Okay?

Okay. Thank you.

"Making a habit of not urinating

when you feel the need

"increases the risk that your inflamed

bladder may irritate the uterus

"and set off contractions.

"So don't hold it in."

-I'll remember that.

-That was in caps.

-So don't hold it in.

-So don't hold it in.

Do you wanna go share

those notes with Mariane?

Do you think I should?

Is there anything on breast-feeding?

There's a lot on breast-feeding

but we're not there yet, Steve.

Do you have kids?

No.

Come on, look happy.

Right, you're a happy girl.

Happy girl.

There it is. Now I can tell all my friends

that you are happy.

You can get old and fat

and gray and grumpy.

-And curvy.

-But don't lose your smile.

Oh, sh*t.

It does smell like that picture.

You're so uncultured.

There's a potential

new e-mail from CNN.

"We had informed the US if our

demands were not met within 24 hours

"we would kill Daniel Pearl.

"Now Mr. Bush can find his body

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