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The Death of Klinghoffer

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The Death of Klinghoffer

October 1985. Four young Palestinians - Omar, Mamoud, Rambo and Molqi - are lined up against a wall in an Italian police station. Marilyn Klinghoffer, an American woman, walks into the room and faces the men. She spits into the face of one of them, who glares back at her defiantly.

 

The film is a screen adaptation of John Adams' opera, based around the hijacking in 1985 of a cruise liner by Palestinian gunmen. The narrative is interspersed with flashbacks providing historical background and perspective to the event.


 

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Format: 35mm
Year of Production: 2003
Running Time: 120 mins
Director: Penny Woolcock
Executive Producer: Jan Younghusband
Editor: Brand Thumin
Screenwriter: Penny Woolcock
Director of Photography: Graham Smith
Sound: Mike Hatch
Music: John Adams
Principal Cast: Yvonne Howard, Sanford Sylvan,
Christopher Maltman, Tom Randle, Kamel Boutros,Leigh Melrose, Emil Marwa, Vivian Tierney, Dean Robinson, Kirsten Blase, Nvala Willis
     Production Company:
Blast Films
2 Imperial Works, Perren Street
London NW5 3ED, England
Tel: +44 (0)20 7267 4260
mbaptiste@blastfilms.co.uk
www.blastfilms.co.uk 		      

 

 

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