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The Kite Runner

2007 film directed by Marc Forster
Movie film Q1057045
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Summary

The Kite Runner is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,400 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Khaled Hosseini[3]
  • Award received: Satellite Award for Best Original Score[4], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[5]
  • Director: Marc Forster[6]
  • Screenwriter: David Benioff[7], Khaled Hosseini[8]
  • Composer: Alberto Iglesias[9]
  • Genre: drama film[10]
  • Based on: The Kite Runner[11]
  • Cast member: Khalid Abdalla[12], Zekeria Ebrahimi[13], Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada[14], Homayoun Ershadi[15], Shaun Toub[16], Saïd Taghmaoui[17], Atossa Leoni[18], Khaled Hosseini[19]
  • Producer: Walter F. Parkes[20], Sam Mendes[21], William Horberg[22]
  • Production company: DreamWorks[23], Paramount Vantage[24], Participant[25], Image Nation[26], Neal Street Productions[27], Sidney Kimmel Entertainment[28]
  • Director of photography: Roberto Schaefer[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Dari[30], English[31], Persian[32], Urdu[33], Pashto[34]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[35]
  • Review score: 6.4/10[36], 61/100[37], 65%[38]
  • Color: color[39]
  • Country of origin: United States[40]
  • Publication date: October 2007[41], January 17, 2008[42], December 14, 2007[43]
  • Distributed by: DreamWorks[44], Netflix[45], Paramount Vantage[46]
  • Narrative location: Afghanistan[47]
  • Official website: http://www.kiterunnermovie.com/[48]
  • Filming location: San Francisco[49], Beijing[50]
  • Film editor: Matt Chesse[51]
  • Nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score[52], Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay[53], BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language[54], Satellite Award for Best Original Score[55], Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film[56], BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay[57], BAFTA Award for Best Original Music[58], Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Film[59], Academy Award for Best Original Score[60]
  • Executive producer: Sidney Kimmel[61], Sam Mendes[62], Laurie MacDonald[63], Jeff Skoll[64]
  • Title: The Kite Runner[65]

Why It Matters

The Kite Runner has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]

FAQs

What awards did The Kite Runner receive?

Honors received include Satellite Award for Best Original Score[4] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[5].

Related Entities

Afghanistan Beijing David Benioff film Jeff Skoll Khaled Hosseini Marc Forster Netflix Saïd Taghmaoui Sam Mendes Shaun Toub The Kite Runner United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [66] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [67] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'eml', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa',
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    Set in period → 1980s
    Publication date → +2007-10-00T00:00:00Z, +2008-01-17T00:00:00Z, +2007-12-14T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → David Benioff, Khaled Hosseini
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+128'}
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