When an old airport janitor finds a captains hat in the trash, he gets pulled into the. The schitts creek cast on their final season and why their. When abu raed, a poor jordanian airport janitor, discovers a captain. Abu raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned of seeing the world but has never been able to afford to travel. Billabong will host an exhibition of wolfgang blochs work at laguna art museum from 11 a. Ten years after graduating from osu, matalqa has revived his dream and his first feature film, captain abu raed, made its american debut at the 2008 sundance film festival. Austin wintory born september 9, 1984 in denver, colorado is an american composer who composes scores for films and video games. The authors of these 3 books were the opening keynote speaker, strategy moderator, and strategy panelist at the duke conference on sustainable business and social impact sbsi, held on february 17, 2010 here at the fuqua school of business. 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.
Captain abu raed is a straightforward hearttugging melodrama that, while safe and conventional, is likable in numerous ways. His day is filled with random contacts with travellers and reading books on travel. A jordanian hero with the spirit of charlie chaplin a glimpse into the arab world that doesnt focus on war or fanaticism, captain abu raed reveals a jordan that few western viewers have ever seen. Captain abu raed 2010 the directorial debut of the young americaneducated jordanian director amin matalqa and the first jordanian independent film, captain abu raed won over audiences at the sundance film festival as it took home the audience award for world cinema in 2008. Never having realized his dreams of seeing the world, he experiences it vicariously through books and. The first jordanian featurelength film to be exported to world cinemas, captain abu raed already has received critical acclaim, winning awards at sundance and the dubai international film festival. Majali and his team attended the independent film festival in hopes of capturing. Stocky graybeard abu raed londonbased thesp nadim sawalha is a lonely. Sundance and truly moving pictures winner, captain abu raed, opens in us theaters in july, august, and sept. Captain abu raed by austin wintory on amazon music unlimited. He is an actor, known for the spy who loved me 1977, the living daylights 1987 and captain abu raed 2007. Captain abu raed english subtitled 2008 mpaa rating. Captain abu raed, an unaffected melodrama from jordan, is like the.
Nov 19, 2015 jordan entered the race for the first time in 2008 with captain abu raed, the first feature film to be made in the country in 50 years. Dec 21, 2009 in 2008, gigapix studios produced the acclaimed feature film captain abu raed sundance film festival, audience award winner, and has finished a pilot, workaholics, for an original television series for comedy central. A jordanian hero with the spirit of charlie chaplin. Dec 09, 2008 the hearts and minds of oboist tom boyd and pianist marcelo cesena join forces for an evening of exquisite cinematic music. Frozen river, the wackness lead 2008 sundance winners. It is the first feature film produced in jordan in more than 50 years. Nadim sawalha was born on september 9, 1935 in madaba, jordan. The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in jordan ordered by relevance. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Filmed in aman, jordan, captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. Abu raed is a lonely janitor at ammans international airport. For the award season 2008 09, 88 films from 27 studios competed for awards recognition in 26 categories.
The tale of an elderly airport janitor mistaken for a glamorous international pilot by his workingclass neighborhood kids, captain abu raed is a straightforward hearttugging melodrama that. A catalog of films, indexed by time, with content, themes or depictions related to mental illness, addiction and their treatment. Conforming a d20 feature in adobe premiere pro studio daily. I waited in line to see him, pierce brosnan, felicity huffman and virginia madsen, and a person with a stopwatch hovered over us the. Captain abu raed abu raed 2007 known for the avengers world council of ministers. Captain abu raed when an old airport janitor finds a captain s hat in the trash, he entertains the poor neighbourhood kids in his jordanian village with fictional tales about his life as a pilot. Oct 17, 2008 the 2008 foreign language film submissions are. Elon university today at elon alumnus laith almajali. Watch captain abu raed english subtitled prime video. Now that its available on dvd, maybe it will finally get a broader audience it requires after all. The multitalented edward norton did some unique research to get his film and his character just right in motherless brooklyn watch now. Jinn tv series wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Abu raed is a man who wanted to travel but whose life circumstance denied him the opportunity. Released by bsx records in 2009 bsxcd 8858 containing music from captain abu raed 2008.
Everyone has a dream when an old airport janitor finds a captains hat in the trash, he gets pulled into the lives of children in his poor neighborhood. Mar 28, 2017 when it comes to movies, theres something for everybody on sbs, sbs viceland, nitv and sbs on demand. Jordan enters oscars for first time with captain abu raed. 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. Technical supervisor clark graff devised a tapeless workflow for captain abu raed, a jordanian film produced by gigapix studios chatsworth, ca that played in competition at this years sundance film festival, using custombuilt digital film recorders both to capture footage from the productions arriflex d20 cameras and to conform the feature using adobe. Despite the films flaws, theres something winsome about abu raed in his captain s hat, entertaining kids with visits to cities that exist only in his imagination. All 3 of the above titles are available for checkout here in ford library. Personal life edit sawalha is married to roberta mary lane, and has three daughters, julia, nadia and dina. The winter soldier cold war captain mike across america cole captain phillips colette the captive 2014 collaborator captured collateral the car collateral beauty. The 30th young artist awards ceremony, presented by the young artist association, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television and theater for the 2008 season, and took place on march 29, 2009 at universal studios globe theatre in universal city, california. Watch captain abu raed english subtitled now on your favorite device. He decides to wear it, and this leads to the neighborhood children believing he is an airline pilot.
Get the latest from awards season anytime in indiewire s special section. This makes captain abu raeds commercial poise and polish all the. Amin matalqa, paper and pen films jordan gigapix if you could have dir. Newport film festival announces award winners orange. Chaplin, but from my vantage point, the results feel more like they were plucked from harvey weinsteins trash bin circa 1998. This makes captain abu raed s commercial poise and polish all the more remarkable. Jan 31, 2008 technical supervisor clark graff devised a tapeless workflow for captain abu raed, a jordanian film produced by gigapix studios chatsworth, ca that played in competition at this years sundance film festival, using custombuilt digital film recorders both to capture footage from the productions arriflex d20 cameras and to conform the feature using adobe premiere pro cs3. Seldom can a film be as touching as this without throwing in some melodrama, and rarely can a story. Jordans first ever academy award entry, and winner of 28 international captain abu raed trailer on vimeo.
A fact from captain abu raed appeared on wikipedia s main page in the did you know. Seldom can a film be as touching as this without throwing in. Captain abu raed is a 2007 jordanian film directed and written by amin matalqa. Hes one of us interview with austin wintory interview. Laith almajali 05 captain abu raed won the world cinema audience award for drama at sundance, which announced the festival awards jan. Captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. Abu raed is an aging airport janitor who has always yearned of seeing the world but has never been able to afford to travel. A poetic and deeply felt debut by director amin matalqa, captain abu. Captain abu raed 2007 nadim sawalha in captain abu raed 2007 captain abu raed 2007. Captain abu raed, featured in the 2008 mill valley film festival. Oct 10, 2008 abu raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. Listen to your favorite songs from captain abu raed by austin wintory now.
Filmed in aman, jordan, captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and. Oboist tom boyd and pianist marcelo cesena join forces for an. Summer movie season might not happen this year indiewire s movie podcast. Captain abu raed 2008, jordan captain abu raed is a story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. Apr 18, 2008 sound track for the jordanian film a7lam rafee3a thin dreams featuring. Complete list of seattle international film festival 2008. Sundance film festival world cinema audience award heartland. His day is spent as a custodian at ammans international airport and night are spent in loneliness. Shoo hiloo song from jordanian film thin dreams youtube. One day, he finds an old discarded pilots hat, and discovers a calling. Wellknown movie themes, original compositions from other major motion picture composers and a flavor of latino music will be highlighted with the unique pairing of oboe, cello and piano. Captain abu raed soundtrack from 2008, composed by austin wintory. River monsters season 7 episode 12 full hd duration.
It is the first feature film produced in jordan in more. The first dramatic independent feature film to come out of jordan in the last 50 years. Everyone has a dream abu raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. Abu raed is hit at maui film festival those who have followed my maui film festival stories might wonder why im still so hot on the topic. The fabulous picture show captain abu raed tv episode. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. 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. We are very proud of the films success here in the united states vast and competitive movie industry. I was bopping around the internet reading news stories and found quite a funny collection of snapshots showing young children reacting rather badly to being plopped onto santas lap and left there with a huge stranger dressed in bright red with a giant white beard holding on to them against their will. Sep 04, 2008 all 4 september 2008 articles in screen. The newport beach film festival wrapped up its ninth annual gathering thursday night, announcing award winners and presenting the west coast premiere of a jordanian film, captain abu raed. He is particularly known for composing the scores to the acclaimed video game titles flow and journey, the latter of which was nominated for a grammy award for best score soundtrack for visual media the first for a video game.
After playing for 10 weeks in jordan it will continue to tour the festival circuit before selecting a u. Captain abu raed 2008 sundance film nadim sawalha better call saul the comedian book of love drama sad movies indie films story of the world captain abu raed a multi reward jordanian film about an airport janitor who finds a pilots hat in a trash and uses it to tell stories of adventures to the poor kid in his neighborhood, lovely performance. 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. The studio is also in preproduction on blackbeard, which is the first in a slate of familyfriendly theatrical films. Nadim sawalha has made over 100 appearances in film and television, in a career spanning more than 40 years. The jordanian film captain abu raed was wellreceived when it toured the festival circuit in 2008, winning the world cinema audience award at sundance that year among its several honors, but it never obtained wider distribution in theaters. Amin matalqas teary drama, captain abu raed, takes its obvious cues from the neorealism of satyajit ray and jean renoir, but matalqa doesnt know how to balance melodrama with quiet moments the. Chaplin, but from my vantage point, the results feel more like they were plucked from harvey weinsteins. Captain abu raed is a movie about an airport janitor who finds a polits hat in the trash bin one day. Captain abu raed 2008, paper and pen films nadim sawalha,rana sultan,hussein alsous,udey alqiddissi,ghandi saber,dina raadyaghnam,mohammad qteshat,nadim mushahwar,faisal majali,lina attel,ali maher,khaled alsafi,rami samara,ayat najah abd alsadeq,khuloud khaled issa,salam najjar,bilal rantisi,issa hilal,marc hollogne,omar jabaji,malik madi,zeid. Amer alkhuffash, laila arabi, karma alsourki, joud alsourki. I promise its not just because i got to hang with dennis quaid on the wailea coast more accurately. Young musician scores big in television the seattle times. Oct 28, 2008 captain abu raed, the first jordanian feature film ever exported to the worlds cinemas, is a winner of the audience award at the 2008 sundance film festival and the dubai international film festival.
Captain abu raed in the quest for better understanding between the west and the middle east, a film like captain abu raed, which shows during filmfest d. I\ve known and corresponded with austin over the years since my days in college and the days of usenet groups, well before the plethora of websites now dedicated towards the art. Saturday and sunday in conjunction with chronicles release. Eight films that portray another side of the mideast. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, intense, exciting and interesting films and tv shows about with death, culture clash, explosion, vengeance, desert, photograph, blood, betrayal, cell phone and politics plots mostly in drama, thriller and. Hello select your address best sellers gift ideas new releases whole foods todays deals amazonbasics coupons gift cards customer service free shipping shopper toolkit registry sell gift ideas new releases whole foods todays deals amazonbasics coupons gift cards customer service free shipping shopper toolkit registry sell.