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The Kite Runner

Summary: After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

Release Date: January 11, 2008

Genre: Drama

Director: Marc Forster

Writers: David Benioff

, Khaled Hosseini

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Participant, Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Beijing Happy Pictures Cultural Communications Co., Kite Runner Holdings, Ebeling Group, Neal Street Productions, Wonderland Films

Distributor: Paramount Vantage, DreamWorks, DreamWorks Home Entertainment, Trifecta Entertainment and Media, Warner Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, China, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 15,800,078

International: $ 59,210,951

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