A MIGHTY HEART turns the kidnapping of WALL STREET JOURNAL reporter Daniel Pearl into a powerful procedural. Director Michael Winterbottom (THE CLAIM) and star Angelina Jolie bring energy and emotion to the political and personal side of the story that gripped headlines across the world. The production honors the life of Daniel Pearl, the courage of his life Mariane and the passion of dedicated journalists.
Daniel (Dan Futterman, TV's JUDGING AMY) and pregnant Mariane Pearl (Jolie, GIRL, INTERRUPTED) moved to Karachi, Pakistan where he continues his investigation into a link between "shoe bomber" Richard Reid and extremist cleric Mubarisk Ali Gilani. They move into the house of colleague and long-time friend Asra Nomani (Archie Panjabi, THE CONSTANT GARDNER). Danny meets with Randall Bennett (Will Patton, REMEMBER THE TITANS) at the U.S. consulate about whether he should go through with a planned meeting with Gilani and Bennett advises him not to. But after getting assurances from a Pakistani government official that as long as they are in public he will be safe, Danny takes a taxi to meet Gilani, but never returns.