I saw it this past weekend and I thought it was an excellent film. The acting, producing and directing were exceptionally good. It is interesting how the writers presented the different expereinces and perspectives amongst muslims.

You won't be able to find it in any theathers. I think it went straight to video, aside from the film festivals it has shown in.

nimr. oops. my bad.

congrats for the movie. it MUST win the OSCARS. and the other films in the running arent exactly oscar material, lets hope hollywood is as kind as the foreign press.

Congrats to Paradise now for winning the Golden Globe for best foreign film!!!

I think this should guarantee at least a nomination for the Oscars too? (Inshallah)

I doubt it is showing in theatres now but in case you missed it the realease date for the DVD is March 21.

Brainsvlove(aka Village moderator??):

Great advice...I hate when people do that!!

Oh...maybe you didn't check the date of my JE...I posted it on Oct 3. You posted your JE on the same topic on Nov 6.

Last I checked Oct is before Nov right??

"um Hello McFly, Anybody Home?"

there's a JE on this already. let's try to avoid too many JEs on the same topic. see 2 entries down

Paradise Now has been nominated for a Golden globe. They often predict who will be nominated for the oscars too? www.hfpa.org

Has anyone seen the movies that it is competeing with?

a. KUNG FU HUSTLE (CHINA)
b. MASTER OF THE CRIMSON ARMOR aka THE PROMISE (CHINA)
c. JOYEUX NOEL (MERRY CHRISTMAS) (FRANCE)
d. PARADISE NOW (PALESTINE)
e. TSOTSI (SOUTH AFRICA)

Sorry here is the link with the reviews again:
www.rottentomatoes.com

Finally had a chance to the the movie 'Paradise Now' and just trying to convince others to go out and see it too. The movie has been getting great reviews and many expect that it will be nominated for an academy award for best foreign film.

The basic premise behind the film is about two Palestinian suicide bombers and what is to be the last 48 hours of their life. Without completely supporting suicide bombers or being completely apologetic about it the movie does and amazing job addressing the psychological factors motivating the decision and the social impact of Isreali occupation on the Palestinians living there.

Here is the movie link with the trailer: link/

And another link with movie reviews and some movie clips link/


It is also nice seeing a talented Muslim Palestinian film maker getting this much acclaim and awards (especially for a subject that I normally would never expect Hollywood, the media and Warner Bros to support). We should support him and his film by taking our friends to see it(both Muslim AND non Muslim). It it all filmed on location in Israel and Nablus, Palestine. The subject and images will be eye opening for most westerners and Americans who don't have a clue about what its like to live in Palestine and under Israeli occupation. Unfortunately it is only playing in limited release I had to take the train in to Manhattan and payed a high ticket price but it was well worth it.

The movie already won the Blue Angel Award 2005 for Best European Film and the Amnesty International Award 2005!

For an interview with director Hany Abu Assad about his movie Paradise Now read the following www.adc.org

A MUST SEE!

The preview doesn?t say much except one thing caught my attention
The Amnesty International Award 2005