Bhutto is a documentary film which was released to limited U.S. theaters on December 3, 2010. The film marks the directorial debut of both Duane Baughman and Johnny O'Hara, who co-directed the production.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2571393/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3635901/ Bhutto premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2010, and was nominated for the festival’s top honor, The Grand Jury Prize in the documentary category (won by Restrepo).http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000631/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1524095/releaseinfo Bhutto was subsequently released in Pakistan in June of 2010.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1524095/releaseinfo
Original music was composed by Herb Graham, Jr. (Karma Calling) and Mader (Eat Drink Man Woman).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534794/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333879/ Pamela B. Green (Fields of Fuel) served as a producer.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1652669/
Bhutto Synopsis
Chronicles the life of female politician Benazir Bhutto, who was Prime Minister of Pakistan twice before voluntarily leaving Pakistan after being accused of corruption. Returning to center stage in politics, Bhutto was a candidate in the Pakistani general election in 2008, when she was assassinated before the public vote. The film intersperses interviews with Bhutto before her assassination, along with testimonies provided by her friends and family.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwAPubfJ0r8
Bhutto Cast and Characters
- Tariq Ali
- Reza Aslan
- Diana Aveni: Young Benazir
- Benazir Bhutto: Herself
- Fatima Bhutto
- Sanam Bhutto: Herself
- Aseefa Bhutto Zardari
- Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari
- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
- Rene Delacruz: Asif Ali Zadari
- Rachael Farrokh: Nusrat Bhutto
- David Frost
- Iyad Hajjaj: Lead Prison Police
- Arianna Huffington
- Kathleen Kennedyhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1524095/
Bhutto Reviews
- "Bhutto conveys a forceful sense of tectonic social and geopolitical shifts, as well as the courageous, heartbreaking personal sacrifices its subject made in service to both her homeland and ideals."—Nick Schager of The Village Voicehttp://www.villagevoice.com/2010-12-01/film/in-bhutto-telling-pakistan-s-story-through-its-one-time-leader-s-/
- "Bhutto's story is an epic one, and Hernandez and O'Hara prove up to the task...The interviews conducted for Bhutto - including a long and emotional one with Bhutto's widowed husband - are thoughtful and frequently moving."—Ray Greene of Box Office Magazinehttp://www.boxofficemagazine.com/reviews/theatrical/2010-10-bhutto
- "...allows Bhutto to succeed beautifully as a kind of protracted CNN-style elegy: All the key points are alighted upon and no sensitive buttons are fingered."—Joseph Jon Lanthier of Slant Magazinehttp://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/bhutto/5184
Theatrical Trailer for "Bhutto"
"Bhutto" weaves the life story of female politician Benazir Bhutto, including her rise in the Pakistani political arena, and her subsequent assassination. The film includes interviews with Bhutto herself, and commentaries from her colleagues, family, and friends. The film was directed by Duane Baughman and Johnny O'Hara, and was released to U.S. theaters on December 3, 2010.
