Black Gold (2011) [R]

Release Date:
December 21, 2011

Original Title:
Black Gold

Alternate Titles:
Day of the Falcon
Or noir

Genres:
Adventure | Drama

Production Companies:
Carthago Films
DFI
France 2 Cinéma
Prima TV
Quinta Communications

Production Countries:
France | Italy | Qatar | Tunisia

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA15+  BR: 14  DE: 12  ES: R  IE: 12  NL: 16  RO: 18  US: R 

Runtime: 130

On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib adopts Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee against invasion. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage and return to his father’s land. Auda cares only for books and the pursuit of knowledge. One day, their adopted father Nesib is visited by an American from Texas. He tells the Emir that his land is blessed with oil and promises him riches beyond his wildest imagination. Nesib imagines a realm of infinite possibility, a kingdom with roads, schools and hospitals all paid for by the black gold beneath the barren sand. There is only one problem. The precious oil is located in the Yellow Belt.

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ADR & Dubbing:
Jennie Evans
Lee Herrick

Adaptation:
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Alain Godard

Armorer:
Stéphane Linet

Art Direction:
Emma Pucci

Assistant Art Director:
Lilith Bekmezian
Thierry Poulet

Assistant Costume Designer:
Céline Pelé

Assistant Editor:
Sarah Zaanoun

CG Supervisor:
Benoit De Longlee

Costume Design:
Sarah Ellis

Dialogue Editor:
Capucine Courau

Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director of Photography:
Jean-Marie Dreujou

Editor:
Hervé Schneid

First Assistant Camera:
Denis Garnier

First Assistant Editor:
Anita Roth

Foley:
Nicolas Becker
Nicolas Fioraso

Music Editor:
Dick Bernstein
Jim Henrikson

Novel:
Hans Ruesch

Original Music Composer:
James Horner

Producer:
Tarak Ben Ammar

Production Design:
Pierre Quefféléan

Screenplay:
Menno Meyjes

Script Supervisor:
Natasha Gomes de Almeida

Second Unit Cinematographer:
Susana Gomes

Set Decoration:
Fabienne Guillot

Sound Effects Editor:
Cédric Denooz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Vincent Arnardi
Julien Perez

Special Effects Coordinator:
Absi Anis

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Amélie Grossier
Christophe Chabenet

Special Effects Supervisor:
Uli Nefzer

Steadicam Operator:
Jan Rubens

Still Photographer:
David Koskas

Stunts:
James Logan

Supervising Sound Editor:
Selim Azzazi

Supervising Sound Effects Editor:
Frédéric Le Louet

VFX Supervisor:
Eric Carme

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Virginie Wintrebert

Visual Effects Editor:
David Gourmaud
Laurent Ripoll

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