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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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