Annonuncing "Captain Abu Raed" A Jordanian Feature Film....إطلاق مشروع الفيلم السينمائي الاردني "كابتن ابو رائد
Jordanian Director Amin Matalqa, Producer David Pritchard and Laith Majali
نقلاً عن جريدة الغدإطلاق مشروع الفيلم السينمائي الاردني "كابتن ابو رائد"
9/4/2006
عمّان-الغد - برعاية امين عمان المهندس نضال الحديد تقيم الدائرة الثقافية في الثامنة من مساء الأربعاء المقبل حفل اطلاق مشروع الفيلم السينمائي الاردني "كابتن ابو رائد" للكاتب والمخرج أمين مطالقة في قاعة مجلس امانة عمان.
يحكي الفيلم قصة بواب مطار متقاعد لم يستطع أن يحقق حلمه بالسفر حول العالم, بعد خسارة مفاجئة لزوجته ومن خلال تكوين صداقات جديدة مع الاطفال الفقراء في الحي استطاع البواب أن يعيش حلمه من جديد من خلال رواية القصص الخيالية وسرد مغامراته وتجواله حول العالم فالاطفال يصدقون انه كان يوماً طياراً, كابتن يعمل في المطار.
ومع تطور العلاقات واختلاط ابو رائد مع اثنين من أطفال الحي استطاع أن يكشف الصراعات والنزاعات المحيطة بحياتهما الضئيلة.
ومن خلال الصداقة التي تكونت مع فتاة تعمل كطيار استطاع ابو رائد التغلب على الشك الذي يدور في داخله وايجاد الشجاعة للتدخل في حياة هؤلاء الاطفال وتغييرها. وخلال هذه العملية استطاع تعدي حدود مخاوفه وتمكن من إلهام هؤلاء الاطفال والفتاة الطيار لتخطي حدود أحلامهم... الى العيش.
يعتبر هذا الفيلم المؤثر والممزوج بالدراما والكوميديا أول فيلم اردني عالمي يستهدف شاشات السينما في مختلف دول العالم بتوفر عناصر الافكار والشخصيات العالمية.
ويحمل الفيلم في طيه ثلاثة اهداف الاول هو توصيل صورة للغرب عن العرب كأشخاص عاديين يحلمون ويسعون لتحقيق احلامهم. وليس كما تعرض وسائل الاعلام عن كونهم ارهابيين.
والهدف الثاني هو الاثبات للعالم بانه آن للاردن ليلعب دورا عالمياً في مجال السينما, اما الهدف الثالث فهو تمهيد الطريق امام الفنانين الجدد في الاردن في مجال صناعة الافلام وبالتالي انتاج افلام اردنية بشكل منتظم.
اجتمع الكاتب والمخرج الاردني امين مطالقة مع المنتجين دافيد بريتشارد (متنجم عائلة سيميسون) و كين كوكين (منتج فيلم المشتبهون الاعتياديون) بالاضافة الى المحرر الاردني ليث المجالي لإنتاج فيلم بأعلى المقاييس العالمية.
يعد امين مطالقة والذي حصل أخيرا على الزمالة في مجال الاخراج من المعهد الاميركي للافلام في مدينة لوس انجلس الوحيد الذي يكمل دراسته في المعهد الاميركي للافلام الذي يعتبر من أرقى كليات تدريس الاخراج في الولايات المتحدة الاميركية. ويخطط أمين لإخراج هذا العمل في عمان في الصيف المقبل.
This Wednesday we officially announce our film project "Captain Abu Raed" , which we hope to be the first Jordanian feature film the world will see.
Captain Abu Raed is the story of a retiring airport janitor who never lived his dream to travel the world. Following the sudden loss of his beloved wife, and through his new-found friendship with the poor children in his neighborhood, he relives the excitement of dreaming by telling them fictional stories of his adventures around the world. They believe that he once was a pilot… an airline captain.
As Abu Raed gets more involved with two of the kids, he comes to discover the struggles surrounding their meager lives. Through a friendship with a young progressive female pilot, Abu Raed overcomes his own doubt and finds the courage to intervene and change the children’s lives. And in the process, he overcomes his own demons and inspires the kids and the young airline pilot to do more than dream…to live!
Jordanian writer/director, Amin Matalqa, teams up with producers David Pritchard (The Simpsons) and Ken Kokin (The Usual Suspects) as well as Jordanian editor, Laith Al-Majali to create a film aiming for the highest international standards.
Our goals with this film are three:
1) Make a beautiful film that represents Jordan to the world with a simple story about following a dream.
2) Set an example for the potential of a successful Jordanian filmmaking industry where young Jordanians can pursue a career in filmmaking.
3) Show the richness and diversity of Jordan through drama and comedy in the most powerful medium that can reach the hearts of millions around the world.
We are assembling a team of Hollywood professionals who will work hand-in-hand with Jordanians to make the first international Jordanian feature film.
Filming will take place in Amman in the summer of 2006.
If you would like to support this film in any capacity, please send an e-mail to amatalqa@mac.com
More information to be posted soon.
Captain Abu Raed is the story of a retiring airport janitor who never lived his dream to travel the world. Following the sudden loss of his beloved wife, and through his new-found friendship with the poor children in his neighborhood, he relives the excitement of dreaming by telling them fictional stories of his adventures around the world. They believe that he once was a pilot… an airline captain.
As Abu Raed gets more involved with two of the kids, he comes to discover the struggles surrounding their meager lives. Through a friendship with a young progressive female pilot, Abu Raed overcomes his own doubt and finds the courage to intervene and change the children’s lives. And in the process, he overcomes his own demons and inspires the kids and the young airline pilot to do more than dream…to live!
Jordanian writer/director, Amin Matalqa, teams up with producers David Pritchard (The Simpsons) and Ken Kokin (The Usual Suspects) as well as Jordanian editor, Laith Al-Majali to create a film aiming for the highest international standards.
Our goals with this film are three:
1) Make a beautiful film that represents Jordan to the world with a simple story about following a dream.
2) Set an example for the potential of a successful Jordanian filmmaking industry where young Jordanians can pursue a career in filmmaking.
3) Show the richness and diversity of Jordan through drama and comedy in the most powerful medium that can reach the hearts of millions around the world.
We are assembling a team of Hollywood professionals who will work hand-in-hand with Jordanians to make the first international Jordanian feature film.
Filming will take place in Amman in the summer of 2006.
If you would like to support this film in any capacity, please send an e-mail to amatalqa@mac.com
More information to be posted soon.
posted by Laith at 3:18 AM
6 Comments:
Awesome :D this really is exciting, and I just feel that Jordanian filmmaking will simply start snowballing... there's so much amazing potential in the horizon!
Keep up the wonderful work guys!
Good luck and way to go!
GOOD LUCK DUDE!!
nice ;)
hehe, let amin not try to say it will be his last jordanian movie...
Laith, this is a great project! I had this dream of having you and Amin visit schools in East Amman and talk about your work to inspire young lives. Now, you are actually coming and filming among them about them! Fantastic. May God richly bless this endeavor.
omg reading this just gave me goose bumps! this is too cool. you guys make us so proud. cant wait to hear more about it.
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