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THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP IN THE KITE RUNNER MOVIE DIRECTED BY MARC FOSTER: HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH

A) Background of the Study The Kite Runner is a film of friendship that was directed by Marc Foster based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. This movie was released on December 2007 by Paramount Vontage with the duration 128 minutes. The Kite Runner released in Indonesia on February 2008 and was released on DVD on March 25, 2008. The Kite Runner, in a novel was number three best seller for 2005 in United States according to Nielsen Bookscan. Not only the novel that gets a success, The Kite Runner movie also gets a great appreciation from International society. It gets some nominations from the Industry Events and Special Interest Events in USA. On January 7, 2008, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards nominated this movie as Best Picture in Critics Choice Award. Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, as Hassan child, won Best Young Actor. A year ago, on December 16, 2007, Satellite Awards nominated David Benioff as Best Screenplay and Alberto Iglesias get the winner in Best Original Score. Then, on January 13, 2008, it get a big attention from Hollywood Foreign Press Association when its 65th Golden Globe Award nominations as Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Score-Motion Picture. On February 10, 2008 this movie gets three nominations in two different events, BAFTA Film Awards and Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards. BAFTA Film Awards nominated The Kite Runner as Best Music and Best Film Not in the English Language. While VES Awards nominated it as Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture. World Soundtrack Awards gives a two nominations for Alberto Iglesias as Best Original Score of the Year and Best Composer of the Year on October 18, 2008. The Kite Runner movie also gets nominations in Excellence in Production Design Award and Christopher Awards. The great result when Academy
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