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Movie Description
Betty Mahmoody (Sally Field) is an American woman, wife of an Iranian-born doctor, who travels to Iran under her husband's pretense of a vacation. She is horrified to learn her husband intends to live there and refuses to allow her or their daughter to leave. She then begins a desperate and dangerous plan to escape the country with her daughter. Based on a true story.
Synopsis
The true story of Betty Mahmoody, an American housewife who was trapped with her daughter in Iran during a visit to her husband's family in 1984. Mahmoody's husband is an Iranian doctor, seemingly Americanized after twenty years in the United States. Back in his native country, however, and under the influence of his Muslim relatives, the doctor suddenly and wholeheartedly embraces the tenets of Islamic fundamentalism. He forces his wife to wear a veil, informs her that they are never returning to the United States and threatens to kill her when she tries to escape. Stripped of her rights and her American citizenship, Mahmoody finds herself a prisoner in an alien and hostile society and must risk her life to smuggle herself and her four-year-old daughter out of Iran.
Film Notes
Color by Fujicolor.
Estimated budget of $13.2 million.
Filmed at GG Studios, Navehlan, Israel and in Atlanta, Georgia.
Began shooting February 18, 1990; completed shooting May 5, 1990. Released in the USA January 11, 1991; released in Tel Aviv March 29, 1991. Released on video June 26, 1991.
Based on the book "Not Without My Daughter," the true story of Betty Mahmoody's experiences in Iran, written by Mahmoody with William Hoffer. The book was published in 1987 by St. Martin's Press and was a bestseller in Europe, particularly Germany and France. The film also did better in Europe (particularly Germany and Scandinavia) where it grossed over $30 million. It did poorly, however, in the United States.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Dolby Digital Stereo - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Featurette
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