Black Gold | |
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Directed by | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
Screenplay by | Jean-Jacques Annaud Menno Meyjes Alain Godard |
Based on | South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia by Hans Ruesch |
Produced by | Tarak Ben Ammar |
Starring | Tahar Rahim Mark Strong Antonio Banderas Freida Pinto Riz Ahmed Corey Johnson Liya Kebede |
Cinematography | Jean-Marie Dreujou |
Edited by | Hervé Schneid |
Music by | James Horner |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures (France, United Kingdom and Argentina) Eagle Pictures (Italy)[1] |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Countries | Tunisia France Italy Qatar |
Language | English |
Budget | €38.5–40 million[2][3] |
Box office | $5.5 million[1] |
Black Gold (also known as Day of the Falcon and Or noir) is a 2011 epic historical war film, based on Hans Ruesch's 1957 novel South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia (also known as The Great Thirst and The Arab). It was directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud,[4] produced by Tarak Ben Ammar and co-produced by Doha Film Institute. The film stars Tahar Rahim, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Mark Strong and Riz Ahmed.[5]
The film received negative reviews and grossed $5.5 million on a budget of €40 million, making it a box-office bomb.