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The Kite Runner (2007)

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• In many of the kite flying shots, the children were pulling balloons and the kites were added in post-production.
  
  
• Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title 'Playground Bully'.
  
  
• Cameo: [Khaled Hosseini] Doctor in the Park
  
  

• Due to Afghan mores concerning male rape, Paramount Vantage agreed to relocate the young actors out of the country to the United Arab Emirates and arrange visas, housing and schooling for the young actors and jobs for their guardians. Paramount Vantage accepts responsibility for the living expenses of Zekeria Ebrahimi, 'Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada' , 'Ali Danish Bakhty Ari' and Sayed Jafar Masihullah Gharibzada until they reach adulthood, a cost some estimated at up to $500,000.
  
  

• SPOILER: The family of 'Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada' tried to get the rape scene removed from the film.
  
  

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