Beyond Borders
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Beyond Borders is a 2003 drama film about aid workers, directed by Martin Campbell
and starring Angelina Jolie
and Clive Owen
. The original music score was composed by James Horner
.
Although it reflected Jolie's real-life interest in promoting humanitarian relief, the film was critically and financially unsuccessful. The film was marketed with the tagline "In a place she didn't belong, among people she never knew, she found a way to make a difference."
Concurrently with the release of the film, Jolie published Notes from My Travels
, a collection of journal entries from her real-life experiences as a Goodwill Ambassador
for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) — similar to what the character she plays in the movie does.
As Sarah's work takes her to these volatile areas, where few people have traveled and even fewer have survived, she discovers that the harsh realities she encounters, and her growing attraction to the charismatic, unpredictable doctor, ignite in her a passion for saving lives... while risking her own in the process. She works for humanitarian and human rights organizations for 10 years after she first travels to Ethiopia, and eventually works for the UNHCR and acts as a regional representative for the United Kingdom.
The film was shot on location in Thailand, Namibia and Canada.
(Angelina Jolie).
Martin Campbell
-Life and career:Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He directed two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the first Bond director since John Glen to direct more than one film, as well as the oldest director in...
and starring Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
and Clive Owen
Clive Owen
Clive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...
. The original music score was composed by James Horner
James Horner
James Roy Horner is an American composer, orchestrator and conductor of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of Celtic musical elements...
.
Although it reflected Jolie's real-life interest in promoting humanitarian relief, the film was critically and financially unsuccessful. The film was marketed with the tagline "In a place she didn't belong, among people she never knew, she found a way to make a difference."
Concurrently with the release of the film, Jolie published Notes from My Travels
Notes from My Travels
Notes from My Travels is a collection of journal excerpts kept by actress Angelina Jolie in 2001-2002 detailing her experiences travelling to troubled Third World regions in her role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees .The book was published in 2003,...
, a collection of journal entries from her real-life experiences as a Goodwill Ambassador
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees who use their talent and fame to advocate for refugees.-Current Ambassadors:...
for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to...
(UNHCR) — similar to what the character she plays in the movie does.
Cast
- Angelina JolieAngelina JolieAngelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
as Sarah Jordan Beauford - Clive OwenClive OwenClive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...
as Dr. Nick Callahan - Teri PoloTeri PoloTheresa Elizabeth "Teri" Polo is an American actress known for her role of Pam Focker in the movie Meet the Parents and its two sequels, Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers...
as Charlotte Jordan - Linus RoacheLinus RoacheLinus William Roache is an English actor.-Early life:Roache was born in Manchester, the son of Coronation Street actor William Roache and actress Anna Cropper. Roache was educated at Bishop Luffa Church of England School in Chichester, West Sussex and at the independent Rydal School in Colwyn Bay,...
as Henry Beauford - Noah EmmerichNoah EmmerichNoah Nicholas Emmerich is an American film actor who first broke out in the film Beautiful Girls. He was later seen in movies like The Truman Show, Cop Land, Frequency, Love & Sex, Windtalkers, Miracle, Super 8 and Little Children.-Early life:Emmerich was born in New York City to a Jewish family,...
as Elliott Hauser - Yorick van WageningenYorick van WageningenYorick van Wageningen is a Dutch actor.After acting in several Dutch plays, movies, and television series, van Wageningen was asked to come to Hollywood to appear in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report. Due to problems with his visa, he was unable to work on that movie in the United States....
as Jan Steiger - Timothy WestTimothy WestTimothy Lancaster West, CBE is an English film, stage and television actor.-Career:West's craggy looks ensured a career as a character actor rather than a leading man. He began his career as an Assistant Stage Manager at the Wimbledon Theatre in 1956, and followed this with several seasons of...
as Lawrence Bauford - Kate Trotter as Mrs. Bauford
- Jonathan HigginsJonathan Higgins-Bibliography:*Heroes, Monsters & Messiahs, Page 220 by Elizabeth Hirschman - 2000*Harry and Wally's Favorite TV shows, pages 307-307 by Harry Castleman and Walter J...
as Philip - John Gausden as Jimmy Bauford
- Isabelle Horler as Anna Beauford
- Iain LeeIain LeeIain Lee is a British comedian, and a television and radio presenter. His career began when he performed stand-up comedy gigs across venues in London. He subsequently became co-presenter of the comedy current affairs show The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 and RI:SE...
as Master of Ceremonies - Keelan Anthony as Jojo
- John BourgeoisJohn BourgeoisJohn Bourgeois is a bilingual actor, director and educator.-Life and career:John Bourgeois was born in Ottawa. He received his training at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London and Concordia University in Montreal, where he obtained a B.A...
as Rolly - Kalyane Tea as Steiger's Girlfriend
- Julian Casey as Police Officer
- Norman Mikeal Berketa as Police Officer
- Aidan Pickering as TV Reporter
- Nambitha Mpumlwana as Tula
- Fikile Nyandeni as Gemilla
- Tony Robinow as Art Dealer
- Andrew FrenchAndrew French-Biography:French was born on December 10, 1859 in Green Lake County, Wisconsin. He would become a farmer....
as Meles - Jamie BartlettJamie BartlettJamie Bartlett is a South African actor best known for his role as the shady Mike O'Reilly on the soap opera television series Isidingo aired on the SABC 3 television channel and Crawford in Prey.-Career:...
as Joss - Tumisho Masha as Hamadi
- Kate AshfieldKate AshfieldKate Ashfield is a British actress, best known for her award-winning roles as Jody in the Anglo-German film Late Night Shopping, as Sadie MacGregor in the British film This Little Life and as Liz in the 2004 film Shaun of the Dead.-Biography:Ashfield was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England...
as Kat - Faye Peters as Monica
- John MatshikizaJohn MatshikizaJohn Matshikiza was a South African actor, theatre director, poet and journalist.John Matshikiza was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to Todd Matshikiza and Esme Matshikiza. Todd was a renowned jazz pianist, composer and journalist. Due to apartheid, the Matshikiza family went into exile in...
as Dawit Ningpopo - Zaa NkwetaZaa NkwetaZaa Nkweta is a Canadian actor, journalist and television presenter.Nkweta has a BA from McGill University and a postgraduate journalism diploma from Rhodes University. He is a graduate of Ashbury College in Rockliffe Park, Ottawa and attended The National Theatre School of Canada, training under...
as Titus - Sahajak Boonthanakit as Port Official
- Dennis Tan as Port Official
- Doan Jaroen-Ngarm Mckenzie as Tao
- Burt KwoukBurt KwoukBurt Kwouk OBE , born Herbert Kwouk, is an English actor of Chinese descent, known for many television appearances and for his role as Cato in the Pink Panther films.-Career:...
as Colonel Gao - Teerawat Mulvilai as Ma Sok
- Bertrand A. Henri as Speaker
- Jasmin GeljoJasmin GeljoJasmin Geljo is a Bosnian actor. He is best known for his roles on Cube Zero as Ryjkin and in the films Land of the Dead, Assault on Precinct 13 and The Sentinel.-Biography:...
as Truck Driver - Francis X. McCarthy as Strauss
- Manuel Tadros as Chechen Mobster
- Elizabeth WhitmereElizabeth WhitmereElizabeth Whitmere is a Canadian actress working in the United States and Canada. Born and raised in northern Canada, she draws on her experiences there, in the Maritimes, in Montreal, and in Massachusetts in the development of her characters and her stand-up comedy routines.Whitmere appeared in...
as Beatrice
Overview
While attending a fund raising gala, Sarah Jordan (Jolie), a naive, married American socialite living in England, witnesses a fiery plea delivered by an intruder- a renegade humanitarian, Dr. Nick Callahan (Owen). His plea made on behalf of impoverished children under his care, turns Sarah's life upside down. Attracted to Nick and his cause, she impulsively abandons her job at an art gallery and sheltered life in England to work alongside him in his effort to aid the refugee camps. She travels to Ethiopia.As Sarah's work takes her to these volatile areas, where few people have traveled and even fewer have survived, she discovers that the harsh realities she encounters, and her growing attraction to the charismatic, unpredictable doctor, ignite in her a passion for saving lives... while risking her own in the process. She works for humanitarian and human rights organizations for 10 years after she first travels to Ethiopia, and eventually works for the UNHCR and acts as a regional representative for the United Kingdom.
The film was shot on location in Thailand, Namibia and Canada.
Awards
Beyond Borders was nominated for two awards: The PFS Award for peace and the Razzie Award for Worst ActressRazzie Award for Worst Actress
The Razzie Award for Worst Actress is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst actress of the previous year. The following is a list of nominees and recipients of that award, along with the film for which they were nominated....
(Angelina Jolie).
External links
- Beyond Borders at MetacriticMetacriticMetacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...