Directed by:
Barry LevinsonScreenplay:
Mitch GlazerCinematography:
Sean BobbittComposer:
Marcelo ZarvosCast:
Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Zooey Deschanel, Kate Hudson, Scott Caan, Danny McBride, Taylor Kinney, Sarah Baker, Glenn Fleshler, Eugenia Kuzmina, Leem Lubany (more)Plots(1)
Barry Levinson directs this comedy starring Bill Murray as Richie Lanz, an aged and washed-up rock music manager. On a whim, Lanz decides to take his only remaining client, part-time singer and part-time secretary Ronnie (Zooey Deschanel) on a tour of United States Army stations in Afghanistan. On arrival, a stunned Ronnie pockets Lanz's cash and passport and bolts. Stranded, Richie Lanz ends up undertaking a gun run to rural villages on behalf of unhinged Kabul don (Bruce Willis), where he encounters shy Salima (Leem Lubany) who has an extraordinary voice although culture forbids her from singing in public. Sensing potential success, Richie helps Salima travel to Kabul where he enters her in 'Afghan Star', the Afghani version of 'American Idol'. (StudioCanal)
(more)Cast
Bill Murray
USA
Best movies:
Groundhog Day (1993)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Bruce Willis
West Germany
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Die Hard (1988)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Zooey Deschanel
USA
Best movies:
The Offspring Complete Music Video Collection (2005) (video compilation)
Almost Famous (2000)
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Kate Hudson
USA
Best movies:
Almost Famous (2000)
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Marshall (2017)
Scott Caan
USA
Best movies:
Enemy of the State (1998)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ocean's 13 (2007)
Danny McBride
USA
Best movies:
Despicable Me (2010)
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
Up in the Air (2009)
Taylor Kinney
USA
Best movies:
Five (2011) (TV movie)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Stars in Shorts (2012)
Sarah Baker
USA
Best movies:
The Good Lie (2014)
Speech & Debate (2017)
A Simple Favor (2018)
Glenn Fleshler
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Joker (2019)
Blue Jasmine (2013)
Eugenia Kuzmina
Russia
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The Gentlemen (2019)
Fury (2014)
Fading Gigolo (2013)
Leem Lubany
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Saint Judy (2018)
Rock the Kasbah (2015)
Fahim Fazli
Afghanistan
Best movies:
Iron Man (2008)
The Covenant (2023)
Argo (2012)
Kelly Lynch
USA
Best movies:
The Jacket (2005)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009)
Husam Chadat
Syria
Best movies:
Sonne und Beton (2023)
The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)
Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)
Arian Moayed
Iran
Best movies:
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Inventing Anna (2022) (series)
You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
Beejan Land
Australia
Best movies:
The Man Who Sued God (2001)
Rock the Kasbah (2015)
Jonas Khan
Best movies:
The Sweeney (2012)
Rock the Kasbah (2015)
Sand Serpents (2009) (TV movie)
Avery Phillips
USA
Best movies:
Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
Rock the Kasbah (2015)
Non-Stop (2013) (TV movie)
Mansour Badri
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
War Dogs (2016)
All Three of Us (2015)