In the Land of Blood and Honey
In the Land of Blood and Honey is a 2011 American romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Angelina Jolie and starring Zana Marjanovi, Goran Kosti, and Rade erbedija. The film is Jolies directorial debut and depicts a love story set against the background of the Bosnian War. It opened in the United States on December 23, 2011, in a limited theatrical release.
Jolie got the idea to write a script of a wartime love story after traveling to Bosnia and Herzegovina as a U.N. goodwill ambassador. While writing the script she consulted with Richard Holbrooke, a U.S. diplomat and highranking Clinton Administration official who was one of the architects of the Dayton Agreement that put an end to the Bosnian War, General Wesley Clark, who was the director for strategic plans and policy on the United States Department of Defenses Joint Chiefs of Staff during the war, and Tom Gjelten, a foreign correspondent for NPR. After finishing the screenplay, she secured a production team and financing for the project that was being called Untitled Bosnian Love Story. When it came down for the production team to choose a director, Jolie realized she herself wanted to direct. When casting calls and auditions were held, her name was deliberately withheld from all aspects of the project. When it was revealed to the cast that Angelina Jolie wrote the script, a number of them expressed pleasant surprise.In July 2010, with the film already in preproduction, the producers approached the Serbian tycoon and media magnate eljko Mitrovi over the usage of the sound stages and studio sets owned by his Pink International Companys subsidiary Pink Films International in imanovci. However, he refused to do business with them, releasing a press statement Ive held great affection and admiration for Angelina Jolie both as a person and as an artist, but unfortunately shes full of prejudice against the Serbs. I do not wish to be part of something that for the umpteenth time presents the Serbs as eternal bad guys. ........
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