Afghan Luke

117

100 minutes – Drama
Festival Release date: June 11, 2011 (Shanghai International)
Release date: September 23, 2011
Canadian Distributor: Alliance Films

Disheartened when his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses in Afghanistan is buried, journalist Luke Benning quits his job determined to return to Afghanistan to get the real story. Through the contacts of his offbeat buddy, Tom, Luke is offered a job by a stoner magazine to return to Afghanistan and do a “gonzo” story about the best hashish in the region. While there, Luke intends to gather enough evidence to get his old story into print. But he soon finds that Afghanistan is an even more dangerous place than when he left. To make matters worse, his old friend and fixer, Mateen has been hired away by Luke`s journalistic nemesis, Imran Sahar. Soon the trip for Luke and Tom in Afghanistan turns into a surreal and perilous adventure, a journey into an alternate reality, filtered through a haze of hash and gun smoke.

Afghan Luke, movie poster,

Crew:

Producer:

Mike Clattenburg
Barrie Dunn
Michael Volpe

Executive Producer:

Mark Slone

Line Producer:

Chris Rudolph

Director:

Mike Clattenburg

Screenwriter:

Douglas Bell
Mike Clattenburg
Barrie Dunn
Patrick Graham

Cinematographer:

Jeremy Benning

Editor:

Roger Mattiussi

Composer:

Blain Morris

Production Designer:

James Hazell

Art Director:

Keli Manson

Costume Designer:

Farnaz Khaki-Sadigh

Cast: Roles:

Nick Stahl
Nicolas Wright
Stephen Lobo
Vik Sahay
Steve Cochrane
Pascale Hutton
Ali Liebert
Torrance Coombs
Parm Soor
Colin Cunningham
Emmanuel Shirinian
Pablo Silveira
Ron Lea
Jason Scheming
Timothy Webber
Lewis Black
Gary Levert
Anousha Alamian
Gary Gill
Raj Lal
Meysam Motazedi
Yuriy Sobeshchakov
Rahman Azizi
Hooshang Saadi
Mina E. Mina

Luke Benning
Tom
Mateen
Imran Sahar
Sgt. Rick Cahoon
Elita
Miss Freedom
Davey
Ustad Mir
Christer

Hamid
Mark
Shah
Dr. Hinkley
Himself
Rory
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