The film encountered many difficulties during the filming. In addition to frequent director changes, the choice of the leading hero and heroine was changed. One year before the film began, Kevin Costner agreed to play the male doctor in the film. His calm and mature feeling has always been regarded as the best candidate for this role. Unexpectedly, on the eve of filming, Costner Temporarily exit. Paramount hired British actor Ralph Fiennes, who had starred in "Schindler's List" and "The English Patient". Due to differences in the script, the negotiations between Paramount and Fiennes failed. Very smoothly. Director Oliver Stone also talked to Paramount and left. The film has almost been sentenced to death. However, due to the producer’s insistence, the film ushered in the light at the last minute, and Martin Campbell took over the film’s work. director. As for the heroine, first, Catherine Zeta-Jones was pregnant and resigned. The successor Meg Ryan had no intention of acting because of the divorce with her husband Dennis Quaid before filming, and finally decided to be as passionate about charity as the heroine. Angelina Jolie. As for the actor, Kevin Costner gave up, and then the powerful British actor Ralph Fiennes did not take over because of differences in the script. It was not until the end that Cliff Owen agreed to play
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Extended Reading
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Amy 2022-03-25 09:01:16
Maybe it's because I've watched too many similar humanitarian rescue movies, and I think this movie is a bit cliché, even a bit contrived, especially the love between the two protagonists, I don't find it touching
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Jasper 2022-03-18 09:01:05
The heavy snow buries the young corpses. Humanitarian care covers the pretentiousness and hypocrisy to cover up the facts of derailment in the name of ideals... So the snow reveals the gray and white humanitarian slogans are shallow and powerless, but love in the name of common ideals is highlighted. Insularity... So neither humanity nor love can be perfectly combined and expressed. Only refugees from Ethiopia, Cambodia and Chechnya are moving with their real situation.
Beyond Borders quotes
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Nick Callahan: You're not wearing perfume.
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Sarah Jordan: Perhaps we are all refugees from something, but I see now there is nothing to fear, that the world we hold onto, the lives we cherish, are a part of something greater, something more. When I look at my children I see it so clearly, that hope, that chance of life, and I know it's worth fighting for.