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Best Young Actress Costarring in a Motion Picture | 1992 | Sheila
1991
Worst Actress | 1992 | Sally
Box Office Collection 14,789,113 USD
The real Mahtob appeared as an extra in a school scene.
In the book, Betty Mahmoody and Mahtob escaped Iran thru the northern mountain regions in the dead of winter with severe ice and snow. The producers planned to film the escape scene in the Eilat Mountain in Southern Israel. However, there was no snow that winter and the escape scene was going to scrapped. Many protests arose because they felt the scene was essential. Sally Field even threatened to quit the project. The producers looked for other locations but either they were too expensive or unsafe for the actors and the crew. Finally, the scene was re written to have Betty Mahmoodey and Mahtob traveling thru the desert in searing heat.
The real Seyyed Bozorg Mahmoody died in 2009.
Alfred Molina hated the fact that he had to hit Sally Field
Filmed almost entirely in Israel. The exception being the last shot which featured the American embassy in Turkey.
"Moody: I don't know how to say this to you. We're not going back. We're staying here. Betty Mahmoody: [pauses] What do you mean? How long? Moody: I want to get a job here in a hospital. Betty Mahmoody: What? Moody: I want us... to live in Iran. Betty Mahmoody: [softly] No... No... Moody: There's nothing for me in America. Betty Mahmoody: No... What? Are you crazy? We're Americans. Your daughter's an American! Moody, honey, you're upset about your job. I understand that. We're going to go back today and we're going to fix it. Moody: I want Mahtob to grow up here. Betty Mahmoody: [increasingly angry] No! Moody: I think she should become a Muslim! Betty Mahmoody: [screams] No! No! [pauses] Betty Mahmoody: You lied to me. You lied to me! You held the Koran and you swore to me that nothing was going happen. You were planning this all the time. You lied to me!"
"Betty Mahmoody: My father's ill. He could be dying. I have to go and see him. Houssein: I don't think your father would have wanted you to go back if it meant losing your daughter. Betty Mahmoody: Why can't I go and see him, come back, and leave later with Mahtob? Houssein: You can't leave Mahtob here, not with Moody's family. They're from the provinces, and this regime only encourages them. There are some people who consider a girl ready for marriage at nine years of age. Child brides are not unknown."
