Beyond Borders

Beyond Borders is a 2003 romantic-drama film about aid workers, directed by Martin Campbell and starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen.[1][2] The original music score was composed by James Horner.

Reflecting Jolie's real-life interest in promoting humanitarian relief, the film was critically and financially unsuccessful. The film was marketed with the tagline "In a place she didn't belong, among people she never knew, she found a way to make a difference."

Concurrently with the release of the film, Jolie published Notes from My Travels, a collection of journal entries from her real-life experiences as a Goodwill Ambassadorfor the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) — similar to her character in the film.

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 * 1 Plot
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Production
 * 4 Reception
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links

§Plot[edit]
While attending a fund-raising gala, Sarah Jordan (Angelina Jolie), a naive, married American socialite living in England, witnesses a fiery plea delivered by an intruder – a renegade humanitarian, Dr. Nick Callahan (Clive Owen). His plea made on behalf of impoverished children under his care turns Sarah's life upside down. Attracted to Nick and his cause, she impulsively abandons her job at an art gallery and sheltered life in England to work alongside him in his effort to aid the refugee camps. She travels to Ethiopia.

As Sarah's work takes her to these volatile areas, where few people have traveled and even fewer have survived, she discovers that the harsh realities she encounters, and her growing romantic attraction to the charismatic, unpredictable doctor, ignite in her a passion for saving lives, while risking her own in the process. She works for humanitarian and human rights organizations for ten years after she first travels to Ethiopia, and eventually works for the U.N.H.C.R. and acts as a regional representative for the United Kingdom.

§Cast[edit]

 * Angelina Jolie as Sarah Jordan Beauford
 * Clive Owen as Dr. Nick Callahan
 * Teri Polo as Charlotte Jordan
 * Linus Roache as Henry Beauford
 * Noah Emmerich as Elliott Hauser
 * Yorick van Wageningen as Jan Steiger
 * Timothy West as Lawrence Bauford
 * Kate Trotter as Mrs. Bauford
 * Jonathan Higgins as Philip
 * John Gausden as Jimmy Bauford
 * Isabelle Horler as Anna Beauford
 * Iain Lee as Master of Ceremonies
 * Keelan Anthony as Jojo
 * John Bourgeois as Rolly
 * Kalyane Tea as Steiger's Girlfriend
 * Julian Casey as Police Officer
 * Norman Mikeal Berketa as Police Officer
 * Aidan Pickering as TV Reporter
 * Nambitha Mpumlwana as Tula
 * Fikile Nyandeni as Gemilla
 * Tony Robinow as Art Dealer
 * Andrew French as Meles
 * Jamie Bartlett as Joss
 * Tumisho Masha as Hamadi
 * Kate Ashfield as Kat
 * Faye Peters as Monica
 * John Matshikiza as Dawit Ningpopo
 * Zaa Nkweta as Titus
 * Sahajak Boonthanakit as Port Official
 * Dennis Tan as Port Official
 * Doan Jaroen-Ngarm Mckenzie as Tao
 * Burt Kwouk as Colonel Gao
 * Teerawat Mulvilai as Ma Sok
 * Bertrand A. Henri as Speaker
 * Jasmin Geljo as Truck Driver
 * Francis X. McCarthy as Strauss
 * Manuel Tadros as Chechen Mobster
 * Elizabeth Whitmere as Beatrice

§Production[edit]
The film was shot on location in Thailand, Namibia and Canada.

§Reception[edit]
Beyond Borders received negative reviews from critics, as the movie currently holds a 14% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 103 reviews. Critical consensus on the film has it that "Beyond Borders is good-intentioned, but the use of human suffering as a backdrop for a romance comes across as sanctimonious and exploitative."

It was nominated for the Political Film Society Award for Peace, losing to Sandstorm. Angelina Jolie received a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress nomination for her performances in this and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, but lost to Jennifer Lopez for Gigli.[citation needed]