Rock the Kasbah

Rock the Kasbah (2015)

Opportunity rocks where you least expect it.

A washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, he decides to oppose the young star with talent of his own.

Date of release
2015-10-22
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (387)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy, Music, War
Director
Barry Levinson

Casting

Interesting facts

Rock the Kasbah is a 2015 American comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Mitch Glazer. The film stars Bill Murray as Richie Lanz, a talent manager sent to Afghanistan for a USO tour, Kate Hudson as Richie's partner in country Merci, Bruce Willis as his armed protection and book client Bombay Brian and Leem Lubany as his musical discovery Salima Khan. Open Road Films released the film on October 23, 2015. The film takes its name from a song by The Clash.

Production

The story is very freely adapted from the 2009 documentary Afghan Star and was dedicated to one of the stars of that film, Setara Hussainzada. The film was announced in September 2013. In February 2014, Open Road Films acquired the US distribution rights to the film. In March 2014, Shia LaBeouf, who had been cast in the film, dropped out. A few days later, Scott Caan replaced LaBeouf.

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