{"id":1548,"date":"2007-12-14T10:25:43","date_gmt":"2007-12-14T10:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2007\/12\/the-kite-runner-takes-flight.html"},"modified":"2007-12-14T10:25:43","modified_gmt":"2007-12-14T10:25:43","slug":"the-kite-runner-takes-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/12\/the-kite-runner-takes-flight.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Kite Runner&#8217; Takes Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/227\/story_22754_1.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KiteRunnerStill_Bar.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/KiteRunnerStill_Bar.jpg\" width=\"285\" height=\"230\" border=\"0\" \/><\/A><br \/>A movie adaptation of the massively popular novel &#8220;The Kite Runner&#8221; opens today in theaters. 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