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Culture Warrior: Good and Bad Biopics
Culture Warrior: Good and Bad Biopics
The successful biopic is something that takes a truly masterful hand to accomplish. A lifetime, like history itself, contains no inherent narrative—no arc or three-act structure—yet, like in studying history, we narratavize the exceptional human life in order to better understand it. In ...
Movie Review - 'Amelia'
Movie Review - 'Amelia'
getthebigpicture.net — Amelia Starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, and Ewan McGregor Directed by Mira Nair Rated PG Memorable only for the opportunity it has missed, Amelia manages to tell us everything about Amelia Earhart except what we might want to know. A great film can take the ... Movie Review - 'Amelia'
Review: Amelia
Review: Amelia
filmschoolrejects.com — Amelia Earhart’s accomplishments include: Woman’s world altitude record: 14,000 ft (1922) First woman to fly the Atlantic (1928) Speed records for 100 km (and with 500 lb (230 kg) cargo) (1931) First woman to fly an autogyro (1931) Altitude record for autogyros: ... Review: Amelia
Amelia: Film Review
slantmagazine.com — Amelia attempts the yeoman's task of recounting a tale about which it has virtually nothing to say. by Nick Schager Amelia: Film Review
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filmofilia.com 10/18/2009 — An international trailer for the upcoming Amelia Earhart biopic, “ Amelia ” has appeared online. Amelia, Dorothy Binney and Richard Gere After becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, Amelia ( Hilary Swank ) was thrust into a new role as America’s sweetheart – ...
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boxofficemojo.com 27 days ago — > MOVIES Share | More Charts on Premier ...>>> AMELIA Domestic Total as of Oct. 25, 2009: $4,025,000 (Estimate) Distributor: Fox Searchlight Release Date: October 23, 2009 Genre: Historical Drama Running Time: 2 hrs. 0 min. MPAA Rating: PG Production ...
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cinemasoldier.com 29 days ago — "Amelia" isn't going to break any box office awards this weekend. When I saw it Thursday at midnight, my friend and I were the absolute only two people in the theater. Everyone else was seeing "Saw VI" and "Paranormal Activity." It was kind of fun since I could be loud and obnoxious the ...
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indiewire.com 30 days ago — After a series of quickly forgotten films released in the past few years, Mira Nair is back with a film that has rewards bait written all over it, the Amelia Earhart biopic “Amelia.”  The film, told in flashback from the infamously last flight of the most famous female aviator, focuses on ...
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variety.com 29 days ago — A Fox Searchlight release of a Fox Searchlight and Avalon Pictures presentation. Produced by Ted Waitt, Kevin Hyman, Lydia Dean Pilcher. Executive producers, Ron Bass, Hilary Swank. Co-producer, Don Carmody. Directed by Mira Nair. Screenplay, Ron ...
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movies.nytimes.com 29 days ago — Amelia Earhart , the American aviator who disappeared somewhere over the Pacific in 1937 while trying to become the first woman to fly around the globe, didn’t wear bodices, as far as I can tell from the new biographical movie starring Hilary Swank . ...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com 30 days ago — I am drawn to every news story about the attempts, which still continue, to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance on July 2, 1937. It's pretty clear she ditched at sea, but you just never know. Those clues found on a Pacific atoll are ...
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bigpicturebigsound.com 29 days ago — Stiff biopic of the legendary flier skims the surface of her achievements but never quite takes off.
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