Amelia [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures and Avalon Pictures present a film by Mira Nair ; produced by Ted Waitt, Kevin Hyman, Lydia Dean Pilcher ; written by Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan ; directed by Mira Nair.
Contributor(s): Waitt, Ted | Hyman, Kevin | Pilcher, Lydia Dean | Bass, Ronald
| Phelan, Anna Hamilton | Nair, Mira | Swank, Hilary | Gere, Richard | McGregor, Ewan | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Avalon Pictures (Firm) | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Publisher: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2010Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Uniform titles: Amelia (Motion picture : 2009) Subject(s): Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 -- Drama | Putnam, George Palmer, 1887-1950 -- Drama | Women air pilots -- United States -- Drama | Air pilots' spouses -- United States -- Drama | Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal) -- Drama | Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Drama | Man-woman relationships -- United States -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372 Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Cherry Jones.Summary: Kansas-born girl, Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23. Within 12 years she goes on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia and her husband/business partner George Putnam have an enduring marriage that could not be broken by her determination to fly, nor her passionate affair with Gene Vidal. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.
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| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TC | 791.4372 AME 2010 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | GENxx,GENxx,01,CL | 1000529640 | |
| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.4372 AME 2010 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | GENLS,GENLS,01,CL | 1000529486 |
Based on the books East to the dawn by Susan Butler and The Sound of wings by Mary S. Lovell.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Deleted scenes ("A social worker in Boston", "Amelia's fiancée before the Friendship Flight", "The queen of diamonds, Mabel Boll", "Arrival in Wales", "Dorothy Putnam", "Dorothy's departure", "George and Gene"
Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Cherry Jones.
Kansas-born girl, Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23. Within 12 years she goes on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia and her husband/business partner George Putnam have an enduring marriage that could not be broken by her determination to fly, nor her passionate affair with Gene Vidal. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.
DVD; Region 3; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; NTSC.
In English, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai with optional subtitles in English, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Bahasa Indonesia, Korean or Thai.