Amelia

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Bound by ambition and love, their enduring marriage could not be broken by Amelia's determination to fly -- nor her passionate affair with Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor). Two-time Academy Award® Winner Hilary Swank delivers an unforgettable performance as Amelia Earhart, the legendary American aviatrix who boldly flew into the annals of history. Richard Gere co-stars as her charismatic business partner and adoring husband George Putnam. Equal parts gripping drama, stirring romance and epic adventure, Amelia will take your breath away and send your spirit soaring!

Audio: English: 5.1 Dolby Digital
Language: Dubbed: English / Subtitled: English, French & Spanish
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: Widescreen: 2.35:1

The big flights themselves have innate appeal, but otherwise the emphasis is on Amelia's love life, shared between Putnam (Richard Gere) and the dashing Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor)--who, the film clumsily keeps reminding us, is the father of Gore Vidal, seen here as a precocious tyke. Amelia ticks through the major achievements of Earhart's career: her 1928 flight across the Atlantic (as a passenger, not a pilot), which made her the first airborne woman to make the trip; more triumphantly, her 1932 solo transatlantic journey; her marriage to publisher George Putnam; and of course the mysterious 1937 around-the-world flight that ended in her vanishing, with engineer Fred Noonan, somewhere near Howland Island in the mid Pacific. With Swank in her pilot togs and director Mira Nair at the helm, the project would seem to have the ingredients for success, but the resulting film is a truly dull, almost featureless affair. After a while Amelia becomes a series of events, told with less excitement than the average documentary on the same subject, albeit with prettier photography. A smidgen of Amelia's proto-feminist attitude is included, including her intriguing take on her marriage agreement, but nothing actually cuts deep or generates interest. --Robert Horton With her lanky Middle-America looks and her toothy grin, Hilary Swank is a natural fit for the adventurous figure of Amelia Earhart, the world's most famous aviatrix.

Product Info

Actor: Hilary Swank, Richard Donat, Christopher Eccleston, Richard Gere, Thomas Hauff
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
EAN: 0024543641698
EAN List: EANListElement: 0024543641698
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: FOXD2264169D
Number Of Discs: 1
Package Quantity: 1
Part Number: FOXD2264169D
Product Group: DVD
Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD
Publication Date: 2010-02-01
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2010-02-02
Running Time: 111
SKU: 0024543641698-11
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Title: Amelia
UPC: 024543641698
UPC List: UPCListElement: 024543641698
ASIN: B0030E5NJ6
Sales Rank: 22394