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Director:
Yves Simoneau
Writers (WGA):
Doris L. Rich (source material book "Amelia Earhart: A Biography")
Anna Sandor (written by)
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Release Date:
12 June 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Plot:
A telling of the story of the famous U.S. aviatrix Amelia Earhart who attempted to fly solo around the world in 1937... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Okay, and more accurate than one might think. more (7 total)

Cast

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Diane Keaton ... Amelia Earhart

Rutger Hauer ... Fred Noonan
Bruce Dern ... George Putnam
Paul Guilfoyle ... Paul Mantz

David Carpenter ... Harry Manning

Denis Arndt ... Joseph Laughlin

Diana Bellamy ... Mrs. Atkinson
Heather Lauren Olson ... Teenage Girl Fan
Don Bloomfield ... Sid Smith

Nancy Lenehan ... Radio Show Hostess

Newell Alexander ... Radio Show Sound Effects Man

Warren Munson ... President Elliot
Marilyn Rockafellow ... Mrs. Elliot

Hansford Rowe ... Purdue Male Guest
Edith Fields ... Purdue Female Guest 1
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Runtime:
Germany:95 min | USA:95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
South Korea:15 | Iceland:L
Filming Locations:
Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Avenue Pictures Productions more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: At the picnic, they use a squeeze bottle for mustard. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV) more

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Okay, and more accurate than one might think., 25 March 2005
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Author: (thefinalgunslinger) from United States

This movie was decent for a TV Movie, it was well directed and fairly well casted (Although the casting of Dern as Putnam could have been better), and handled the era quite nicely.

I liked how it explored the angle of Amelia gathering information about Japanese movements - if you consider the condition the country was in at the time of the real Earhart flight, you'd understand that it very well could not be a myth. It included Noonans alcohol problem (A little known, yet on the record fact) as well as Amelias stubbornness to carry extra equipment.

One thing I did not like about this movie is the "afterwards" angle. It ended with them raising their altitude in some final acceptance scene into the sunset - Amelia was stubborn, she wouldn't have accepted the fact that she may very well be DEAD in an hour that easily.

Also, I think it would have been prudent to tell the viewers that not only would a Lockeed C-35 Electra (The plane she was flying) float with empty fuel tanks, but also that there were several islands in the vicinity of Amelias last transmissions... the (real) main theory is that she crashed on one of these islands and was later executed by pacific Japanese troops... the plane was then burned (Almost confirmed by pieces of a C-35 found on one of the islands) Overall it was an amusing movie. I thought it was overacted in some parts, and the drama was stereotypical and drawn out, but it was worth the two hours to watch it.

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