A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Hilary Swank | ... | Amelia Earhart | |
| Richard Gere | ... | George Putnam | |
| Ewan McGregor | ... | Gene Vidal | |
| Christopher Eccleston | ... | Fred Noonan | |
| Joe Anderson | ... | Bill Stultz | |
| Cherry Jones | ... | Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| Mia Wasikowska | ... | Elinor Smith | |
| Aaron Abrams | ... | Slim Gordon | |
| Dylan Roberts | ... | Leo Bellarts | |
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Scott Yaphe | ... | William Dalten |
| Tom Fairfoot | ... | Balfour | |
| Ryann Shane | ... | Young Amelia | |
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William Cuddy | ... | Gore Vidal |
| Elizabeth Shepherd | ... | Frances Putnam | |
| Richard Donat | ... | Gallagher | |
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Amelia Earhart, a Kansas girl, discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23, and within 12 years has progressed to winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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Visionary. Lover. Dreamer. Fighter. Legend. Icon. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Budget:
$40,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$3,904,047, 25 October 2009Gross USA:
$14,246,488Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$19,643,086Company Credits
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Amelia Earhart: I'm already married, to Mr. Putnam.
Gore Vidal: Why can't you be married to Mr. Putnam and my father at the same time?
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In the film, Amelia signs the contract with her left hand, but in real life she was not left handed. Obviously Hilary Swank is. See more »Goofs
The black and white film of the Lockheed Electra taking off the first time shows a window next to the door, and a window in the door. When the scene reverts to color, the window in the door is missing. See more »Quotes
Gore Vidal: Why don't you marry my father? Then I won't be afraid of anything anymore.Amelia Earhart: I'm already married, to Mr. Putnam.
Gore Vidal: Why can't you be married to Mr. Putnam and my father at the same time?
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I was very disappointed with this movie. It's an honest statement and I am prepared to explain why.
This film had so much on its side. Excellent actors, a fascinating subject, in fact the whole thing reeked of Oscar-Worthy... until it actually showed up in theaters. Perhaps it really did try, and I can tell that it was MEANT to be an awards movie. It couldn't be further from worthy.
"Amelia" is a highlights reel of Amelia Earhart's life, faithfully chronicling all the significant events of the famed aviatrix's career. However, it is hollow and nowhere is this more apparent than in the depiction of Earhart's relationships. Or the lack of it. There's no buildup, no exposition, no sort of character interaction to motivate any kind of bond or love forming between individuals. Things just kind of... HAPPEN. Amelia falls in love, falls out of love, and falls in love all over again, all without any sort of event or prompt to motivate it.
In fact, that's the problem of the entire film. Things just HAPPEN with little or not buildup or motivation in between. Poignant moments come and go with no warning or conclusion, rendering them meaningless and out of context. It seems almost as though the director Mira Nair tried a little too hard in the wrong direction.
This is a biopic, not a biography. Plenty of biographies have been written about Ms. Earhart already, the facts belong there. This is supposed to be a movie, and whereas I have no quarrel with facts, they are not the most important aspects. Movies are supposed to be snapshots, truer to the SPIRIT of a character and the MESSAGE of a story than the events within. Events in and of themselves are hollow and meaningless unless the MOTIVATIONS behind them are explained. In "Amelia", they sadly are not, and we are relegated to seeing the brilliant moments of Amelia's life pass with emotionless detachment. Why? Because this movie makes no effort in building character, assuming that the actors' charisma and the fame of their names would automatically make us invested in their fates.
Ms. Nair, you were mistaken.