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Amelia

Defying The Impossible. Living The Dream.

This better get me a toothpaste sponsorship

This biopic featuring two-times Oscar winner Hilary Swank takes at look at the latter stages of airflight pioneer Amelia Earhart. Following her initially business relationship with a promoter, they marry but agree to have an open marriage. This allows her to have an affair without feeling guilty. A trendsetter, she decides to get into the record books by flying around around the world... a plan which ended in tragedy.

109 minutes, Parental Guidance
Biographical, Drama, Female interest, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Cherry Jones

Director

Mira Nair

Screenplay

Ronald Bass, Anna Hamilton Phelan, from the book by Susan Butler, Mary S. Lovell

Music

Gabriel Yared

Cinematography

Stuart Dryburgh

Editing

Alison C. Johnson, Lee Percy

Sound formats

Dolby Digital

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

AE Electra Productions, Avalon Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Low impact
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Low impact
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore

Guns /
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Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

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Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Box Office (USA)Amy Nicholson A glossy magazine spread of a film that lets sleeping icons lie

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert

eye Weekly (Canada)Eleni Deacon Kind of like flipping through a National Geographic without actually reading the articles.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers The only mystery about this waxwork of a movie is why it was ever made.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs When compared to something like Scorsese's terrific The Aviator (about Howard Hughes with similar goals in the same era), this offering feels like a balsa model compared to the real thing.

Metacritic.com34 critics

RottenTomatoes.com140 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Amelia takes the compelling raw materials of its subject’s life and does little with them, conventionally ticking off Earhart's accomplishments without exploring the soul of the woman.

Internet (IMDB)1027 Netizens A Highlights Reel

Average .. 41%

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