Amelia - Movie to be released in October 09

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I saw the trailer for this at the movies tonight. I can't wait for this to come out. Looks like it might be pretty good. I love Hillary Swank and Richard Gere, so I hope it's good. Worth seeing for the flying scenes if nothing else. :D

Amelia
 
Mediocre pilot with a lot of promotional money behind her. Now Jackie Cochran. That's a pilot.
 
smigaldi said:
I'll go see it. Same reasons as Lisa.
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Me too. I became interested in the story back in the early '70s when a local woman, Ann Pellegrino, retraced Earhart's flight. I wouldn't hope for a lot of accuracy and flying footage in a Hollywood flick, but I hope the story doesn't turn all conspiracy-theorist like Oliver Stone's JFK.


Trapper John
 
Thanks for sharing this, Lisa! The flying scenes and period shots look very authentic. And Richard Gere is definitely a plus for helping the film's draw. I'll go see it, for sure!
 
Personally, I'm a Hilary Swank fan. (and not ashamed to admit it)
 
Re: Amelia - Movie to be released in October 23

Revised... mark your calendars; in theaters Friday October 23rd!
 
leah and i are thinking about going to see it for our 1 week anniversary.
 
We're going to catch it for our anniversary. Still rather see one about Gerry Mock.
 
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They picked the right character. Hillary Swank looks like a dude, and so did Amelia.

All kidding aside, this is probably going to be a good movie, and I know I'm going to go see it.
 
Hollywood ALWAYS gets it wrong especially with aviation movies.

I'll go see it anyways but expecting historical and technical inaccuracies for dramatic effect.

I saw a trailer tonight on TV and one line I heard was "the true untold story..." Untold? Thats BS right there. Probably more like "the UNKNOWN story that we made up for this movie"
 
It will be interesting whether they hide her interactions with Fred Noonan during that flight, they barely got along. She kept overruling him whenever he had some good advice. He also had some unflattering words about her flying abilities.
 
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I caught a sneak preview earlier tonight. I enjoyed the movie and I hope it encourages more people to learn how to fly. I don't know enough about Amelia Earhart's actual life to comment on the movie's accuracy. But, I think the movie did a good job expressing why many of us fly.
 
I forgot to mention that many of the local 99s attended and two of them spoke before the movie started. Also, I was disappointed that the theater wasn't filled for a free sneak preview. I guess people will come for GI Joe or Transformers, but not a biography.
 
tlglenn said:
I caught a sneak preview earlier tonight. I enjoyed the movie and I hope it encourages more people to learn how to fly. I don't know enough about Amelia Earhart's actual life to comment on the movie's accuracy. But, I think the movie did a good job expressing why many of us fly.
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I read an article this morning that during the making of the movie Hillary Swank took about 19 hours of flight training and now has decided to finish and get her ticket. So it at least encouraged one more to learn to fly. :) Nice to see more high profile women becoming pilots.
 
ausrere said:
I read an article this morning that during the making of the movie Hillary Swank took about 19 hours of flight training and now has decided to finish and get her ticket. So it at least encouraged one more to learn to fly. :) Nice to see more high profile women becoming pilots.
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my opinion of Ms Swank just shot up quite a few points. Good for her! I'll go see the film just for that reason alone.
 
Saw it this evening. Critics be damned, I recommend it to everyone. Hillary Swank is spot on, and it is a gorgeous movie.
 
Flew with Amelia Earhart!

Not I, silly! Thursday evening I attended an "Old Timers" meeting at the Brunswick public library. I'm not one of the "old timers" but many of those who were had been long time customers at my camera store; and it was good to see some acquaintances from the past.

The set-up was for a panel of five of Brunswick's old timers to share memories of Brunswick during their growing years, most of them being now in or approaching the four score era. They later took questions and comments from the audience.

One gentleman related that when he was a youngster there was somewhat of a special aviation occurrence in the works. Prior to a large piece of Brunswick property becoming Brunswick Naval Air Station it was a training location for British aviators. On the appointed occasion an uncommon airplane landed while on some sort of a tour. The speaker's mother was one of a few lucky individuals who was taken for a flight in the visiting aircraft - - - - - piloted by Amelia Earhart.

HR
 
steingar said:
Saw it this evening. Critics be damned, I recommend it to everyone. Hillary Swank is spot on, and it is a gorgeous movie.
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The spot I saw (on Jay Leno's show) of a crash scene looked
ridiculous. Is the rest of the movie better?
 
The only crash I remember was of the Electra in Hawaii, and I didn't see any problems with it. The rest was as I said, gorgeous. You probably know more about these aircraft than I, so if you can't resist nitpicking stay home and read a book. But I thought the movie was well worth while. I really liked the fact that it was an older crowd in the theatre.
 
I saw it last night. Mixed bag but overall not too bad. Ms Swank is amazing as Amelia. There are various technical and dramatic issues that are annoying interspersed with some very beautiful flying sequences. Some of the flying sequences are CGI or models and look absolutely ridiculous. The scenes of her solo flight across the Atlantic at night over clouds and through storms are technically about 1940s quality except in color. WTF? Same with some of her first Atlantic flight in the tri-motor float plane plus some dramatic license that I have no recollection of even a shred of a basis of. However, Swanks/Amelilas voice overs reading actual quotes during flying scenes were very very moving. The recreation of Amelia taking Elenore Roosevelt flying was lovely. Some of the fades from newsreal footage to color were awesome. I thought that the crash of the Electra in Hawaii was spectacular and physically quite accurate. I felt that the movie makers really put their heart and soul into the picture in attempting to convey accurately the remarkable person Amelia Earhart was.

On a related note, yesterdays (oct 23) program on Dick Gordons The Story was fascinating. Here's a link to the subject http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Notebook/notebook.html
 
Cut/Paste from the Red Board:

Lots of unenthusiastic reviews:

'Amelia' doesn't fly:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movi...review.amelia/

The Hollywood Biopic Is Dead, And 'Amelia' Is Just The Movie To Prove It:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2...is_dead_a.html

Crash and burn:
http://allangiven.com/2009/10/23/amelia/

Amelia comes in for rough landing:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/enter...908/story.html

'Amelia' fails to take flight:
http://www.mercurynews.com/movies-dvd/ci_13611941

'Amelia': Off Course:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj

Bland biopic fails to capture Amelia Earhart's soaring spirit:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/...2-amelia_N.htm

Amelia is missing:
http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/l...,3715844.story

How did it make it onto the runway?:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_...e-runway-.html

'Amelia' Runs Into More Than A Little Rough Air:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=113881404

Where's the love?:
http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/10/21/hilary-swank-amelia/

'Amelia' circles, never lands:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...PF9aAD9BF26SO0

Amelia stalls out on the runway:
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/cul...swank-vehicle/

Amelia: Lost at sea:
http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/mov...tml?id=2133034

Amelia: A Turbulent Flight:
http://www.wxyz.com/content/news/mov...mDWfNjjvA.cspx

Weak Script and Lethargic Acting Ground 'Amelia':
http://www.californiachronicle.com/a...s/yb/136840828

Fly-girl Hilary Swank serves up earthbound 'Amelia':
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...b=MovieReviews


There were a few positive words...

Swank soars in old-fashioned Earhart biopic:
http://www.reuters.com/article/revie...59L55W20091022

Cinematography in Amelia flies highest:
http://www.examiner.com/x-21945-Aust...es-the-highest

Swank propels romantic ‘Amelia’:
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertai...&position=also


Some worthwhile articles about Swank learning to fly and insurers' concerns:

http://www.vancouversun.com/Hilary+S...210/story.html

http://www.wxyz.com/content/news/mov...mDWfNjjvA.cspx
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steingar said:
The only crash I remember was of the Electra in Hawaii, and I didn't see any problems with it. The rest was as I said, gorgeous. You probably know more about these aircraft than I, so if you can't resist nitpicking stay home and read a book. But I thought the movie was well worth while. I really liked the fact that it was an older crowd in the theatre.
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(Not) well spoken by an obvious older curmudgeon. :nono:
 
Saw Amelia and it wasn't either a yawner or impressive. The movie moved from silliness to serious, boring to uplifting, like a roller coaster. It was never first rate nor amateurish (excepting the terrible scenes where they used model planes).

Worth seeing in person, yes, wait to rent, sure. Considering the so-so quality of the majority of this summer of movies, this felt right in place.

Amelia gets 2 1/2 stars (out of 5). :drama:
 
thepetrostate said:
Saw Amelia and it wasn't either a yawner or impressive. The movie moved from silliness to serious, boring to uplifting, like a roller coaster. It was never first rate nor amateurish (excepting the terrible scenes where they used model planes).

Worth seeing in person, yes, wait to rent, sure. Considering the so-so quality of the majority of this summer of movies, this felt right in place.

Amelia gets 2 1/2 stars (out of 5). :drama:
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I agree with John only 2 stars though.
They did make Hillary homely just like Amelia ( My opinion they didn't have to work too hard at that)
Only thing it did for me is make me want a polished plane.
Unfortunately made me think a little less of a great Lady with the whole
affair with Vidal.
One question, was the boy Gore Vidal the same dipstick as the one that I've seen from time to time in the Hollywood-Writer-snooty society stuff? Did'nt he die recently?
 
el con said:
One question, was the boy Gore Vidal the same dipstick as the one that I've seen from time to time in the Hollywood-Writer-snooty society stuff? Did'nt he die recently?
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Haven't seen the movie, but yes, Gene Vidal's son is Gore Vidal, the author. Don't think he's dead, though.
 
el con said:
One question, was the boy Gore Vidal the same dipstick as the one that I've seen from time to time in the Hollywood-Writer-snooty society stuff? Did'nt he die recently?
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Same pompous dipstick. A legend in his own mind. His father was a co-founder of what later became TWA, and was linked romantically to Earhart, according to one biographer (I haven't seen the movie yet, so this may be explained therein).

In an oft-repeated TV interview, Gore Vidal recounted his childhood memory of flying across the country in a Ford Tri-Motor at his father's behest, all the way shrieking from pain to his ears from the noise and pressure changes.
 
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I saw the movie last night and I liked it. If this was a fiction then no one would judge it worthy making a movie out of it - there is not enough story there to make it attractive for general public, no major intrigue, no big love story, no crime, no meaningful suspense. But because it is a recreation of real events you watch it differently. And in 110 minutes you can only squeeze so much, I only wished there were more technicalities on her communication gear and aircraft fuel systems but again it is probably far from interest of an average movie goer.
 
Leslie and I saw it Saturday night. We too enjoyed it, but weren't wowed by it. Definitely worth seeing, but a small screen is fine. There aren't too many memorable flying scenes in it (as judged by the standard of, say, One Six Right). I too was disappointed, though not surprised, by the lack of technical aviation detail.
 
Does anyone have a good theory while they were flying at 1000 ft to find the island?? Why not 5000 ft or even higher? Your horizon widens considerably. They were at the end of the trip with almost no fuel so I don't think they were performance limited. Perhaps they were limited by cloud cover but if I recall there was nothing more serious than scattered clouds. I would take my chance and climb higher - you really can't see very far from 1000 ft.
 
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