After becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, Amelia was thrust into a new role as America's sweetheart - the legendary "goddess of light," known for her bold, larger-than-life charisma. Yet, even with her global fame solidified, her belief in flirting with danger and standing up as her own, outspoken woman never changed. She was an inspiration to people everywhere, from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the men closest to her heart: her husband, promoter and publishing magnate George P. Putnam, and her long time friend and lover, pilot Gene Vidal. In the summer of 1937, Amelia set off on her most daunting mission yet: a solo flight around the world that she and George both anxiously foresaw as destined, whatever the outcome, to become one of the most talked-about journeys in history.
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October 23, 2009: Review: Amelia:
PLOT: The life of pioneering female pilot Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank), from her first flight across the Atlantic, to her mysterious disappearance over the Pacific years later.
REVIEW: Mira Nair’s AMELIA would seem to be the type of film...
August 12, 2009: Amelia poster:
Take a look at the first poster for Hilary Swank's AMELIA , where she's about to learn a valuable lesson about playing chicken with a plane on a runway. Or while standing on the ocean. Or in heaven.
I definitely worked at the mall for too many summers as a...
June 25, 2009: Amelia pursues passion:
The first trailer for the Amelia Earhart biopic AMELIA is out for public consumption. In it, Hilary Swanks plays the iconic pilot who disappeared over the Pacific while trying to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. The trailer's pretty typical stuff and...
September 3, 2008: Swank packs it on:
Whenever Hilary Swank does something to radically alter her appearance on screen, she wins an Oscar. When she went all XY for BOYS DON'T CRY, she won an Oscar. And when she went all white trash butch for MILLION DOLLAR BABY, she won an Oscar. And with E!...
April 29, 2008: First look at Amelia:
Alright guys. I just ate a pint of cherry ice cream, so I write this under a spell of regret and a bout of nausea, but that doesn’t change my commitment to bring you the latest in movie news. So check out the first images of Hilary Swank in full-out flapper gear as...
April 22, 2008: Madsen vs. Amelia:
When I saw the headline on Variety that Madsen was ‘added to AMELIA’ I though, oh, that’s nice, Michael Madsen is branching out of genre pictures to do some prestige work. It’s about time he has a go at Oscar. But then I clicked on the story, and there she...
April 17, 2008: Gere gets busy:
A friend of mine, Paul, who we’ll call a struggling actor, just booked a part in the upcoming Amelia Earhart biopic AMELIA. Another struggling actor, who goes by the name of Richard Gere, just did the same thing. Gere will star as George Putnam, a publisher...
