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Special Features
Widescreen Feature
Forced Trailers: Whip It, Cold Souls, AFI PSA Trailer
Deleted Scenes:
Making Amelia
The Power of Amelia Earhart
Movietone News Reels
Trailers:
Forced Trailers: Whip It, Cold Souls, AFI PSA Trailer
Deleted Scenes:
- A Social Worker in Boston
- Amelia's Fiancé Before the Friendship Flight
- The Queen of Diamonds, Mabel Boll
- Arrival in Wales
- Dorothy Putnam
- Dorothy's Departure
- George and Gene
- Rose Garden Press Conference
- Going Cameling
- Additional Around the World Flying Montage
Making Amelia
The Power of Amelia Earhart
Movietone News Reels
Trailers:
- Ally McBeal: The Complete Series
- My One and Only
- Adam
- PSA
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
With her lanky Middle-America looks and her toothy grin, Hilary Swank is a natural fit for the adventurous figure of Amelia Earhart, the world's most famous aviatrix. Amelia ticks through the major achievements of Earhart's career: her 1928 flight across the Atlantic (as a passenger, not a pilot), which made her the first airborne woman to make the trip; more triumphantly, her 1932 solo transatlantic journey; her marriage to publisher George Putnam; and of course the mysterious 1937 around-the-world flight that ended in her vanishing, with engineer Fred Noonan, somewhere near Howland Island in the mid Pacific. With Swank in her pilot togs and director Mira Nair at the helm, the project would seem to have the ingredients for success, but the resulting film is a truly dull, almost featureless affair. The big flights themselves have innate appeal, but otherwise the emphasis is on Amelia's love life, shared between Putnam (Richard Gere) and the dashing Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor)--who, the film clumsily keeps reminding us, is the father of Gore Vidal, seen here as a precocious tyke. A smidgen of Amelia's proto-feminist attitude is included, including her intriguing take on her marriage agreement, but nothing actually cuts deep or generates interest. After a while Amelia becomes a series of events, told with less excitement than the average documentary on the same subject, albeit with prettier photography. --Robert Horton
Product Description
Two-time Academy Award® Winner Hilary Swank delivers an unforgettable performance as Amelia Earhart, the legendary American aviatrix who boldly flew into the annals of history. Richard Gere co-stars as her charismatic business partner and adoring husband George Putnam. Bound by ambition and love, their enduring marriage could not be broken by Amelia's determination to fly -- nor her passionate affair with Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor). Equal parts gripping drama, stirring romance and epic adventure, Amelia will take your breath away and send your spirit soaring!
- Audio: English: 5.1 Dolby Digital
- Language: Dubbed: English / Subtitled: English, French & Spanish
- Theatrical Aspect Ratio: Widescreen: 2.35:1
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"Amelia" (2009) takes the remarkable life of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and turns it into a disappointingly routine film. Hilary Swank and Richard Gere try to enliven the lackluster script, but not even director Mira Nair can sustain viewer interest. Stuart Dryburgh's impressive cinematography is wasted. A two-hour catalog of missed opportunities.
17 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Much negative has been said about this movie. Having a casual interest in this figure's disappearance caused me to check out the film. The cast is strong and the settings are beautiful. When viewed on Blu-ray, the movie really captures in superb detail the landscapes that the aviatrix herself witnessed. I found the film engaging and enjoyed the bit about Amelia's flight with Eleanor Roosevelt. If you are looking for action or something rife with tension, then pass on this. However, this is a well-executed character piece with convincing actors who really bring a time in America's past to life...
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"Amelia", a movie about the famous pilot Amelia Earhart, was not quite what I expected. Miss Earhart was a heroine who fearlessly attacked and conquered numerous flying records in the years before world War II. She was beloved by most in my parents generation.
"Amelia" (played by Hilary Swank) does a good job of telling the story of Earhart's personal and business life. We experience with them the difficulties obtaining financing for flying events. We view the budding romance and marriage of Amelia and George Putnam (Played by Richard Gere). We also learn of Amelia's feminist attitudes and her affair with Gene Vidal (well played by Ewan McGregor). So as a film about Miss Earhart's personal life, Amelia is excellent.
"Amelia" has a great cast, but the characters appear one dimensional.. I have seen movies where each of these main actors were superior in their parts. In this film both Swank and Gere present cardboard characterizations of the people they play. I believe that the script is the problem. The scenes provided to the actors leave little room to demonstrate their acting skills. For example, George Putman does occasionally appear hurt by the actions of his wife, but the scenes are too short to allow Gere to capitalize on the emotions that Putman must have felt.
Amelia" was a bit of a disappointment to me on the way it presented flying. I expected this film to enhance the love of flying by helping the audience feel the joy of solo flight. There were some brief scenes of Amelia flying but they were mostly just a glimpse not a celebration of flight. Amelia Earhart is best known to us as a person who loves flying more than anything.
I believe that much more emphasis needed to be put on the flying itself. With modern special effects, communicating the feeling of flying could easily be done.
Amelia is a decent film that is moderately entertaining. Overall the movie is average.
"Amelia" (played by Hilary Swank) does a good job of telling the story of Earhart's personal and business life. We experience with them the difficulties obtaining financing for flying events. We view the budding romance and marriage of Amelia and George Putnam (Played by Richard Gere). We also learn of Amelia's feminist attitudes and her affair with Gene Vidal (well played by Ewan McGregor). So as a film about Miss Earhart's personal life, Amelia is excellent.
"Amelia" has a great cast, but the characters appear one dimensional.. I have seen movies where each of these main actors were superior in their parts. In this film both Swank and Gere present cardboard characterizations of the people they play. I believe that the script is the problem. The scenes provided to the actors leave little room to demonstrate their acting skills. For example, George Putman does occasionally appear hurt by the actions of his wife, but the scenes are too short to allow Gere to capitalize on the emotions that Putman must have felt.
Amelia" was a bit of a disappointment to me on the way it presented flying. I expected this film to enhance the love of flying by helping the audience feel the joy of solo flight. There were some brief scenes of Amelia flying but they were mostly just a glimpse not a celebration of flight. Amelia Earhart is best known to us as a person who loves flying more than anything.
I believe that much more emphasis needed to be put on the flying itself. With modern special effects, communicating the feeling of flying could easily be done.
Amelia is a decent film that is moderately entertaining. Overall the movie is average.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great movie
If you like aviation history then you will like this movie, great actors do a good job very believable true history.
Published 2 months ago by David Panicacci
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Clean Movie
Purchased for my 10 year old daughter. She loved it. Went along with her school lesson. Great story for a young girl.
Published 2 months ago by Jeff Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent movie!
Good quality movie about one of our female American heroines; must see; amazing to see what she went through to achieve what she did.
Published 3 months ago by Javy
3.0 out of 5 stars
Worth it for the Planes alone
You see planes in this film that you never knew existed but were major "players" in their day so in that it is worth an initial watch if you are into aviation history. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Alan K. Sumrall
5.0 out of 5 stars
great historical account
This movie had wonderful acting and was a great history lesson, although I am not sure how accurate it was. Had no idea what it took to fly a plane back then. Lovely movie.
Published 4 months ago by Christine M Stanley
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good buy but not great movie
Good cast, just not a great movie in my opinion. Movie became boring and I could not keep myself interested.
Published 4 months ago by A.Weddle
2.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable
remember hearing about her as a young girl. Think I even read a book about her.
Hilary Swank did a good job, always like Richard Geere.
Hilary Swank did a good job, always like Richard Geere.
Published 4 months ago by sewnut
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!
Very happy to give it as a gift to a person that loves Amelia and has been a fan for many years.
Published 4 months ago by Gerald Byers
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amelia
Like I wrote earlier, I love anything about aviators, especially the earliest one.Amelia Earhart was one of the first most successful flyers, and probably the first very... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Steven L. Braden
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amelia: World Premiere
I love anything about flying, so of course I enjoyed " Amelia: World Premiere". It is a good preview of the movie. I also bought my own copy of the movie on a Blueray disc. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Steven L. Braden
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