Amelia /

Amelia /

Kansas-born girl, Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23. Within 12 years she goes on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia and her husband/business partner George Putnam have an enduring marriage th...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Avalon Pictures (Firm), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Waitt, Ted, Hyman, Kevin, Pilcher, Lydia Dean, Bass, Ronald, Phelan, Anna Hamilton, Nair, Mira, Swank, Hilary, Gere, Richard, 1949-, Yared, Gabriel
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2010]
Subjects:
Earhart, Amelia, > 1897-1937 > Drama.
Women air pilots > United States > Drama.
Air pilots' spouses > United States > Drama.
Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal) > Drama.
Adventure and adventurers > United States > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > United States > Drama.
Aviadoras > Estados Unidos > Teatro.
Aventuras > Estados Unidos > Teatro.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Action and adventure films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
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Summary:Kansas-born girl, Amelia Earhart discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23. Within 12 years she goes on to win the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia and her husband/business partner George Putnam have an enduring marriage that could not be broken by her determination to fly, nor her passionate affair with Gene Vidal. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Deleted scenes; "A social worker in Boston" featurette; "Amelia's fiancée before the Friendship Flight" featurette; "The queen of diamonds, Mabel Boll" featurette; "Arrival in Wales" featurette; "Dorothy Putnam" featurette; "Dorothy's departure" featurette; "George and Gene" featurette; Rose Garden press conference; "Going cameling" featurette; additional around the world flying montage; "Making Amelia" featurette; "The power of Amelia Earhart" featurette; "The plane behind the legend" featurette; "Re-constructing the planes of Amelia" featurette; Movietone News Reels; trailers.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround.
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG; for some sensuality, language, thematic elements and smoking.
Production Credits:Music, Gabriel Yared.