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Share + Nov 16, 2009 2:53 pm US/Pacific Reporting Amelia Earhart LOS ANGELES 1 of 1 Space Shuttle Discovery, sitting atop the crawler transporter, rolls out to launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center August 4, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.. Discovery is scheduled to launch no earlier than August 25 on a mission to the ISS.

The face and legacy of Amelia Earhart is resurfacing at theaters across the country.

SINGAPORE: 'Amelia' takes flight but this biopic fails miserably to capture the legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart's soaring spirit.

Posted 2 hours, 16 minutes ago at 11:05 am. Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 We joke that nothing happens anywhere in the world that there is not a Dowagiac person around, if only they can be found.

A film about the first woman of aviation - who inspired millions of women to break gender boundaries and whose life was cut short in enduringly mysterious circumstances - should be the stuff of studio executives' dreams, right? Well, apparently not, going by the new biopic of American icon Amelia Earhart.

Critics have not exactly given soaring reviews to this film treatment of the pioneering aviator's life and accomplishments.

Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart in the film Amelia. Amelia Earhart, the great pioneer aviatrix, has been impersonated on screen by numerous actresses, among them Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, Diane Keaton and Amy Adams.

Nair talks about some of the challenges of filming Amelia , why Amelia Earhart became such an American icon, capturing the flying sequences on film and what she plans to do nexta Q. What appealed to you about making a film about Amelia Earhart? Mira Nair: Well, when I was offered the film I began by looking at 16 hours of footage of the real Amelia ...

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Mira Nair's biopic is a tinny and barnacled affair, showcasing a peculiarly awful performance from Hilary Swank, says Xan Brooks Amelia Production year: 2009 Country: USA Cert : PG Runtime: 111 mins Directors: Mira Nair Amelia Earhart vanished somewhere over the Pacific in 1937, during the final leg of a round-the-world flight.

FLYING through space in the Tardis was never this scary. Former Doctor Who CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON gets a bumpy ride from HILARY SWANK in our exclusive clip from Amelia.

Amelia Earhart was a strong, successful woman and really a pioneer for women. She never allowed anyone to tell her she could not accomplish what she had put her mind to.

When I was crawling around Joe Shepherd's nicely restored Electra at AOPA Summit last week, it occurred to me that the new film, Amelia , would be worth a look.

'You need the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant' a Mira Nair, film director Photograph: Dan Callister What got you started? My impatience with waiting for life to happen.

This Amelia Earhart biopic has magnificent period settings and airplanes, majestic aerial photography and solid performances from Richard Gere and Hilary Swank.

At one point, Joe Shepherd crouched on the floor of his plane operating the controls as Hilary Swank, playing pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, taxied on a runway.

When Unfiltered last heard from two-time Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank , her production company had just purchased the rights to former Veuve Cliquot executive Mireille Guiliano 's 2004 bestseller, French Women Don't Get Fat , and was angling to play the lead in a film adaptation of the book.

Fasten your seat belt at the opening of "Amelia." A Lockheed aircraft thunders on takeoff heading directly for the viewer of this film about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.