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...
| Corporate Author: | Fox Searchlight Pictures., Avalon Pictures (Firm), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
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| Other Authors: | Waitt, Ted., Hyman, Kevin., Pilcher, Lydia Dean., Bass, Ronald., Phelan, Anna Hamilton., Nair, Mira., Swank, Hilary., Gere, Richard, 1949-, Yared, Gabriel. |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English French Spanish |
| Published: |
Beverly Hills, Calif. :
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
2009.
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| Subjects: |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: |
Title from disc surface. 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; Movietone News Reels; trailers. |
| Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
| Audience: |
MPAA rating: PG; for some sensuality, language, thematic elements and smoking. |
| Production Credits: |
Music, Gabriel Yared. |