| Release Date: | Oct 2009 |
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| Genre: | Adventure / Drama / Romance / Biography |
| Awards: | 1 win & 1 nomination |
| Cast: | Hilary Swank (Amelia Earhart), Richard Gere (George Putnam), Ewan McGregor (Gene Vidal), Christopher Eccleston (Fred Noonan), Joe Anderson (Bill), Cherry Jones (Eleanor Roosevelt), Mia Wasikowska (Elinor Smith), Aaron Abrams (Slim Gordon), Dylan Roberts (Leo Bellarts), Scott Yaphe (William Dalten), Tom Fairfoot (Balfour), Ryann Shane (Young Amelia), William Cuddy (Gore Vidal), Elizabeth Shepherd (Frances Putnam), Richard Donat (Gallagher), Scott Anderson (Parade Reporter), Sarah Kitz (George's Secretary), Keelin Jack (Student), Jeremy Akerman (Sheriff), Derek Keurvorst (Minister), Thomas Hauff (Man at Opera House), Sarah Dood (1st Woman at Opera), Danielle Bourgon (2nd Woman at Opera), Hamish McEwan (Paul), Michael Daly (Frank Cipriani), Jeffrey Knight (Commander Thompson), Paul Johnston (Thomas O'Hare), Michael Richard (Reporter #1), Daniel Janks (Reporter #2), Ron Smerczak (Reporter #3), Kerin McCue (Movie Tone Announcer), Richard Lothian (Coastguard Man), Divine Brown (Torch Singer), Elizabeth Saunders (Louise Thaden), Precious Chong (Gladys O'Donnell), Kathryn Haggis (Powder Puff Aviator), Duane Murray (Cleveland Reporter), Joe Renzi (Welsh Singer #1), Geoff Gillespie (Welsh Singer #2), Andrea Ciacci (Commodification Montage Dancer), Julia Juhas (Commodification Montage Dancer), Alexandra MacLean (Commodification Montage Dancer), Kristen Munro (Commodification Montage Dancer), Eva Redpath (Commodification Montage Dancer), Jamie Holmes (Commodification Montage Dancer), Brittany Gray (Commodification Montage Dancer), Karissa Strain (Commodification Montage Dancer), Katie Strain (Commodification Montage Dancer), Valerie Saija (Commodification Montage Dancer), Nina Strazzulla (Commodification Montage Dancer), James Byron (Charlie), Amelia Earhart (Herself (archive footage)), Marina Stone (Socialite), Leanne Melissa Bishop (Amelia's Make-up Artist...) |
Amelia Earhart, a Kansas girl, discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23, and within 12 years has progressed to winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.