Amelia Details

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[Highly rated reviewer]

superb............................

I have always been fascinated by the Amelia Earhart story, and this film is centred around Amelia Earhart's ill-fated attempt to fly around the world in 1937 with flashbacks to her introduction to flying and her burst into worldwide fame. It starts from her early years when Amelia was captivated by the sight of an aircraft flying overhead on the Kansas prairie where she grew up, her life over the preceding decade is gradually unfolded in her quest to be able to fly free as a bird above the clouds.

Richard Gere plays publisher George Putnam who promoted her flights and became her very understanding husband.

Amelia falls into an awkward love affair with pilot and future Federal aviation administrator Gene Vidal during the course of the film who is played superbly by Ewan McGregor.

Very much her own woman, Amelia Earhart not only paved the way for female aviators but helped drive the development of aviation at large.

In the process, she became one of the first celebrities to create a major marketing bandwagon with her name slapped on many household products.

The business of flying in those days was very dangerous and the film does a good job of creating suspense during Amelia Earhart's last flight. Christopher Eccleston is great as her navigator Fred Noonan.

Well worth watching !!