Amelia

Amelia Earharts remarkable life as a pilot, including her attempt to circumnavigate the world with navigator Fred Noonan and her disappearance during a final flight, solidifies her legacy as an aviation pioneer. Amelia is a 2009 English-language Adventure Biography film starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan Mcgregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Cherry Jones and Jay House. The movie is based on East to the Dawn by Susan Butler The Sound of Wings by Mary S. Lovell. Mirabai Films in association with 2S Films, Avalon Pictures and AE Electra Productions. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Lydia Dean Pilcher, Ted Waitt and Kevin Hyman. Amelia is written by Ronald Bass, Anna Hamilton Phelan, Susan Butler and Mary S. Lovell and it is directed by Mira Nair. Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Amelia was released on 12th November 2009 and takes a screen time of 111 minutes. Amelia was made on a budget of $40 million and at the box office it grossed only $19 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Ronald Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan. Cinematography was done by Stuart Dryburgh and editing by Allyson C. Johnson and Lee Percy. The music was composed by Gabriel Yared.