Amelia
Mira Nair, 2009
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart
Mary S. Lovell, 1989
Amelia is a movie directed by Mira Nair in 2009 and based on the book The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Mary S. Lovell, first published in 1989. The movie features Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Mia Wasikowska, William Cuddy, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Book by Susan Butler
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Storyline
On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, are on the last leg of an around-the-world flight. Moving in vignettes from her early years, the movie is look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Movie vs Book
Year
2009
Minutes
111
Movie Rate
5.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1989
Pages
448
Book Rate
7.60
S: Goodreads
Book
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart
Author: Mary S. Lovell
Country: UK
First published in: 1989
Length: 448 pages
Genre: Biography
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“Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.”
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