Amelia is a movie directed by Mira Nair in 2009 and based on the book East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler, first published in 1997. 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”
But the movie is worth watching.
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Book by Mary S. Lovell
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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
1997
Pages
512
Book Rate
7.80
S: Goodreads
Book
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart
Author: Susan Butler
Country: USA
First published in: 1997
Length: 512 pages
Genre: Biography
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