Tagline: Visionary. Lover. Dreamer. Fighter. Legend. Icon. “Amelia.” An extraordinary life of adventure, celebrity and continuing mystery comes to light in “Amelia,” a vast, thrilling account of legendary aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart (two time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank). Hilary Swank plays Amelie Earhart, a noted American aviation pioneer, author and women’s rights advocate who…
Category: Real Life Stories
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
In 1966-British pop music’s finest era-the BBC played just two hours of rock and roll every week. But pirate radio played rock and pop from the high seas 24 hours a day. And 25 million people-more than half the population of Britain-listened to the pirates every single day. Recently expelled from school, Carl (Tom Sturridge)…
Coco Before Chanel (2009)
“Coco Before Chanel” is the story of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who began her life as headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey became the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style. The film portrays the formative years of Chanel’s life, the years of Chanel spent…
The Damned United (2009)
Set in 1960’s and 1970’s England, “The Damned United” tells the confrontational and darkly humorous story of Brian Clough’s doomed 44 day tenure as manager of the reigning champions of English football Leeds United. Previously managed by his bitter rival Don Revie, and on the back of their most successful period ever as a football…
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
Tagline: Some things cannot be explained. Based on a chilling true story, Lionsgate’s “The Haunting in Connecticut” charts one family’s terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house…
Hunger (2009)
A drama documenting the last six weeks in the life of Irish Republican Army (IRA) member Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) who led the 1981 hunger strike to protest the treatment of his fellow prisoners. The final months of Bobby Sands, the Irish Republican Army activist who protested his treatment at the hands of British prison…