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...will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET Director Mira Nair has been making feature films since 1988, when she released the critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay! Chris Pizzello Director Mira Nair has been making...

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Published : Friday, 16 Oct 2009, 6:54 PM EDT MYFOXNY.COM - Two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank plays the legendary aviator in "Amelia," a new film from the acclaimed director Mira Nair. The two spent some time in at Airbound Aviation at...

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...she was lost in an attempt to fly around the equator. Not unlike Amelia's subject, both two-time Oscar-winning star Hilary Swank and Nair have been pioneers in their own right; Swank for winning one Oscar playing a character who was a...

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...don't seem to be making anymore. In some ways "Amelia" is reminiscent of the 1985 Oscar winner, "Out Of Africa," which has the same combination of sweep, adventure and romance this film incorporates. Indeed, if this were 40, or even 20...

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...had a wondering eye and an unbreakable hubris. But Director Mira Nair never shares the intimate details that could help steer Oscar-winning Swank's impression into a sublime feat of acting. Amelia Earhart fueled aviation, feminism and...

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...other than having to kill somebody." Class Acts: Hollywood's prestige season includes entries from Academy Award winners Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank as real-life role models. Swank stars as Amelia Earhart in director Mira Nair's...

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...biopic that stars Hilary Swank. The two-time Oscar-winning actress took flying lessons to prepare for the epic role, although the movie's insurance carrier forbid her from helming the controls on screen. "Hilary wasn't supposed to do it...

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...16). The 35-year-old Academy Award winner took part in a dedication ceremony of props, costumes and mementos to the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum and posed with the Lockheed Electra, the plane used in Amelia's production. Mira and...

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...a look at greatness (a la The Natural). No, it's more a love story between Putnam and Earhart, and it comes off much more like a Lifetime "movie of the week" than it does a potential Oscar contender. It's strange, because Mira Nair's visual...

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