Cherry Jones

...to Amelia's last flight in 1937 and enduring mystery. But aside from an anomalous scene where Amelia takes Eleanor Roosevelt (Cherry Jones) up in her plane for a nighttime excursion over a blinking-lit city, Amelia pays scant attention to...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mira Nair, Hilary Swank, George Putnam, Ewan McGregor, and Richard Gere

...accent. Is it a hint of British? Cherry Jones, one of the best actresses on the American stage ("The Heiress," "Doubt") livens things up for two scenes as Eleanor Roosevelt taken for a flight by Earhart. The film, quite wisely, favors none...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Hilary Swank, Oscar, George Putnam, Richard Gere, Katharine Hepburn, Amelia, Pacific Ocean, and Kansas

...shuts pretty quickly after George gets suspicious. Earhart's bisexuality is dealt with even more allusively; a ripping night with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (Cherry Jones) is spent flying. The milestones are less subtly conveyed and...

In this article: Amelia, Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, Charles Lindbergh, Atlantic, Hilary Swank, and Film Review

...is never satisfied standing still. Though she has the love of two men, a friend in first lady Eleanor Roosevelt (Cherry Jones) and the adoration of the public, she wants more - to fly across the world. Scenes depicting that doomed 1937...

In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Hilary Swank, Amelia, Atlantic, Oscar, Fred Noonan, and Eleanor Roosevelt

...female pilots in a man's club and "the most famous woman in America," even more famous than Eleanor Roosevelt (Cherry Jones), whom she befriends in the film and takes for a moonlit ride over the Capitol. "Amelia" is not the equal of Billy...

In this article: Hilary Swank, Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Richard Gere, Silver, The Spirit of St. Louis, The Reaping, Night at the Museum, and Hollywood