Mira Nair

...sun, plummeted to earth. In "Amelia," director Mira Nair presents Amelia Earhart, legendary aviatrix, as a female Odysseus who navigates uncharted territory while a patient spouse knits his brow until she returns. </p><p>Though this...

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...dashed when Amelia's insurance company didn t let her fly alone. The 35-year-old actress plays iconic aviator Amelia Earhart in the new film Amelia directed by Mira Nair. "I had about 19 hours of flying under my belt, but the insurance...

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...stylist, but the actress is about being comfortable, not glamorous. Amelia, directed by Mira Nair, almost certainly will earn Swank her third Academy Award nomination. It is typical of the actress' atypical roles in that it's about a...

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...tonsil hockey - and then some - with Jim Carrey. But earlier this fall, he starred as the young All-American Gene Vidal (father of Gore) in "Amelia," director Mira Nair's Amelia Earhart biopic. Q. You played Earhart's lover-on-the-side in...

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...most talked-about journeys in history. AMELIA is directed by Mira Nair (THE NAMESAKE, VANITY FAIR, MONSOON WEDDING) from a screenplay by Academy Award winner Ron Bass (RAIN MAN) and Anna Hamilton Phelan. The film is produced by Ted Waitt,...

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...February 2008. Nair quickly brought in veteran scribe Anna Hamilton Phelan ("Gorillas in the Mist"). She shared Nair's (and Swank's) vision. "Mira identified with Amelia," Phelan says. "She came from a small town in India, and she had big...

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...Atlantic Ocean is less compelling than it should be. On paper, Amelia looks very strong. Its director, Meera Nair, made the excellent Monsoon Wedding. The lead role is played by Hilary Swank who has not only won two best Actress Oscars in...

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...countries or even go out unaccompanied. With those thoughts in mind, director Mira Nair's telling of Amelia Earhart's relatively short life and long accomplishments resonates even more profoundly. The pioneering aviator became the first...

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