Mira Nair

...likely heighten Hollywood wariness of women's dramas This photo released by Fox Searchlight shows Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart,left and director Mira Nair on the set of "Amelia". (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight,Ken Woroner)**NO SALES** To...

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...rights. Swank and Nair play it safe to the point of benumbing this woman's life, leaving Earhart as remote and muted as she is in the black-and-white photos and news footage of the aviator included at the film's end. "Amelia" is a...

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...the plane used in Amelia's production. Mira and Hilary spoke about the film and presented the props and mementos to Susan Larson, President of the Ninety-Nines, an aviation group of female pilots. "Learning how to fly, for me, was so...

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...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 drag king (a woman dressing and...

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...Baby" intensity. These moments are all too fleeting because Swank and Nair ("Monsoon Wedding") focus on appearances such as Earhart's huge smile and homey charisma, rather than burrowing into this woman's background and soul. The most...

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...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. Though this traditional...

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Hilary is full of fun and full of life," Nair says. "I think of Hilary as a spiritual actor, someone who embodies the character from within in a very careful way with a lot of preparation. There's so much about Amelia that exists in...

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...her? Because she was fearless." Bass and Nair parted ways in 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,"...

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