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3	''Amelia'' is a 2009 Canadian-American biographical film directed by Creator/MiraNair depicting UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart's (Creator/HilarySwank) attempt to fly around the world and her eventual disappearance during the attempt.
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5	The film also stars Creator/RichardGere, Creator/EwanMcGregor, Creator/ChristopherEccleston, and Creator/JoeAnderson.
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7	It was released on October 23, 2009.
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9	!!Tropes for the film:
10	* ArtisticLicenseHistory: A number of Earhart enthusiasts, especially members of [[https://tighar.org/ TIGHAR]]--a historical society dedicated to finding whatever remains of Earhart (and other missing aircraft passengers like Music/GlennMiller for that matter)--have noted a lot of historical inaccuracies throughout the feature.
11	* CharacterTitle: For Amelia Earhart.
12	* CoolPlane: Of course, for a film about a famous aviatrix, this is a given.
13	* GoryDiscretionShot: After several minutes of increasingly tense attempts at communication between the Itasca and Amelia, we get a final shot of the ocean rushing up to the screen as her plane presumably crashes into the water.
14	* ForegoneConclusion: Amelia and Fred lose their way as we all know.
15	* TheGreatDepression: Takes place during the 1930s, though glimpses into Earhart's past exploits in the 1920s are shown throughout.
16	* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
17	** UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart, pilot attempting to fly across the globe.
18	** George P. Putnam, Amelia's husband.
19	** Fred Noonan, Amelia's navigator.
20	** UsefulNotes/EleanorRoosevelt, First Lady of the United States.
21	* InMediasRes: The film starts where Amelia is in the middle of her fateful trip.
22	* ManlyTears: Noonan, Putnam, and the sailors on the Itasca are all clearly choking up during the final sequence as the situation gets more and more dire.
23	* PeriodPiece: Takes place in 1937, before Amelia's disappearance.
24	* StockFootage: Real-world newsreels from the period are shown in between scenes; the credits sequence shows a photo montage of the real Earhart with a monologue from Hilary Swank in character as Amelia.

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