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Freedom Writers (Full Screen Edition) by Richard LaGravenese
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DVD Cover InformationActor: April L. Hernandez, Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn Director: Richard LaGravenese Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 122 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-04-17 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Freedom Writers (Full Screen Edition)Movie Review: 3 stars out of 4 Summary: 4 StarsThe Bottom Line:
Freedom Writers sometimes cleaves to formula, but the emotions it generates are real, its characters reasonably nuanced, and its acting high caliber enough to raise the film above the tired genre of "inspirational teacher" films.
Summary of Freedom Writers (Full Screen Edition)Hilary Swank stars in this story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they ve always needed - a voice. Swank plays Erin Gruwell the real-life teacher at Long Beach s Wilson High who inspired her students to overcome the gangs that divided them and the education system that forgot them. Based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary and supported by a cast of first-time actors who drew from their actual experiences on the street Gruwell teaches us all an important lesson about tolerance and trust.System Requirements:Running Time: 122 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?PG - 13 UPC:?097361243245 Manufacturer No:?124324 Though the "inspirational teacher" theme may feel done to death, Freedom Writers succeeds because it emphasizes the students as much as the teacher. Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby, Boys Don't Cry) comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism, but quickly discovers that her unruly classroom isn't easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives--an assignment that the class bites into with relish, which eventually bonds them together and pushes racial rivalries aside. This plotline has been made before, sometimes well, sometimes poorly; Freedom Writers, by drawing heavily from the published journals of the students--and thanks to a (mostly) unheroic script, direction that emphasizes individual characters over stereotypes, and rigorous performances from the whole cast--makes the story seem fresh and genuine. Swank does solid work, but the standouts are April L. Hernandez as a girl whose gang wants her to lie and send an innocent boy to jail and Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) as a teacher who resents Gruwell's offbeat success. Also featuring Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), and a plethora of strong young actors. --Bret Fetzer Beyond Freedom Writers  More Inspirational Teacher Films on DVD |  The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell |  More DVDs Starring Hilary Swank | Stills from Freedom Writers (click for larger image)
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