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Tango01 | 17 Jul 2014 10:13 p.m. PST |
"This Christmas release has "Oscar Bait" written all over it. Louis Zamperini was a graduate of the University of Southern California, an Olympic distance runner, and a B-24 bombardier in the United States Army Air Corps—American cinema material of the highest order. Zamperini enlisted shortly after the U.S. entered World War II in 1941, and was shot down over the Pacific in his assigned plane, the Green Hornet, in May of 1943. By June, his family had received official word from Franklin Roosevelt that their son had died a hero's death in combat. Obviously, this was a pessimistic oversight, because Zamperini lived to tell his improbable story, which became a biography by Laura Hillenbrand called Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption on which this movie is based. Unbroken is the second directorial effort of Angelina Jolie, and it tells the tale of Zamperini from childhood to the Olympic stage to the 47 days he spent in a raft at sea after being shot down, and the subsequent time he spent as a prisoner of war in a Japanese internment camp. The subject matter is heavy, but still considerably lighter and more hopeful than Jolie's directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, which centered on a rape camp during the Bosnian War. It's a broad scope to cover, but this trailer is an encouraging start and we already feel invested in lead actor Jack O'Connell's portrayal of Zamperini. Queue the lofty expectations!" YouTube link Amicalement Armand |
SBminisguy | 18 Jul 2014 3:57 a.m. PST |
The book is amazing…read it straight through. |
Tango01 | 18 Jul 2014 10:26 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the recomendation my friend. Amicalement Armand |
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