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Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994)

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight poster
Directed by
Yves Simoneau
Genre
biographical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
12
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film shows aviator Amelia Earhart during her last flight around the world in 1937. It uses flashbacks to reveal her marriage and earlier aviation achievements as her disappearance approaches.

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What happens

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (also known as Amelia Earhart) is a 1994 American biographical television film directed by Yves Simoneau, written by Anna Sandor, and starring Diane Keaton, Rutger Hauer and Bruce Dern. The film is based on the 1987 book Amelia Earhart: A Biography by Doris L. Rich, and depicts events in the life of Amelia Earhart, focusing on her final flight and disappearance in 1937, with her exploits in aviation and her marriage to publisher George P. Putnam being revealed in flashbacks. It aired on TNT on June 12, 1994. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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