Freedom Writers [HD DVD] From:Hilary Swank , Patrick Dempsey , Scott Glenn , Imelda Staunton , April L. Hernandez , PARAMOUNT PICTURES , Richard LaGravenese , Paramount Home Video ,
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: HD DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097361243801
Format: AC-3
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
Format: Dubbed
Format: Subtitled
Format: Widescreen
Weight: 100 hundredths-pounds
Label: Paramount Home Video
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 58 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 710 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 18 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 542 hundredths-inches
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2007-05-22
Running Time: 122 minutes
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-01-05
Product Description:
"Freedom Writers" is inspired by a true story and the diaries of real Long Beach teenagers after the LA riots during the worst outbreak of interracial gang warfare.Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell whose passion to become a teacher is soon challenged by a group of Black Latino and Asian gangbangers who hate her even more than each other. When Erin begins to listen to them in a way no adult has ever done she begins to understand that for these kids getting through the day alive is enough -- they are not delinquents but teenagers fighting "a war of the streets" that began long before they were born.Erin gives them something they never had from a teacher before -- respect. For the first time these teens experience a hope that maybe they might show the world that their lives matter and they have something to say.Run Time: 122 minutesFormat: DVD HD Genre: DRAMA UPC: 097361243801 Manufacturer No: 124380
Customer Reviews:
 Patrick Dempsey was the sole flaw, 2008-09-27
I am not a fan of Patrick Dempsey in the least. Therefore, he bothered me in this movie. That is the solitary flaw.
Now that I have that said, this is one of the best movies for all of us saps who love something inspirational. Being a teacher, albeit of grade school, this tribute to the book and its authors especially touched me.
The acting is beside the point. Good performances, there you go. It's the story that makes this movie, a story that takes in gang-related kids to tell what is truly going on in their lives and how they feel.
MTV did a great job putting it altogether. The film is poetic, moving, and even cool.
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