The movie, "Unbroken", will be out by this Christmas. It's a true story about a U.S. Army Air Corpsman being taken prisoner by the Japanese and the horrors he endured as a prisoner of war. It's a very inspiring story and we are free today because of great men like Louis Zamperini. Be sure to go see this movie!
Here is the Wikipedia link about the movie - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbroken_%28film%29
Below is a glimpse of the movie. Click on, "Trailer" -
http://www.unbrokenfilm.com/
Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces UNBROKEN, an epic drama that follows the incredible life of olympian and war hero Louis "Louie" Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII - only to be caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Adapted from Laura Hillenbrand's ("Seabiscuit: An American Legend") enormously popular book UNBROKEN brings to the big screen Zamperini's unbelievable and inspiring true story about the resilient power of the human spirit.
Starring alongside O'Connell are Domhnall Gleeson and Finn Wittrock as Phil and Mac - the airmen with whom Zamperini endured perilous weeks adrift in the open Pacific - Garrett Hedlund and John Magaro as fellow POWs who find an unexpected camaraderie during their internment, Alex Russell as Zamperini's brother, Pete, and in his English-language feature debut, Japanese actor Miyavi as the brutal camp guard known only to the men as "The Bird."
The film is produced by Jolie, as well as Clayton Townsend ("This is 40"), Matthew Baer ("City by the Sea") and Erwin Stoff ("The Day the Earth Stood Still"). Leading the accomplished behind-the-scenes crew in 11-time Oscar®-nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins ("Skyfall").
Academy Award® winners Joel and Ethan Coen ("No Country for Old Men") rewrote the screenplay from earlier drafts by William Nicholson ("Les Miserables") and Richard Lagravenese (HBO's "Behind the Candelabra").
UNBROKEN arrives in theaters on Christmas Day, 2014.
www.unbrokenfilm.com
Cast: Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock
Directed by: Angelina Jolie
Screenplay by: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen and
Richard Lagravenese and William Nicholson
Based on the book by: Laura Hillenbrand
Produced by: Angelina Jolie, Clayton Townsend, Matthew Baer, Erwin Stoff
Executive Producers: Mick Garris, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni
Here is the Wikipedia link about the movie - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbroken_%28film%29
Below is a glimpse of the movie. Click on, "Trailer" -
http://www.unbrokenfilm.com/
Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces UNBROKEN, an epic drama that follows the incredible life of olympian and war hero Louis "Louie" Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII - only to be caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Adapted from Laura Hillenbrand's ("Seabiscuit: An American Legend") enormously popular book UNBROKEN brings to the big screen Zamperini's unbelievable and inspiring true story about the resilient power of the human spirit.
Starring alongside O'Connell are Domhnall Gleeson and Finn Wittrock as Phil and Mac - the airmen with whom Zamperini endured perilous weeks adrift in the open Pacific - Garrett Hedlund and John Magaro as fellow POWs who find an unexpected camaraderie during their internment, Alex Russell as Zamperini's brother, Pete, and in his English-language feature debut, Japanese actor Miyavi as the brutal camp guard known only to the men as "The Bird."
The film is produced by Jolie, as well as Clayton Townsend ("This is 40"), Matthew Baer ("City by the Sea") and Erwin Stoff ("The Day the Earth Stood Still"). Leading the accomplished behind-the-scenes crew in 11-time Oscar®-nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins ("Skyfall").
Academy Award® winners Joel and Ethan Coen ("No Country for Old Men") rewrote the screenplay from earlier drafts by William Nicholson ("Les Miserables") and Richard Lagravenese (HBO's "Behind the Candelabra").
UNBROKEN arrives in theaters on Christmas Day, 2014.
www.unbrokenfilm.com
Cast: Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock
Directed by: Angelina Jolie
Screenplay by: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen and
Richard Lagravenese and William Nicholson
Based on the book by: Laura Hillenbrand
Produced by: Angelina Jolie, Clayton Townsend, Matthew Baer, Erwin Stoff
Executive Producers: Mick Garris, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni