Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
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by Doris L. Rich
| Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | |
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| Genre | Biography |
| Based on | Amelia Earhart: A Biography by Doris L. Rich |
| Written by | Anna Sandor |
| Directed by | Yves Simoneau |
| Starring | |
| Music by | George S. Clinton |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Randy Robinson |
| Producer | Cary Brokaw |
| Cinematography | Lauro Escorel |
| Editor | Michael D. Ornstein |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Production companies | Avenue Pictures Productions Turner Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNT |
| Release | June 12, 1994 |
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.
In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight, albeit as a passenger. Her marriage to media tycoon George Palmer Putnam and a series of record-breaking flights propel her to international fame as a long-distance flyer. With help from a close friend and adviser, Paul Mantz, Earhart and her navigator, the hard-drinking Fred Noonan, undertake her longest flight ever: a round-the-world attempt in 1937. The airplane disappears, and a massive search effort is unsuccessful, but solidifies Earhart as an aviation icon.
Cast
- Diane Keaton as Amelia Earhart
- Rutger Hauer as Fred Noonan
- Bruce Dern as George Putnam
- Paul Guilfoyle as Paul Mantz
- David Carpenter as Harry Manning
- Denis Arndt as Joseph Laughlin
- Diana Bellamy as Mrs. Atkinson
- Heather Lauren Olson as Teenage Girl fan
- Don Bloomfield as Sid Smith
- Nancy Lenehan as Radio Show Hostess
- Newell Alexander as Radio Show Sound Effects operator
- Simon Templeman as Harry Balfour
- Warren Munson as President Elliot
- Marilyn Rockafellow as Mrs. Elliot
- Hansford Rowe as Purdue male guest
- Edith Fields as Purdue female guest 1
Production
Principal photography began on October 18, 1993, with studio work as well as location shooting in both California and Quebec.[1] Although a Beech D18 was used, it was an adequate substitute for Earhart's famed Lockheed Model 10 Electra used in the circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937.[2] Well-known race pilot Steve Hinton, president of the Planes of Fame Air Museum and owner of Fighter Rebuilders, flew for the film.[3][4] The cockpit section of the Beech aircraft used (actually the US Navy variant, an SNB-5) is now on display at Lyon Air Museum in Orange County, California, as part of a hands-on education area.
