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Freedom Writers

Additional authors: DeVito, Danny. | Shamberg, Michael. | Sher, Stacey. | LaGravenese, Richard. | Swank, Hilary. | Dempsey, Patrick, -- 1966- | Glenn, Scott, -- 1942- | Staunton, Imelda, -- 1953- | Hernandez, April Lee. | Mario. | Herrera, Kristin. | Ngan, Jacklyn. | Montalvo, Sergio. | Wyatt, Deance. | Smith, Vanetta. | Chavarria, Gabriel. | Parrish, Hunter. | Gruwell, Erin. | DeVito, Danny. -- pro | Shamberg, Michael. -- pro | Sher, Stacey. -- pro | LaGravenese, Richard. -- aus -- drt | Freedom Writers. | Paramount Pictures Corporation. | Double Feature Films. | MTV Films (Firm) | Jersey Films. | Kernos Filmproduktionsgesellschaft & Company. | Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Published by : Paramount Home Entertainment, (Hollywood, Calif. :) Physical details: 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. ISBN:141573163x.
Subject(s): Gruwell, Erin -- Drama. | Education, Urban -- California -- Drama. | Teacher-student relationships -- California -- Drama. | Student publications -- California -- Drama. | High school students -- California -- Social conditions -- Drama. | Gruwell, Erin -- Drama. | Urban schools -- California -- Drama. | Education, Urban -- California -- Drama. | Teacher-student relationship -- California -- Drama. | Diaries -- Authorship -- Drama. | Student publications -- California -- Drama. | High school students -- California -- Drama. | High school students -- Social conditions -- Drama. | High school students -- Attitudes -- Drama. | Feature films. | Melodrama. | Melodrama -- Feature. | Women -- Feature. | Youth -- Feature. | Feature films. | Melodrama. | Videorecordings for the hearing impaired. | Videodiscs. | DVD-Video discs.
Year: 2007
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DVD Goodland
DVD Collection 		AV PG13 Rated DVD FRE #1496 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39124000182736

DVD; region 1; fullscreen presentation.

Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0) or French (Dolby 5.1) with optional English subtitles.

Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Lee Hernandez, Mario, Kristin Herrera, Jacklyn Ngan, Sergio Montalvo, Jason Finn, Deance Wyatt, Vanetta Smith, Gabriel Chavarria, Hunter Parrish.

Director of photography, Jim Denault ; editor, David Moritz ; music, Mark Isham, RZA ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; production designer, Laurence Bennett.

Based on the book "The Freedom Writers diary: how a teacher and 150 teens used writing to change themselves and the world around them" by the Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for violent content, some thematic material and language.

A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives, This assignment is something that the class can bite into with relish. This eventually bonds them together and pushes racial rivalries aside. Draws heavily from the published journals of the real students themselves.

Special features: Feature-length commentary by director Richard LaGravenese and actor Hilary Swank; deleted scenes; featurettes; theatrical trailer; photo gallery.

For private home use only.

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