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Uniform Title Freedom writers (Motion picture)
Title Freedom Writers / Paramount Pictures presents in association with MTV Films a Jersey Films/Double Feature Films production ; directed by Richard LaGravenese ; screenplay by Richard LaGravenese ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; produced in association with Kernos Filmproduktionsgesellschaft mbh & Co.

Publication Info. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2007]
©2007

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  DVD FREEDOM c.2  Check Shelf
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 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  DVD FREEDOM WRITERS c.3  Check Shelf
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 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD FREEDOM WRITERS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  YA DVD FREEDOM WRITERS    Check Shelf

Edition Widescreen.
Description 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Playing Time 020200
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in
Description digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 rda
NTSC rda
DVD NTSC rda
video file DVD video region 1 rda
System Details DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0 Surround.
Language In English or dubbed French with optional English subtitles ; closed-captioned in English.
Cast Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Lee Hernandez, Mario, Kristin Herrera, Jaclyn Ngan, Sergio Montalvo, Jason Finn, Deance Wyatt, Vanetta Smith, Gabriel Chavarria, Hunter Parrish.
Credits Director of photography, Jim Denault ; editor, David Moritz ; music, Mark Isham, RZA ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; production designer, Laurence Bennett.
Note 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.
Originally released in 2007 as motion picture.
Summary 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.
Note Special features: commentary by director Richard LaGravenese and actor Hilary Swank; deleted scenes (11 min.); "Making a dream" (6 min.); "Freedom Writers family" (20 min.); theatrical trailer (3 min.); "Freedom Writers: the story behind the story" (10 min.); photo gallery.
Access For private home use only.
Audience MPAA rating: PG-13; for violent content, some thematic material and language.
Contents War has been declared -- Welcome to Freshman English -- Tribes -- Borders -- You don't know me -- The line -- War stories -- Permission -- Tolerance -- Home -- The diary -- Heroes -- Courage -- Who would you pick? -- Blessed with a burden -- Our own voices -- End titles.
Subject Gruwell, Erin -- Drama.
Gruwell, Erin. (OCoLC)fst00432165
Education, Urban -- California -- Drama.
Teacher-student relationships -- California -- Drama.
Student publications -- California -- Drama.
High school students -- California -- Social conditions -- Drama.
Education, Urban. (OCoLC)fst00903310
High school students -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00956220
Student publications. (OCoLC)fst01135976
Teacher-student relationships. (OCoLC)fst01144236
California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films -- Germany.
Feature films -- United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Added Author DeVito, Danny, film producer.
Shamberg, Michael, film producer.
Sher, Stacey, film producer.
LaGravenese, Richard, screenwriter, film director.
Swank, Hilary, actor.
Dempsey, Patrick, 1966- actor.
Glenn, Scott, 1942- actor.
Staunton, Imelda, 1956- actor.
Hernandez, April Lee, actor.
Mario, 1986- actor.
Herrera, Kristin, actor.
Ngan, Jaclyn, actor.
Montalvo, Sergio, actor.
Wyatt, Deance, actor.
Smith, Vanetta, actor.
Chavarria, Gabriel, actor.
Parrish, Hunter, 1987- actor.
Gruwell, Erin, author.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Freedom Writers. Freedom Writers diary.
Paramount Pictures Corporation, production company.
Double Feature Films, production company.
MTV Films (Firm), production company.
Jersey Films, production company.
Kernos Filmproduktionsgesellschaft & Company, production company.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Added Title Container of (work): Freedom writers (Motion picture)
Container of (expressoin): Freedom writers (Motion picture). French.
ISBN 141573111X
9781415731116
Standard No. 097363465041
883929310920
Music No. 34650 Paramount Home Entertainment
34650A Paramount Home Entertainment
34650B Paramount Home Entertainment
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