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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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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