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.
Author:
LaGravenese, Richard, film director screenwriter.
DeVito, Danny, film producer.
Shamberg, Michael, film producer.
Sher, Stacey, film producer.
Denault, Jim, 1960- director of photography.
Isham, Mark, composer (expression)
Will. i.am, composer (expression)
Moritz, David, editor of moving image work.
Bennett, Laurence, production designer.
Evans, Cindy, costume designer.
Swank, Hilary, actor.
Glenn, Scott, 1942- actor.
Staunton, Imelda, 1956- actor.
Dempsey, Patrick, 1966- actor.
Mario, 1986- actor.
Hernandez, April Lee, actor.
Wisdom, Robert, actor.
Hickey, John Benjamin, actor.
Carroll, Pat, 1927- actor.
Parrish, Hunter, 1987- actor.
Gruwell, Erin, author.
Paramount Pictures Corporation, presenter, production company.
MTV Films (Firm), production company.
Jersey Films, production company.
Double Feature Films, production company.
Kernos Filmproduktionsgesellschaft & Company, production company.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Freedom Writers. Freedom Writers diary.
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Publication Information:
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2007.
©2007
Call Number:
FILMS FREEDOM 2007
Abstract:
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.
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Container of (work): Freedom writers (Motion picture)
Container of (expressoin): Freedom writers (Motion picture). French.
Edition:
Widescreen.
ISBN:
9781415731116
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (122 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from title frame.
Originally released in 2007 as a motion picture.
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.
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.
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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.
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Freedom writers (Motion picture)
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MPAA rating: PG-13; for violent content, some thematic material and language.
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