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Freedom Writers
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*Freedom Writers* is a 2007 American drama and crime film directed and written by Richard LaGravenese. Based on a work by Erin Gruwell, the movie stars Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, and April Lee Hernández. Danny DeVito and Stacey Sher produced the film, which was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix. The production was filmed in Long Beach and set in Los Angeles during the 1990s.
The film has a runtime of 123 minutes and was released on January 5, 2007. It was produced by MTV Films, Double Feature Films, Jersey Films, and Kernos. Mark Isham composed the score. The film’s tagline is "Their story. Their world. Their future."
Review scores include 6.3/10, 69%, and 64/100. The film has a budget of 21000000 and generated 43095175 in revenue. It is available in video on demand format.
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7.9A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Cast
- Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell
- Patrick Dempsey as Scott Casey
- Scott Glenn as Steve Gruwell
- Imelda Staunton as Margaret Campbell
- April Hernandez Castillo as Eva Benitez
- Mario as Andre Bryant
Themes
- daughter
- high school
- based on novel or book
- holocaust (shoah)
- ghetto
- diary
- violence in schools
- principal witness
- biography
- racial segregation
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard LaGravenese
- Screenplay by
- Richard LaGravenese
- Based on
- The Freedom Writers Diary , by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell
- Produced by
- Danny DeVito Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher
- Starring
- Hilary Swank Scott Glenn Imelda Staunton Patrick Dempsey Mario
- Cinematography
- Jim Denault
- Edited by
- David Moritz
- Music by
- Mark Isham will.i.am
- Production companies
- MTV Films Jersey Films Double Feature Films
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- January 4, 2007 ( 2007-01-04 ) ( Westwood Village Theatre ) January 5, 2007 ( 2007-01-05 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 123 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $21 million
- Box office
- $43.6 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Freedom Writers is a 2007 American biographical drama film written and directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey and Mario.
It is based on the 1999 book The Freedom Writers Diary by teacher Erin Gruwell and students who compiled the book out of real diary entries about their lives that they wrote in their English class at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California. The movie is also based on the DC program called City at Peace. The title of the movie and book is a play on the term "Freedom Riders," referring to the multiracial civil rights activists who tested the U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering the desegregation of interstate buses in 1961.
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