Freedom Writers
Sign in to save2007 film directed by Richard LaGravenese
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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.
Released: 2007-01-05123 minDir: Richard LaGraveneseCrime, Drama
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
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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
Key dates
- Published
- 5 April 2007
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Richard LaGravenese
- Screenwriter
- Richard LaGravenese
- Cast member
- Lisa Banes
- Composer
- Mark Isham
- Producer
- Stacey Sher
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
Article
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.