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Freedom Writers

DVD

2007

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Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Freedom Writers / Paramount Pictures ; Double Feature Films ; MTV Films ; Jersey Films ; Kernos Filmproduktiosgesellschaft & Company ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; screenplay by Richard LaGravenese ; directed by Richard LaGravenese.
Published:	Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2007]
Description:	1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13.
Subjects:	Gruwell, Erin -- Drama. Urban schools -- California -- Drama. Education, Urban -- California -- Drama. Teacher-student relationships -- California -- Drama. Diaries -- Authorship -- Drama. High school students -- California -- Drama. Special collections -- Equity Resource Center.
Other Author:	LaGravenese, Richard. Swank, Hilary. Dempsey, Patrick, 1966- Glenn, Scott, 1942- Gruwell, Erin. Freedom Writers. Paramount Pictures Corporation. MTV Films (Firm) Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Title:	Freedom Writers diary.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Notes:	[Widescreen ed.] Originally released as a motion picture in 2007. 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: Feature-length commentary by director Richard LaGravenese and actor Hilary Swank; deleted scenes; featurettes; theatrical trailer; photo gallery. Director of photography, Jim Denault ; editor, David Moritz ; music, Mark Isham, RZA ; costume designer, Cindy Evans ; production designer, Laurence Bennett. Director and screenplay, Richard LaGravenese. Swank, Hilary, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Lee Hernandez, Mario, Kristin Herrera, Jacklyn Ngan, Sergio Montalvo, Jason Finn, Deance Wyatt, Vanetta Smith, Gabriel Chavarria, Hunter Parrish. DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround. English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0) and French (Dolby 5.1) dialogue.
ISBN:	141573111X
Available Copies:	3 (of 4)
No. of Requests:	0
Call number:	DVD FICTION

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