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Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

  • TV Movie
  • 1994
  • TV-14
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994)
AdventureBiographyDrama

In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her longest flight: a round-the-world attempt. H... Read allIn 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her longest flight: a round-the-world attempt. However, the plane disappears in the process.In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan undertake her longest flight: a round-the-world attempt. However, the plane disappears in the process.

  • Director
    • Yves Simoneau
  • Writers
    • Doris L. Rich
    • Anna Sandor
  • Stars
    • Diane Keaton
    • Rutger Hauer
    • Bruce Dern
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    464
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    • Director
      • Yves Simoneau
    • Writers
      • Doris L. Rich
      • Anna Sandor
    • Stars
      • Diane Keaton
      • Rutger Hauer
      • Bruce Dern
    • 10User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 8 nominations total

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    Diane Keaton
    Diane Keaton
    • Amelia Earhart
    Rutger Hauer
    Rutger Hauer
    • Fred Noonan
    Bruce Dern
    Bruce Dern
    • George Putnam
    Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle
    • Paul Mantz
    David Carpenter
    David Carpenter
    • Harry Manning
    Denis Arndt
    Denis Arndt
    • Joseph Laughlin
    Diana Bellamy
    Diana Bellamy
    • Mrs. Atkinson
    Heather Lauren Olson
    • Teenage Girl Fan
    Don Bloomfield
    • Sid Smith
    Nancy Lenehan
    Nancy Lenehan
    • Radio Show Hostess
    Newell Alexander
    Newell Alexander
    • Radio Show Sound Effects Man
    Warren Munson
    • President Elliot
    Marilyn Rockafellow
    • Mrs. Elliot
    Hansford Rowe
    Hansford Rowe
    • Purdue Male Guest
    Edith Fields
    Edith Fields
    • Purdue Female Guest #1
    Jill Andre
    Jill Andre
    • Purdue Female Guest #2
    Richard Schiff
    Richard Schiff
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    Douglas Roberts
    • Reporter at Dock #1
    • Director
      • Yves Simoneau
    • Writers
      • Doris L. Rich
      • Anna Sandor
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    Majid-Hamid

    no one really knew the exact history...

    the truth is about Amelia is that there is a supernatural cause which happen at that time. This is a top secret info lies within the government and the case is closed. But it was revealed by someone who has been in the special forces.

    The last word from Amelia during the final conversation, she did state that there's something big,like a very huge spaceship next to her plane and then suddenly everyone lost contact with her. That was the last statement which was censored and never revealed to anyone, and it is considered as a supernatural case. Maybe the alien has got her.

    Maybe lots of people wouldn't believe this story,but to all viewers,that is a fact from the intelligence side.

    Talking bout this movie,it is still a good movie, not excellent,but still worth for viewing 7/10
    fedor8

    A miscast Keaton, but otherwise solid.

    The film is interesting, with a good Dern and a good Hauer, but Keaton is badly miscast. Her hectic, slightly quirky style doesn't fit the role of this woman at all. And I can't imagine Keaton riding a bicycle without help, let alone flying an airplane; she looks as out of place in that cockpit as Ernest Borgnine in a bedroom putting ice-cubes on Kim Basinger's stomach. It was obvious that the PC 90s would add a feminist touch to this woman, whether she really was a hard bitch or not. They just forgot to mention the fact that she dumped her husband (and kids, I think) and some other less heroic details. The way they make Earhart scream and bitch all the time seems a little exaggerated, but there is no question that this must have been a woman with the ego of a Warren Beatty. The aerial shots are nice.
    vaughan.birbeck

    An insult to a brave woman

    This film is just a recycling of the mountain of myth that has surrounded Amelia Earhart's disappearance: she was on a spying mission (although she didn't know it, her husband was approached to pump her for information about Japanese activity in the Pacific); she and her navigator Fred Noonan disliked each other; Noonan was an unreliable alcoholic; she was panicky and low on fuel towards the end of the flight and ended it by deliberately ditching her aircraft.

    Sorry, dear viewer. There is no evidence at all that Earhart was a spy, or that the Japanese were up to no good in the South Pacific four years before WWII. She and Noonan liked and respected each other. Noonan was probably the foremost aerial navigator in the world at that time (he pioneered Pan-Am's China Clipper route across the Pacific) and a consummate professional. The last messages heard from the aircraft indicate that Earhart was still in control of herself, following her contingency plan. At this time she would have had enough fuel for another four hours flying time.

    I'm afraid this film is a conspiracy-theorist's fantasy extravaganza.
    6thefinalgunslinger

    Okay, and more accurate than one might think.

    This movie was decent for a TV Movie, it was well directed and fairly well casted (Although the casting of Dern as Putnam could have been better), and handled the era quite nicely.

    I liked how it explored the angle of Amelia gathering information about Japanese movements - if you consider the condition the country was in at the time of the real Earhart flight, you'd understand that it very well could not be a myth. It included Noonans alcohol problem (A little known, yet on the record fact) as well as Amelias stubbornness to carry extra equipment.

    One thing I did not like about this movie is the "afterwards" angle. It ended with them raising their altitude in some final acceptance scene into the sunset - Amelia was stubborn, she wouldn't have accepted the fact that she may very well be DEAD in an hour that easily.

    Also, I think it would have been prudent to tell the viewers that not only would a Lockeed C-35 Electra (The plane she was flying) float with empty fuel tanks, but also that there were several islands in the vicinity of Amelias last transmissions... the (real) main theory is that she crashed on one of these islands and was later executed by pacific Japanese troops... the plane was then burned (Almost confirmed by pieces of a C-35 found on one of the islands) Overall it was an amusing movie. I thought it was overacted in some parts, and the drama was stereotypical and drawn out, but it was worth the two hours to watch it.
    dtucker86

    hogwash

    This movie is a real insult to a brave woman. It is just lies and slander all the way through. I cannot believe it was even made it is so base and false. Amelia was a true heroine and a pioneer who paved the way for other woman pilots. I cannot believe that ridiculous story that she was spying for the government! Amelia and Fred were involved in an aircraft accident, it is that simple. There is a man named Elgin Long who has spent years researching the case and I think he found the answer. Due to a combination of empty fuel tanks, faulty navigation and exhaustion, Amelia's plane went down in the sea about a hundred miles from tiny Howland Island. The impact alone probably killed them both, even if it hadn't the plane would have sunk like a rock within minutes.

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      At the picnic, they use a squeeze bottle for mustard.
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      Featured in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995)

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    • Release date
      • June 12, 1994 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Final Flight
    • Filming locations
      • Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Avenue Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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