Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Angelina Jolie and Louis Zamperini

Interesting.

I'm looking forward to seeing this film.

Yesterday, at Vanity Fair, "Read Angelina Jolie’s Moving Reflection on Showing Unbroken to Louie Zamperini Before His Death":
Universal hosted a luncheon today at the the Metropolitan Club in Midtown Manhattan to celebrate Unbroken, director Angelina Jolie’s harrowing retelling of the story of W.W. II hero Louie Zamperini. Zamperini, a bombardier in the Pacific theater, survived a plane crash and nearly two grueling months stranded at sea, only to be captured by the Japanese and held in a P.O.W. camp for two and a half years. He passed away this past July, but Jolie, who became close with Zamperini while making the film, did have a chance to show him the finished product, a moment that she captured rather poignantly during a Q&A today...
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