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Freedom Writers
Release Date:
January 5, 2007
January 25, 2006
Dempsey gets his Freedom
Patrick Dempsey has signed on to star in Freedom Writers for Paramount Pictures. Richard LaGravenese is directing the film, where Hilary Swank plays a young teacher who is inspiring her class of at-risk students to consider more than a high school education. Dempsey will play her husband.
Source: Variety
November 15, 2005
Staunton ready for Freedom
Imelda Staunton will star opposite Hilary Swank in Freedom Writers. Both women were nominated for the Academy Award this past go-round, with Swank winning the prize. The Paramount project is based on a true story and centers on a teacher (Swank) who works at a gang-infested school in Long Beach. Her task is to teach freshman English to a racially diverse class. Staunton will play one of her colleagues. Scott Glenn and R&B singer Mario will also have roles.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
May 12, 2005
Swank is a Freedom Writer
Hilary Swank will topline Freedom Writers for Paramount Pictures and director Richard LaGravenese. Based on The Freedom Writer's Diaries: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them, written by high school teacher Erin Gruwell and her students, the story has Grudwell as a teacher who was assigned to an at-risk class that was believed to be unteachable. By using Anne Frank's diary and Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo, Grunwell was able to teach tolerance to the children. Eventually, the class toured both Sarajevo and Amsterdam, and every single student graduated from high school. Most are now enrolled in college.
Source: Variety
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