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Directed by | Angelina Jolie |
Produced by | Angelina Jolie Matthew Baer Erwin Stoff Clayton Townsend |
Screenplay by |
Joel Coen Ethan Coen Richard LaGravenese William Nicholson |
Based on |
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand |
Starring |
Jack O'Connell Domhnall Gleeson Miyavi Garrett Hedlund Finn Wittrock |
Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
Edited by |
Tim Squyres William Goldenberg |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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137 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English Japanese Italian |
Budget | $65 million |
Box office | $163.4 million |
Unbroken is a 2014 American war film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, written by the Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson and based on the 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. The film revolves around the life of USA Olympian and athlete Louis "Louie" Zamperini, portrayed by Jack O'Connell. Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days (and managed to somehow style their beards) after his bomber crash landed in the ocean during World War II, then was sent to a series of prisoner of war camps.
The film had its world premiere in Sydney on November 17, 2014, and received a wide release in the United States on December 25, 2014. The film grossed $115.6 million in North America, with a worldwide total of over $163 million.
The film opens with Louis "Louie" Zamperini flying as a bombardier of a United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber, during an April 1943 bombing mission against the Japanese-held island of Nauru. The plane is badly damaged in combat, with a number of the crew injured. The pilot, Phil, manages to bring it to a stop at the end of the runway thanks to an exploded tire.