Hilary Swank Becomes Amelia Earhart

MYFOXNY.COM - Two-time Oscar-winner Hilary Swank plays the legendary aviator in "Amelia," a new film from the acclaimed director Mira Nair.

The two spent some time in at Airbound Aviation at the Essex County Airport in New Jersey to present props, costumes and mementos from the film to be taken to the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, in Kansas.

Fox 5's Anne Craig attended the event interviewed Swank about her latest role and asked the actress what is was like to actually take flying lessons.

"Amelia" opens Friday, October 23, 2009.

ABOUT THE FILM: An extraordinary life of adventure, celebrity and continuing mystery comes to light in AMELIA, a vast, thrilling account of legendary aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart (two time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank). After becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, Amelia was thrust into a new role as America's sweetheart - the legendary "goddess of light," known for her bold, larger-than-life charisma. Yet, even with her global fame solidified, her belief in flirting with danger and standing up as her own, outspoken woman never changed. She was an inspiration to people everywhere, from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (Cherry Jones) to the men closest to her heart: her husband, promoter and publishing magnate George P. Putnam (Golden Globe winner Richard Gere), and her long time friend and lover, pilot Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor). In the summer of 1937, Amelia set off on her most daunting mission yet: a solo flight around the world that she and George both anxiously foresaw as destined, whatever the outcome, to become one of the most talked-about journeys in history. AMELIA is directed by Mira Nair (THE NAMESAKE, VANITY FAIR, MONSOON WEDDING) from a screenplay by Academy Award winner Ron Bass (RAIN MAN) and Anna Hamilton Phelan. The film is produced by Ted Waitt, Kevin Hyman and Lydia Dean Pilcher with Ron Bass and Hilary Swank serving as executive producers and Don Carmody as co-producer. AMELIA opens Friday, October 23, 2009. For more information and to watch the trailer, please visit:

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