Unbroken Upcoming

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This was a long time coming.  For starters, there was a much earlier book on Louis Zamperini many decades ago that was developed for a movie, but never got made.  Laura Hillenbrand's book went through countless screenwriters trying to crack the tale properly.  In the end, it was a collaboration of draft by a seriously impressive collective of writers -- the Coen Brothers (yes, they did the screenplay without directing), Richard Lagravenese (best known for The Horse Whisperer, The Bridges of Madison County, Beloved and The Fisher King) and William Nicholson (who wrote Gladiator, Les Miserables, and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.)

The TV ad looked absolutely terrific, and I was going to post it here, but found the full trailer and figured it would be best to post that instead.  The film opens on Christmas Day.

And I'll be honest, on a totally personal level, my favorite part of the trailer is the screen credit -- "Executive Producer Mick Garris."

But still, the movie looks great.