‘Unbroken’ to play at Wellington Regent this weekend
This week at the Regent Theater: Unbroken (Movie trailer is below).
When:Â Friday 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 2 and 7 p.m.
Rated: PG-13. Time: 2 hours, 17 minutes
Movie Synopsis: Academy Award (R) winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces Unbroken, an epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII-only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp, having impossibly survived being adrift in the open Pacific for several weeks.
Adapted from Laura Hillenbrand’s (“Seabiscuit: An American Legend”) enormously popular book, Unbroken brings to the big screen Zamperini’s unbelievable and inspiring true story about the resilient power of the human spirit. Starring alongside O’Connell, Gleeson and Wittrock are Garrett Hedlund and John Magaro as fellow POWs who find an unexpected camaraderie during their internment, Alex Russell as Zamperini’s brother, Pete, and in his English-language feature debut, Japanese actor Miyavi as the brutal camp guard known only to the men as “The Bird.”
Leading the accomplished behind-the-scenes crew is 10-time Oscar (R)-nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins (Skyfall). Academy Award (R) winners Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men) rewrote the screenplay from earlier drafts by William Nicholson (Les Misérables) and Richard LaGravenese (HBO’s Behind the Candelabra).
Rotten Tomatoes rating (movie critics collective approval ratings): 50%. Audience review: 73% approval.
Movies ahead at Regent Theater:
Coming soon:
Jan. 23 – Into the Woods.
