For other uses, see Freedom Writers (disambiguation).
Freedom Writers
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Richard LaGravenese
Screenplay by
Richard LaGravenese
Based on
The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell
Produced by
Danny DeVito Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher
Starring
Hilary Swank Scott Glenn Imelda Staunton Patrick Dempsey Mario
Cinematography
Jim Denault
Edited by
David Moritz
Music by
Mark Isham will.i.am RZA
Production companies
MTV Films Jersey Films 2S Films
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date
January 5, 2007 (2007-01-05)
Running time
123 minutes
Countries
United States Germany[1][2]
Language
English
Budget
$21 million
Box office
$43.1 million
Freedom Writers is a 2007 American biographical drama film written and directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey and Mario.
It is based on the 1999 book The Freedom Writers Diary by teacher Erin Gruwell and students who compiled the book out of real diary entries about their lives that they wrote in their English class at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California. The movie is also based on the DC program called City at Peace. The title of the movie and book is a play on the term "Freedom Riders", referring to the multiracial civil rights activists who tested the U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering the desegregation of interstate buses in 1961.
The idea for the film came from journalist Tracey Durning, who made a documentary about Erin Gruwell for the ABC News program Primetime Live. Durning served as co-executive producer of the film. The film was dedicated to the memory of Armand Jones, who was killed after filming Freedom Writers. He was fatally shot at age 18 in Anaheim, California, after a confrontation with a man who robbed Jones of a necklace in a Denny's restaurant.[3]
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