Check out the trailer for Angelina Jolie's telling of Unbroken, the miraculous true story of Louie Zamperini's World War II survival.
There are true stories, and then there are true stories. The story of Louie Zamperini, the subject for this Christmas’ upcoming Unbroken biopic, is one of the most stunning and unbelievable stories of survival to come out of the Second World War…which is saying much. The new trailer for the film, directed by Angelina Jolie, promises much in attempting to recapture how the narrative was layered by Laura Hillenbrand.
Based on Hillenbrand’s stunning biography, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, this sophomore narrative feature from Angelina Jolie has a lot to live up to. But whether it soars or crashes and burns, this is an account too rich to ignore: Louie Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) was the American son of Italian immigrants when he became an Olympic runner in 1936. Seven years later, he was a bombardier flying over the Pacific when his lemon plane, “The Green Hornet,” crashed into the Pacific leaving him and only two other crew members alive on the high seas with sharks and Japanese bombers to keep the company for 47 days. Ultimately, Zamperini was taken into custody and tortured as an unregistered POW by the Japanese until 1945. He came home and became a born again Christian inspirational speaker.
Unbroken is in theaters December 25, 2014.
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