{"id":9993,"date":"2014-12-10T09:57:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T14:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=9993"},"modified":"2015-01-04T15:27:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T20:27:58","slug":"unbroken-is-a-true-gift-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2014\/12\/unbroken-is-a-true-gift-this-christmas.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Unbroken&#8217; is a True Gift This Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"\/\/video.internetvideoarchive.net\/player\/ivaplayer6.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"ivadiv\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nIVAPlayer.init('ivadiv', { customerid: 801284, publishedid: 619832, reporttag: 'not-set', autolist: '', minrate:  '', maxrate:  '', playerid: 885 });\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>After 57 years of being hung up, now a war hero\u2019s story is on the big screen. Unbroken, a true story based on U.S. POW and 1936 Olympic runner Louie Zamperini will be released on Christmas Day. The timing could not be more perfect said director and producer Angelina Jolie, who was emotionally engaged with Louie&#8217;s story after reading\u00a0Laura Hillenbrand book of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was half way through his book, and I felt inspired, and on fire, and feeling better,\u201d said Jolie. \u201cI realized if this was having this effect on me, and I know it had this effect on so many other people&#8211; isn&#8217;t this what we needed to put forward into the world at this time? I believe it is\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2014\/12\/Unbroken-Stills-2014-Wallpapers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9996 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2014\/12\/Unbroken-Stills-2014-Wallpapers-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Unbroken-Stills-2014-Wallpapers\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>The movie will follow the\u00a0terror of \u00a0drifting in the open Pacific for 47 days, the horrors of being a prisoner-of-war, and the conclusion of\u00a0the war.<\/p>\n<p>Zamperini enlisted in the Army Air Force before Pearl Harbor. He was on a rescue mission in the Pacific when the plane crashed into the ocean killing eight of 11 men on board. The Japanese navy \u201crescued,\u201d and sent them Louie and Phil to camp, where they were tortured for over a year. \u00a0Mac would die of dehydration.<\/p>\n<p>Universal acquired the rights <em>Devil at My Heels<\/em> in 1957 based on Zamperini\u2019s experiences, but it was shelved because Tony Curtis went on to star in Spartacus.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time said Jolie, who has the support of Zamperini\u2019s two children Cissy and Luke.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2014\/12\/Angeling-with-Louie-Oconnell.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9999 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2014\/12\/Angeling-with-Louie-Oconnell-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Angeling with Louie Oconnell\" width=\"160\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Go to \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unbrokenfilm.com\/\">http:\/\/www.unbrokenfilm.com\/<\/a> for more insight into this gripping film.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 57 years of being hung up, now a war hero\u2019s story is on the big screen. 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