As a boy, Louis "Louie" Zamperini is always in trouble, but with the help of his older brother, he turns his life around and channels his energy into running, later qualifying for the 1936 Olympics. When World War II breaks out, Louie enlists in the military. After his plane crashes in the Pacific, he survives an incredible 47 days adrift in a raft, until his capture by the Japanese navy. Sent to a POW camp, Louie becomes the favorite target of a particularly cruel prison commander.Unbroken / Film synopsis

Unbroken (film)

Universal Pictures

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Unbroken follows the incredible true story of Louis "Louie" Zamperini (Jack O'Connell), an American Olympic distance runner and lieutenant in World War II who spent four years as a prisoner of war in Japan.

The book communicates a message that humans are capable of surviving terrible hardships, including physical, emotional, and psychological hardships. The subtitle of the book underscores this theme.

Unbroken is a story about the capacities of human beings to survive, to serve others, including their country. It is also a story about the capacities of human beings to inflict pain and harm on others, through killing, deprivation and other acts of cruelty.

2014 …the World War II drama Unbroken (2014). The script for the film, based on the true story of an Olympic runner and U.S. Air Force officer who became a Japanese prisoner of war after his plane crashed, was written by the Coen brothers.

Torrance, California Setting (place) The book begins by focusing on Louie's boyhood in Torrance, California. As he becomes a competitive runner, the book moves to New York and then to the Berlin Olympics before his college experience at USC.

As a leading global entertainment destination, Universal Studios Hollywood delivers highly themed immersive lands that translate to real-life interpretations of iconic movie and television shows.

Universal Studios, American motion-picture studio that was one of the leading producers of film serials in the 1920s and of popular horror films in the '30s. Carl Laemmle, a film exhibitor turned producer, formed the company in 1912.

It's a truly fine film, and director Angelina Jolie (in her second feature, after a terrible first try) does a really good job. The story, co-written by the Coen brothers and others, based on a book by Laura Hillenbrand, is a great bit of history, quite sensational stuff.

11). And what is something that will not break? It's Unbroken. Despite suffering intense PTSD after the end of the war, Louie finds strength in faith and realizes that "He was not the worthless, broken, forsaken man that the Bird had striven to make of him.

And what is something that will not break? It's Unbroken. Despite suffering intense PTSD after the end of the war, Louie finds strength in faith and realizes that "He was not the worthless, broken, forsaken man that the Bird had striven to make of him.

Climax: Louie's personal Climax comes after he has injured his ankle and is unable to effectively do his job hauling coal. Watanabe punishes him by forcing him to stand for hours with a heavy plank above his head.

Torrance, California Setting (time) The book covers Louie's life from 1917 through events in 2008, but most of the book focus on the World War II years, 1941-1945. Setting (place) The book begins by focusing on Louie's boyhood in Torrance, California.

Sharks. Throughout the novel, sharks symbolize the ever-present violence of the natural world. The U.S. airmen fear the sharks more than starvation or drowning. On the raft, the sharks encircle Louie, reminding him that the…