WW2 hero Louis Zamperini died last week at 97. Last year I was fortunate enough to have interviewed him. Louie was gracious, humble and the most optimistic person I've ever met. He also had a terrific ...

Twenty years of work in the media has cemented the notion in my mind that truth is stranger than fiction. Some stories are so unimaginable it would be impossible for someone to make them up. Like many ...

The Angelina Jolie-directed World War II drama “Unbroken” tells a very human story. Louis “Louie” Zamperini, a former high school track star and Olympic athlete, joins the U.S. Army Air Corps and ...

It was 2011 and Laura Hillenbrand’s book, "Unbroken," was about to hit the shelves and tell people around the world that Louis "Louie" Zamperini was an individual whose life was worth knowing and ...

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The movie is based on the 2010 nonfiction book by Laura Hillenbrand about a U.S. Olympic track star who survives a plane crash during World War II... 'Unbroken' Skips Over Louis Zamperini's Post-War ...

Unbroken is a 2014 American biographical war drama film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, based on Laura Hillenbrand’s 2010 non-fiction book of the same name. The film is based on the true ...

Unbroken is based on the real-life adventures of Louis “Louie” Zamperini, who is portrayed by Jack O’Connell in the film. To call Zamperini’s story “incredible” really undersells it. This is a man who ...

Now to a current movie - when a book sells as many copies as Lauren Hillenbrand's "Unbroken" has sold, you had to think a film was coming. And the day has arrived. Here's Kenneth Turan's review.