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Freedom Writers | 
 enlarge | Artist: Original Soundtrack
Label: Hollywood Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $9.97
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 39885
Format: Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000011902
UPC: 050087101343
EAN: 0050087101343
ASIN: B000KP62A2
Release Date: January 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New CD in unopened plastic wrap. Fast daily shipping.
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| Tracks:
| • | A Dream - Lynn, Lonnie | | • | Listen!!! - Kweli, Talib | | • | It's R Time - Ortega, J. | | • | When the Ship Goes Down - Muggerud, Larry E. | | • | Hip Hop Hooray - Brown, Vincent | | • | Keep Ya Head Up - Shakur, Tupac | | • | Code of the Streets - Martin, Chris | | • | Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) - Butler, Iashmael | | • | Officer - Martinez, John | | • | This Is How We Do It - Jordan, Montell | | • | Colors - Will I Am | | • | Bus Ride - Will I Am | | • | Riots - Isham, Mark | | • | Eva's Theme - Isham, Mark | | • | Anne Frank - Isham, Mark |
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Album Description
Featuring Common feat. will.i.am's remarkable new song "A Dream." Based on the remarkable true story of Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers project. Erin Gruwell (Academy Award winner Hillary Swank)'s passion to become a teacher is challenged by a group of Black, Latino, and Asian gangbangers who hate her even more than they do each other. Then Erin listens to them in a way no adult has ever done, and she begins to understand that for these kids, getting through the day alive is enough. They are not delinquents but teenagers fighting a war of the streets that began long before they were born. She gives them something they never had from a teacher before - respect and an understanding of peers who have had the same experience. Written and directed by Richard LaGravanese, Produced by Danny DeVito & Stacy Sher.
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| Customer Reviews:
The wring's on the wall August 7, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is really inspiing without the preachy poor me hooks. I loved it and also bought the soundtrack.
Great teachers make the difference! February 7, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
While the soundtrack is great, you must see the movie to truly appreciate it. The music makes the images and themes of the movie come alive with emotion and sensitivity. The story is inspirational both of the struggles the teacher had to connect with her students and the incredible challenges the students had to face in their day-to-day lives. Great soundtrack!
Powerfull and Moving February 6, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The Movie was one of the most powerful films I have ever seen. In my opinion it's the best movie to come out in years.
The soundtrack is a very rap oriented disc, with popular songs by 2PAC, Naughty By Nature, Cypress Hill and Montell Jordan. But there are 3 musical scores by Mark Isham that are simply masterful, and will compliment any soundtrack collection you may have. Isham's track Anne Frank is one of those tunes that express the movies sentiment, even without a visual aid. It's a truly heartfelt tune, that is one of the most aptly composed pieces ever to grace a movie. There are also 2 tracks with Miri Ben Ari, aka "The Hip Hop Violinist", one of todays most talented musicians and a true virtuoso.
But the gem of this album, the one track that makes this disc worth buying, is Will.I.Am's Dream featuring Common. Will.I.Am is one of todays most influential song writers, but this song, set to Martin Luther Kings "I have a Dream" speech, may be his best work to date.
A great movie with a great soundtrack, both should be a staple of any CD and DVD collection.
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