Hidden Figures DVD [2017]

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Schroeder grew up by Cape Canaveral and her grandparents worked at NASA, where she also interned as a teenager, and as a result saw the project as a perfect fit for herself. million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it one of the top twenty most profitable release of 2016.

Katherine goes outside, needing to pee, but realizes the bathroom in that building is for white women only and she can't sneak in because some white women are loitering nearby. You get the sense that the ensemble really wanted to do right by the story and the ladies at the center of it, and that effort is reflected in the final product. But his suggestion that a feel-good scene like that was needed for the marketability and overall appeal of the film speaks to the fact that Hollywood at large still has a long way to go in telling Black stories, no matter how many strides have been made. Set in 1961 Virginia, the film focuses on three African American women who are working at NASA during the Space Race period with Russia, and in the role of mathematicians for the group.In between Apollo 13 and now Hidden Figures, it is kind of amazing to me to see some of the methods NASA used to get to a solution. Clayton Davis of Awards Circuit gave the film three and a half stars, saying "Precisely marketed as terrific adult entertainment for the Christmas season, Hidden Figures is a faithful and truly beautiful portrait of our country's consistent gloss over the racial tensions that have divided and continue to plague the fabric of our existence. The camera zooms in on the hand-off of the chalk, recreating the scene early in the movie when the teacher asks a much younger Katherine to step up to the blackboard.

Johnson approaches Katherine, who's very reserved and clearly still thinking about what he said about her work when they first met. Glenn requests that Katherine do the math by hand because he trusts her brain more than he trusts the IBM machine. Dorothy assigns Katherine because she knows analytic geometry and she's the all-around best at numbers. This advice is passed to Glenn, who's having a bumpy ride and soon reports that the capsule is growing very hot.The Company reserves the right to change these conditions from time to time as it sees fit and your continued use of the site will signify your acceptance of any adjustment to these terms. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson ( Taraji P. This isn't to say that she's the only one who does well here because the actors and actresses all put in good performances, because Spencer and Monae do well, as do Parsons and Dunst. The remaining extras are the usual things: eight deleted scenes (10:14) are good, particularly Henson's character talking to her late husband, "Filming in Georgia" (5:15) is a now-requisite look at the Peachtree state-centric production, a stills gallery comes with it along with a trailer (2:25), to say nothing for the digital and standard definition copies of the movie.

When her son asks her about it, Dorothy says she's a taxpayer and the library is government-owned so she's entitled to take the book. With stunning performances and a powerful storyline, this DVD is perfect for anyone who loves drama and wants to be inspired.The three women go to church with their families and a handsome colonel (Mahershala Ali) catches Katherine's eye. Katherine went on to calculate the trajectories for the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon and for Apollo 13, as well. There is some production recollection and shot breakdown, and general raving about the ensemble, but nothing jaw dropping. The Miracles' 1961 chart hit, " Mighty Good Lovin'", written by lead singer Smokey Robinson, is played in the film during the house party dance scene, and was also heard in the closing credits. Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer, Bad Santa 2), serves as a de facto head of department of other black women who do work for the astronauts, which includes Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae, Rio 2) and Katherine Johnson (Taraji P.

At the new school, a teacher asks Katherine to tackle an algebra problem on the blackboard; the camera zooms in on the teacher's hand as he passes Katherine the chalk. It's Johnson and by extension Henson's performance of her, as a single mother and widow who is trying to forge new ground at the work place and at home with her relationships, that steals the show. The male engineers in the observation room shout that her life is not worth a shoe so she abandons it and joins the engineers behind the glass. It was very upsetting to me because I am at a place where I've lived my life colorless and I grew up in Brooklyn. Margot Lee Shetterly's book was adapted by Allison Schroeder in her feature screenwriting debut and Theodore Melfi ( St.You had some bureaucratic obstacles that served as larger social ones that conflicted the characters, be it Vivian Mitchell (Kirsten Dunst, Midnight Special) for Dorothy, or Paul Stafford (Jim Parsons, Big Bang Theory) for Katherine. Century Fox and AMC Theatres also invited schools, community groups and non-profit organizations to apply for additional special screenings to be held in their towns.