Fox Searchlight Pictures has released the first trailer for Amelia, the biographical film based on the life of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor and Mia Wasikowska.

Directed by Mira Nair (Vanity Fair, The Namesake) the movie is scheduled to be released on October 23, 2009.

Check out the trailer below: