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"Louis&amp;apos; legacy comes to life. The trailer for Angelina Jolie&amp;apos;s film adaptation of Unbroken was released Thursday, July 10, providing insight into the inspiring true story.\r\nLike the New York Times&amp;apos; bestselling book by Laura Hillenbrand, Jolie&amp;apos;s latest directorial project is based on the real-life hardships endured by the late Louis Zamperini, who passed away last Thursday, July 3, at age 97.\r\n\r\nBritish actor Jack O&amp;apos;Connell portrays Zamperini, an Olympic runner in the 1930s, who went on to join the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. During the war, Zamperini&amp;apos;s plane was shot down over the Pacific, where he and two others survived on a life  raft for 47 days. After the raft was eventually found, Zamperini was imprisoned by the Japanese for two years, where he endured brutality and torture.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;If I can take it, I can make it,&amp;quot; O&amp;apos;Connell says in the preview.\r\n\r\n\r\nFor her sophomore directorial venture, Jolie, 39, worked closely with her L.A. neighbor, Zamperini himself, on the flick. The two sat down with Tom Brokaw for a Today show segment in February 2014, where Jolie confessed that working on the film was  &amp;quot;the hardest thing I&amp;apos;ve ever done.&amp;quot;\r\nBrad Pitt&amp;apos;s fiancee added that the film had become a &amp;quot;very personal&amp;quot; endeavor for her. &amp;quot;[I feel] such a huge responsibility to get it right,&amp;quot; she said, &amp;quot;because I love [Louis] so much, and because he&amp;apos;s helped me so much in my life,&amp;quot; she said.\r\n\r\nUnbroken hits theaters Dec. 25. Watch the trailer here!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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