Amazing Grace (2006)

Amazing Grace (2006) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( DTS 5.1 )
French ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
117 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Michael Apted

Written By:
Steven Knight

Actors:
Ioan Gruffudd ..... William Wilberforce
Romola Garai ..... Barbara Spooner
Benedict Cumberbatch ..... William Pitt
Albert Finney ..... John Newton
Michael Gambon ..... Lord Charles Fox
Rufus Sewell ..... Thomas Clarkson
Youssou N'Dour ..... Olaudah Equiano
Ciarán Hinds ..... Lord Tarleton
Toby Jones ..... Duke of Clarence
Nicholas Farrell ..... Henry Thornton
Sylvestra Le Touzel ..... Marianne Thornton
Jeremy Swift ..... Richard the Butler
Stephen Campbell Moore ..... James Stephen
Bill Paterson ..... Lord Dundas
Nicholas Day ..... Sir William Dolben

Synopsis:

In 1797, William Wilberforce, the great crusader for the British abolition of slavery, is taking a vacation for his health even while he is sicker at heart for his frustrated cause. However, meeting the charming Barbara Spooner, Wilberforce finds a soulmate to share the story of his struggle. With few allies such as his mentor, John Newton, a slave ship captain turned repentant priest who penned the great hymn, 'Amazing Grace,' Prime William Pitt, and Olaudah Equiano, the erudite former slave turned author, Wilberforce fruitlessly fights both public indifference and moneyed opposition determined to keep their exploitation safe. Nevertheless, Wilberforce finds the inspiration in newfound love to rejuvenate the fight with new ideas that would lead to a great victory for social justice.

Amazing Grace, a prettified take on the life and times of the 18th-century reformer William Wilberforce, carries a strong whiff of piety. It isn't a bad smell; there are notes of roses and treacle in the mix, but also elements of sweat and pain. Wilberforce, born in 1759, was an abolitionist for much of his adult life and helped bring about the end of the slave trade in the British Empire and then slavery itself. He was an evangelical Christian and social conservative who rallied for animal rights and against trade unions, which makes him a tough nut to crack. It's no wonder he makes a first-rate movie saint. It would be easier to dismiss 'Amazing Grace' for its historical elisions if it weren't also filled with so many great British actors larking about in knee breeches and powdered wigs; if it weren't, in other words, an entertainment.

Based on the life of antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce.

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