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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Steven Knight (written by)
Release Date:
23 February 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
Behind the song you love is a story you will never forget. more
Plot:
The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade. full summary | full synopsis
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Social Justice
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Awards:
1 win
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2 nominations
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Great story, well told
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic material involving slavery, and some mild language.
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Runtime:
117 min | USA:111 min | Canada:111 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG |
Ireland:PG |
UK:PG |
Singapore:PG |
Hong Kong:I |
Australia:PG |
South Korea:All |
Netherlands:6 |
South Africa:PG |
Finland:K-7 |
Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) |
Argentina:Atp
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A special screening of the film was shown in Buncrana, Co. Donegal in Ireland. This was in celebration of John Newton's link with the county, when in 1748 his slave ship, the Greyhound, came ashore after surviving a terrible storm. This event began the spiritual journey for Newton, which culminated in his authorship of the song, Amazing Grace.
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Revealing mistakes: Near the end of the movie, Clarkson is sitting at the grave site of Equiano. While he's talking, the blowing wind causes the cardboard or foam headstone to move.
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Quotes:
Pitt the Younger:
I don't care how important this is. I'll finish my shot.
Pitt the Younger: [aims with club]
Pitt the Younger: [exasperated] Oh, for God's sake, what is it?
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Pitt the Younger: [aims with club]
Pitt the Younger: [exasperated] Oh, for God's sake, what is it?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace (2007) (V)
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Soundtrack:
Amazing Grace
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This is a lovely, moving and intelligent film. I did not detect any notably weak performances among a remarkable cast. The older actors though, Michael Gambon and Albert Finney, were shameless scene stealers, but one can hardly fault them for their excellence. There were many things to like about this film. It was gorgeous to look at, brilliantly capturing the look and sound of a sumptuous age. The pacing and editing were fine, though the device using flashbacks for most of the film occasionally led to a moments confusion about when a scene was supposed to be taking place. And the story itself is quite inspirational. A note for my Canadian readers and the Canadians who attended the TIFF screenings. The film mostly covered the struggle to outlaw slavery in Britain itself, though they did touch on Wilberforce's efforts to have it outlawed throughout the British Empire. This continued in the years after the conclusion of the film, and a Bill to do just that was passed in 1833, a month after Wilberforce died. So the film we watched was very much about our own history, and the story of the abolition of slavery in Britain directly affected the eventual abolition of slavery in Canada.