| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Ioan Gruffudd |
William Wilberforce
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| Richard Bailey |
Clerk
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| Alex Blake |
Heckler
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| Stephen Campbell Moore |
James Stephen
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| Benedict Cumberbatch |
Pitt the Younger
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| Nicholas Day |
William Dolben
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| Romola Garai |
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| Albert Finney |
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| Michael Gambon |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; History; Biography |
| Director |
Michael Apted |
| Producer |
Terrence Malick; Jeanney Kim |
| Writer |
Steven Knight |
| Studio |
20th Century Fox |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG (Parental Guidance) |
| Running Time |
117 |
| Country |
UK |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Amazing Grace is a movie set in 18th century England. Willaim Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) is only 21 years old when he's elected to the British House of Commons. He comes up with many new and radical ideas, mostly about slavery. He says slavery is wrong, which is not the accepted idea at the time. John Newton (Albert Finney) is Wilberforce's best friend. Lord Charles Fox (Michael Gambon) holds quite a bit of sway, since he is a noble, and Wilberforce tries to get him to come to his side. Wilberforce gets a freed slave on his side, Olaudah Equiano (Youssou N'Dour II), and helps him to write a book describing his experience as a slave. This book becomes a bestseller, and helps wake the people of England up to the horrors of slavery. |
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| Edition Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| Barcode |
024543444992 |
| Release Date |
November 2007 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned) |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Audio Commentary with Director Michael Apted and Actor Ioan Gruffudd How Sweet The Sound: The Story Of Amazing Grace Featurette Chris Tomlin Music Video Finding Freedom: A Tour of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Interactive Discussion Tools and Study Guides |
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