Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace is a 2006 film starring Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, and Michael Gambon. It was written by Steven Knight and directed by Michael Apted. The film brought in over $4 million at the box office during the weekend of February 23-25, 2006.
Fast Facts
- Directed by: Michael Apted
- Run time: 1 hr. 51 min.
- Stars Ion Gruffudd as William Wilberforce and Albert Finney as John Newton, the author of the original Amazing Grace Hymn
- One of the film's Producers is actress Patricia Heaton of Back to You and Everybody Loves Raymond
- Premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival
- The film garnered critical success but met mediocre box office results, grossing approximately $30 million worldwide
Plot
Amazing Grace is about William Wilberforce and his campaign against the slave trade in the 18th century Britain. The film starts of with Wilberforce injured and taking a holiday. He meets his future wife and begins to tell her his story of his life and how he got to where he was that day.
Reviews
- "Amazing Grace thoughtfully explores the issue of slavery without sermonizing or losing sight of the fact that modern audiences still need to connect with relatable characters no matter how important the subject matter." - Stax IGN Movies
- "It is to be hoped that Amazing Grace is not the only, or the last, cinematic celebration of 200th anniversary of abolition, for there are more stories to tell, more imaginatively" - Susan Walker Toronto Star
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