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Movie: Amazing Grace (2006)

• Director: Michael Apted
• Release Date: 25 October 2007 (Hong Kong)
• Run Time: 117 min | USA:111 min | Canada:111 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
• Country: UK , USA
• Genre: Biography , Drama , History , Romance  
• MPAA: Rated PG for thematic material involving slavery, and some mild language.

Tagline: Behind the song you love is a story you will never forget.  

Trivia: The scene where William Wilberforce sings “Amazing Grace” at the card house was actually directly sung from Ioan Gruffudd at that moment. In the last several takes, a playback was used, but it is Ioan singing. Director Michael Apted had no idea whether or not Gruffudd could actually sing. Little did he know, Ioan is an accomplished soloist and choir singer. With a little practice, Ioan performed for the first time on set while the cameras were rolling. All much to the surprise of the cast, crew and director.
 

Goofs: Factual errors: Charles Stuart Fox was never “Lord Charles Fox”. He was in the House of Commons until he died.
 

“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. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)”

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