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Amazing Grace
starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon
directed by: Michael Apted

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543444930
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 13, 2007
Running Time: 118 minutes
Sales Rank: 225
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: February 23, 2007

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From the makers of Ray AMAZING GRACE tells the inspiring story of William Wilberforce and his passion and perseverance to pass a law ending the slave trade in the late 18th century. Several friends including Wilberforce's minister a reformed slave ship captain who penned the beloved hymn Amazing Grace urge him to see the cause through.System Requirements:Running Time: 111 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG UPC: 024543444930

Amazon.com:
In this inspirational costume drama, Michael Apted (49 Up) recounts a period in British history sure to be unfamiliar to most Americans. In fact, his eye-opening biography of 18th century abolitionist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) is likely to come as a revelation to many Britons, as well. After all, despite the presence of his wife, Barbara (Romola Garai), this isn't a particularly "sexy" story, but it is a powerful one. The title comes from John Newton's hymn "Amazing Grace" ("I once was lost but now am found"). Newton (Albert Finney) was a former slaveholder, who became a clergyman and spent his days repenting. While America had John Brown, England had Wilberforce, and Newton is one of many who helped the MP to abolish slavery in the UK. The story begins towards the end of Wilberforce's mission when he's sick with colitis and addicted to laudanum. Apted continues to alternate between 1797 and 1789, when Wilberforce was fitter and more idealistic, and ends in 1807 as his efforts come to fruition. Apted and writer Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things) do right by their hero. Unlike Amistad, however, slaves are largely off-screen, with the exception of author Equiano (Senegalese vocalist Youssou N'Dour). Amazing Grace reserves its focus for the politicians who risked their reps for the greater good, like Wilberforce and Prime Minister Pitt (an excellent Benedict Cumberbatch), and those more concerned with the income slavery provided their constituents, like Lord Tarleton (Ciarán Hinds) and the Duke of Clarence (Toby Jones). --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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- Amazing Grace
The movie was absolutely AMAZING! It will really touch your heart to see a man (William Wilberforce) who would give everything to change the world.

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- Amazing movie?
I had no idea how this song was born. This is a great movie of a great songs real meaning. This movie took me to a whole other learning experience reading books that come from this era. We should all be so strong in moral beliefs & it would be a much better world. This one is one the family can sit down and watch. Teach the children how important matters should never be forgotten.

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- A Time Like No Other
One man stood against a regime of greed and cruelty--William Wilberforce. Now his story and that of his friends is told with clarity in order to compel this generation to live with passion and truth. One man or woman can make a difference. The road is hard and long. It is a costly journey. Bringing little-known facts to light, the film-makers bring a true hero to life. This is the kind of entertainment that changes a culture, calling us to reach out to Grace.

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- An Inspirational Historical Picture You Need To See.
There are some movies that inspire you. Some of these do not inspire you by the masterful manipulation of a storyteller, but by describing something that happened or someone who in real life rose up to the task as a role model. This is one of those movies.

I read one review that complained about the length. While it is a little long on time, it is not boring; my wife commented that it started slow but picked up steam.

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- Good Movie
I loved the song, didn't know the movie was so long. I didn't know it was so hard to change the rules. I thought if he wanted to quit transporting slaves, he would just quit. it wasn't that way at all. He sure stuck to it. He felt it was very important to change the laws. Conviction of the ethics he lived by. Kitty

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