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Amazing Grace is a 2006 American-British biographical drama film directed by Michael Apted, about the campaign against slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to the hymn "Amazing Grace". The film also recounts the experiences of John Newton as a crewman on a slave ship and subsequent religious conversion, which inspired his writing of the poem later used in the hymn. Newton is portrayed as a major influence on Wilberforce and the abolition movement. The film premiered on 16 September 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival, followed by showings at the Heartland Film Festival, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and the European Film Market, before opening in wide US release on 23 February 2007, which coincided with the 200th anniversary of the date the British parliament voted to ban the slave trade.
Original Release
02/23/2007
US Release
02/23/2007
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Ciaran Hinds | Lord Tarleton |
Toby Jones | Duke of Clarence |
Nicholas Farrell | Henry Thornton |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Ciaran 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 |
Georgie Glen | Hannah More |
Nicholas Woodeson | Harrison |
Tom Fisher | John Ramsay |
Richard Ridings | Speaker of the House |
David Hunt | Lord Camden |
Producers
Name | Role |
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James Clayton | Executive Producer |
Micheal Flaherty | Executive Producer |
Jeanney Kim | Executive Producer |
Duncan Reid | Executive Producer |
Mark Cooper | Producer |
Patricia Heaton | Producer |
David Hunt | Producer |
Terrence Malick | Producer |
Edward R. Pressman | Producer |
Ken Wales | Producer |