Amazing Grace (2006)
Director:
Michael Apted
Tagline:
« Behind the song you love is a story you will never forget. »
Actors:
William Wilberforce
Barbara Spooner
William Pitt
John Newton
Lord Charles Fox
Rating:
(26’600 votes)
(26’600 votes)
Quotes:
« John Newton: Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly. I'm a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.
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« John Newton: God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms. Drip. Drip. Drip.
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« William Wilberforce: It's God. I have 10,000 engagements of state today but I would prefer to spend the day out here getting a wet arse, studying dandelions and marveling at… bloody spider's webs.
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« Richard the Butler: You found God, sir?
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« William Wilberforce: I think He found me. You have any idea how inconvenient that is? How idiotic it will sound? I have a political career glittering ahead of me, and in my heart I want spider's webs.
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« Richard the Butler: [sitting down next to WW] "It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else and still unknown to himself." Francis Bacon. I don't just dust your books, sir.
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Trailer:
Amazing Grace
Runtime:118 minutes
Plots:
The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.
In 1797, William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd), 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 (Romola Garai), Wilberforce finds a soulmate to share the story of his struggle. With few allies such as his mentor, John Newton (Albert Finney), a slave ship Captain turned repentant Priest who penned the hymn, “Amazing Grace”, future Prime Minister William Pitt (Benedict Cumberbatch), and Olaudah Equiano (Youssou N’Dour), the erudite former slave turned author, Wilberforce fruitlessly fights 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.
In the late eighteenth century, a British young man, who is involved with political affairs, realizes that the slave trade towards Africans is an abomination and must come to an end. With the help of his closest friends. It seemed like that it was going to be a futile effort, but in the end, he has won the battle by the grace of God.
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