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List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $24.99 You Save: $5 Features • AC-3 • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 23 February, 2007 DVD Release : 13 November, 2007 |
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Amazing Grace description 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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| I enjoyed the movie. The title for this movie is silly. The main Character of the Movie is William Wiberforce. William Wilberforce knew the author of the song Amazing Grace, but so what. The movie is not about Mr. Newton, the Song, or Grace. Twice in the movie is song in a relative contrived way. The song does not fit the movie or the situation in the movie. William Wilberforce's faith pays a major part of the movie. To say God's Grace is a theme of the movie would be a stretch. It is clear the title was chosen to sell the movie.
This is an excellent depiction of a man who worked with single mindedness to change the law about the slave trade. It depicts a man struggling with his conscience, cultural forces, his faith, and political reality. The man pursues what he believes to be true, correct, and God's Will. He tries to bring social change through argument and protest. He works with great energy to change the minds of those in power, but over the years of slow progress he becomes weary of his consuming passion to meet his goal. His passion has progress in society, but the minds in parliament change slower. How to frame the argument? How to gather allies who have deviating agendas, but agree in the end of the slave trade? The movie does an excellent job telling the horror of the shipment of human cargo. The movie tells how the French revolution detracts from the political process to end the trade. Less is told of the common poverty of the time. This movie depicts a Christian man, but I consider it less then accurate its depiction how church and Faith effected society as a whole in that the time period of the events shown. The one book I read written William Wilberforce tells of a Christendom society that one's declared Faith does not reflect Godly nature in one's daily life. I believe a good portion of both his allies and his opposition positioned themselves as Christians, at least in the manner of regular church attendance and shape of argument. This is totally lacking in the movie. I know Locke by his time had great effect on public argument, but I doubt this much. Anyway my side thoughts besides, it still is a good movie. The times are not portrayed as what was. |
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