Drama

Amazing Grace

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

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.

Release Date : 2006-09-16

Language :FrenchEnglishHungarian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Samuel Goldwyn FilmsRoadside AttractionsBristol Bay Productions

Production Country : United States of AmericaUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : William Wilberforce

Original Name : Ioan Gruffudd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barbara Spooner

Original Name : Romola Garai

Gender : Female

Character Name : William Pitt

Original Name : Benedict Cumberbatch

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Newton

Original Name : Albert Finney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Charles Fox

Original Name : Michael Gambon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thomas Clarkson

Original Name : Rufus Sewell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Olaudah Equiano

Original Name : Youssou N'Dour

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Tarleton

Original Name : Ciarán Hinds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duke of Clarence

Original Name : Toby Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Thornton

Original Name : Nicholas Farrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marianne Thornton

Original Name : Sylvestra Le Touzel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Richard the Butler

Original Name : Jeremy Swift

Gender : Male

Character Name : James Stephen

Original Name : Stephen Campbell Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Dundas

Original Name : Bill Paterson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir William Dolben

Original Name : Nicholas Day

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hannah More

Original Name : Georgie Glen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harrison

Original Name : Nicholas Woodeson

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Ramsay

Original Name : Tom Fisher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Speaker of the House

Original Name : Richard Ridings

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Camden

Original Name : David Hunt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beggar

Original Name : David Toole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heckler

Original Name : Alex Blake

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marjorie

Original Name : Angie Wallis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edward Hope (Quaker)

Original Name : Harry Audley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michael Shaw (Quaker)

Original Name : Chris Barnes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Physician

Original Name : Tom Knight

Gender : Male

Character Name : MP 1

Original Name : Andrew Whipp

Gender : Male

Character Name : MP 2

Original Name : Andrew Neil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maid

Original Name : Estelle Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Camber

Original Name : Philip Dunbar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parliamentary Clerk

Original Name : Adam Woodroffe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newton's Secretary

Original Name : Joseph Traynor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Parliamentary Officer

Original Name : Simon Delaney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Parliamentary Official

Original Name : Neville Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young African Woman

Original Name : Eki Maria

Gender : Male

Character Name : Delivery Coach Driver

Original Name : Daniel Naprous

Gender : Male

Character Name : Delivery Assistant

Original Name : Peter White

Gender : Male

Reviews

Andres Gomez

@tanty

2021-06-23

The cut is a little bit tangled making hard to follow every hop in time. Otherwise, script and photography are good and the cast does a good job.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-01-07

Aside from a few charismatic scenes from Sir Michael Gambon as the sagely if rather devious Foreign Secretary Lord Edward Fox, the rest of this really struggles to elevate itself from the doldrums of it's rather dreary cast. It possibly doesn't help that much of the drama is set in a wet and gloomy 19th century England but Ioan Gruffudd as the pioneering abolitionist William Wilberforce comes across as weedy and lacklustre. The same can be said for Benedict Cumberbatch's Prime Minister William Pitt and for the most part this felt like a chronological history lesson instead of a drama that enthused me with the controversial issues of a debate that took all but a decade to reach a meaningful parliamentary vote. There is little of substance to what debate there was and whilst the film makes no bones about the position it takes, it does not flesh out the arguments out using rigorous discussion or characterisation to help illustrate just why it all took so long; just why the populace were indifferent to these atrocities. I found that this just overly relied on our own repugnance for the subject matter to bother developing the themes interestingly and provocatively - and I found myself struggling with it as it neared the two hour mark. A serious biopic of this visionary and dedicated man and of his friends and of his opponents would certainly make for compelling viewing - sadly, though, this isn't that!