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| Genre/Form: | Biographical films Feature films Biographical Drama Fiction |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | William Wilberforce |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edward R Pressman; Steven Knight; Michael Apted; Ioan Gruffudd; Romola Garai; Ciarán Hinds; Rufus Sewell; Youssou N'Dour; Benedict Cumberbatch; Nicholas Farrell; Stephen Campbell Moore; Toby Jones; Bill Paterson; Michael Gambon; Albert Finney; Remi Adefarasin; Rick Shaine; David Arnold; Bristol Bay Productions (Firm); Ingenious Film Partners (Firm); Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; et al |
| OCLC Number: | 166410473 |
| Language Note: | In English; with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned. |
| Notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. Special features: optional audio commentary with Apted & Gruffudd; "How sweet the sound : the story of 'Amazing grace'" featurette (28 min.); "Finding freedom : a tour of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center" featurette, with modern-day abolitionist Zach Hunter (7 min.); music video ("Amazing grace" by Chris Tomlin, 4 min.); DVD-ROM features. |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Remi Adefarasin ; editor, Rick Shaine ; music by David Arnold. |
| Cast: | Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Ciaran Hinds, Rufus Sewell, Youssou N'Dour, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicholas Farrell, Stephen Campbell Moore, Toby Jones, Bill Paterson, Michael Gambon, Albert Finney. |
| Awards: | Heartland Film Festival, 2007: Truly Moving Sound Award - Truly Moving Picture. |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: PG; for thematic material involving slavery, and some mild language. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD; region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
| Contents: | England, 1797 -- Entirely unmarried -- Yorkshire Terrier -- Raising the stakes -- Planting the impossible -- With his own eyes -- 20,000 ghosts -- Chosen -- Something to disagree on -- A day like no other -- First step -- Smell of death -- Voice of the people -- Two pistols -- Out of the bottle -- Different times -- After night comes day -- But now I'm found -- Confession -- A new strategy -- Blindsided -- An open door -- It is no more -- The pipers. |
| Other Titles: | Amazing grace (Motion picture : 2006) Amazing grace |
| Responsibility: | Bristol Bay Productions presents ; in association with Ingenious Film Partners ; produced by Edward Pressman ... [et al.] ; written by Steven Knight ; directed by Michael Apted. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 205919 |
Abstract:
A biography of British legislator William Wilberforce, who led a decades-long movement to end the British slave trade.
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