Amazing grace

Resource Information

The work Amazing grace represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Amazing grace

Statement of responsibility

Walden Media ; Bristol Bay Productions ; Ingenious Film Partners ; Roadside Attractions ; produced by Patricia Heaton, David Hunt, Terrence Malick, Edward R. Pressman, Ken Wales ; written by Steven Knight ; directed by Michael Apted

Creator

• Amazing grace (Motion picture : 2006)

Contributor

• Bristol Bay Productions (Firm)
• Ingenius Film Partners (Firm)
• Roadside Attractions (Firm)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Walden Media
• Apted, Michael
• Cumberbatch, Benedict
• Day, Nicholas
• Farrell, Nicholas
• Finney, Albert, 1936-2019
• Garai, Romola, 1982-
• Gruffudd, Ioan
• Heaton, Patricia, 1958-
• Hinds, Ciaran
• Hunt, David
• Jones, Toby, 1967-
• Knight, Steven, 1959-
• Le Touzel, Sylvestra
• Malick, Terrence, 1943-
• Moore, Stephen Campbell
• N'Dour, Youssou
• Paterson, Bill, 1945-
• Pressman, Edward R
• Sewell, Rufus, 1967-
• Swift, Jeremy., 1960-
• Wales, Ken

Subject

• Amazing grace (Hymn) -- Drama
• Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- Drama
• Biographical films
• England -- Drama
• Feature films
• Gran Bretaña -- Historia -- Siglo XVIII -- Teatro
• Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Drama
• Himnos -- Teatro
• Newton, John, 1725-1807 -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 -- Drama

Genre

• Biographical films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Based on the life of William Wilberforce, his passion, and perseverance to pass a law ending the slave trade in the late 18th and the people, including his minister, who pushed him to pursue it to the end

Awards note

Heartland Film Festival, 2007: Truly Moving Sound Award - Truly Moving Picture.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Remi Adefarasin ; editor, Rick Shaine ; music, David Arnold ; costume designer, Jenny Beavan ; production designer, Charles Wood

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG; for thematic material involving slavery and some mild language

Language note

English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.B55

LC item number

A439564 2007

PerformerNote

Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumberbatch, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell, Youssou N'Dour, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones, Nicholas Farrell, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Jeremy Swift, Stephen Campbell Moore, Bill Paterson, Nicholas Day

Runtime

111

Target audience

general

Technique

live action