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Amazing Grace (Original title)
Dates: 2006 (Copyright), 23 March 2007 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Directed by: Michael Apted

Synopsis: Biopic. The story of William Wilberforce, who took on the British establishment to fight for the abolition of the slave trade.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Wilberforce, William (1759-1833)
Releases
Date: 23 February 2007Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 116 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (185)
©/Produced on behalf of: Walden Media, Production: Sunflower Productions LLC, In association with: Ingenious Film Partners, Produced by: Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP, Presents: Bristol Bay Productions, Logo: Samuel Goldwyn Films, Roadside Attractions LLC, Executive Producer: Jeanney Kim, Executive Producer: James Clayton, Executive Producer: Duncan Reid, Produced by: Edward Pressman, Produced by: Terrence Malick, Produced by: Patricia Heaton, Produced by: David Hunt, Ken Wales, Co-producer: Mark Cooper, Unit Production Manager: Angus More Gordon, Unit Manager: Tom Crooke, Production Co-ordinator: Clarissa Newman, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Matthew Lee, Financial Controller: Guy Barker, 1st Assistant Accountant: Anne Marie Gormley, Assistant Accountant: Gemma Smithers, Assistant Accountant: Jane Steele, Holly Bates, Post-production Accountant: Joanne Woodward, Supervising Location Manager: Bill Darby, Location Manager: Martin Joy, Location Manager: Teresa Darby, Location Assistant: Chris Cranstoun, Post-production Supervisor: Jeffrey Harlacker, Post-production Supervisor: Graham Stumpf, Post-production Co-ordinator: Jason Miller, Assistant Director (1st): Deborah Saban, Assistant Director (2nd): Olivia Lloyd, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Lance Roehrig, Assistant Director (3rd): Barney Hughes, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 1st): Alex Oakley, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 3rd): Vicky Marks, Paul Bennett, Assistant to Michael Apted: Cort Kristensen, Script Supervisor: Angela Noakes Wharton, Script Supervisor (2nd Unit): Catherine Doubleday, Casting: Nina Gold, UK Casting Assistant: Stephen Moore, Casting (ADR Voice): Louis Elman, Abigail Barbier, Written by: Steven Knight, Director of Photography: Remi Adefarasin, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Martin Kenzie, Camera Operator: Simon Finney, Camera Operator (B): Ben Fox Wilson, Camera Operator (Addit'nal Camera Crew): David Worley, Steadicam Operator (Addit Camera Crew): Alf Tramontin, Focus Puller: David Cozens, Focus Puller (B Camera): Sam Barnes, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Oliver Loncraine, Focus Puller (Addit Camera Crew): Clive Mackey, Chris Bain, Clapper Loader: John Adefarasin, Loader (B Camera): Chris Clarke, Clapper Loader (2nd Unit): Ray Meere, Clapper Loader (Addit Camera Crew): René Adefarasin, Clapper Loader (Addit Camera Crew): Ray Meere, Clapper Loader (Addit Camera Crew): Ben Perry, Ben Pritchard, Gaffer: Jimmy Wilson, Rigging Gaffer: Stuart King, Best Boy: Mark Funnel, Chargehand Rigging Electrician: Steve Anthony, Electrician: Anthony Burns, Electrician: Ben Wilson, Electrician: Guy Hammond, Rigging Electrician: Brian Sullivan, Genny Operator: Ray Bateman, Electrical Rigger: Andy Thompson, Key Grip: John Arnold, Grip (2nd Unit): David Appleby, Gary Romaine, Grip (Additional Camera Crew): David Cadwallader, Grip (Additional Camera Crew): Stuart Bunting, Grip (Additional Camera Crew): Gary Hutchings, Nick Cupac, Stills Photographer: Murray Close, Visual Effects Supervisor: Greg Butler, Visual Effects Producer: Julia Wigginton, Visual Effects Editor: Christopher Lloyd, Visual Effects by: The Moving Picture Company, Special Effects Supervisor: Stuart Brisdon, Senior Special Effects Technician: Mark Haddenham, Graphic Designer: Jools Faiers, Editor: Rick Shaine, 1st Assistant Editor: Marty Heselov, 2nd Assistant Editor: Toby Lloyd, Assistant Editor: Trudy Yee, Production Designer: Charles Wood, Supervising Art Director: David Allday, Senior Art Director: Matt Gray, Art Director: Stephen Bream, Assistant Art Director: Christian Huband, Assistant Art Director: Helen Xenopoulou, Standby Art Director: Ashley Winter, Set Decorator: Eliza Solesbury, Assistant Set Decorator: Sarah Forbes, Concept Artist: Romek Delimata, Draughtsman: Tim Browning, Storyboard Artist: Tony Wright, Property Master: Gordon Fitzgerald, Production Buyer: Lisa Chugg, Props Storeman: Mark Hedges, Chargehand Dressing Propsman: Bob Sherwood, Dressing Propsman: Colin Ellis, Dressing Propsman: Jason Hopperton, Steve Payne, Chargehand Standby Propsman: Mat Bergel, Standby Propsman: Scott Keery, Key Greensman: Roger Holden, Construction Manager: John Bohan, Costume Designer: Jenny Beavan, Costume Supervisor: Clare Spragge, Assistant Costume Supervisor: Joseph Kowlewski, Make-up/Hair Designer: Jenny Shircore, Make-up/Hair Artist: Loulia Sheppard, Make-up/Hair Artist: Sue Howard, Make-up/Hair Artist: Jon Henry Gordon, Mandy Gold, Chief Crowd Make-up/Hair Artist: Julia Vernon, Crowd Make-up/Hair Artist: Julie Kendrick, Titles Designed by: Ben Schoen, Titles by: Scarlet Letters, Digital Intermediate by: EFilm, Opticals by: CIS Hollywood, EFilm, Negative Cutter: Gary Burritt, Music by: David Arnold, Baroque Musicians: The Dufay Collective, Musician (Ethnic Flute): Andy Findon, Musician (Ethnic Percussion): Pete Lockett, Special Musicians: New Renaissance Choir, Choir Master: Paul Gladstone Reid, Music Orchestrated/Conducted by: Nicholas Dodd, Orchestra Leader: John Bradbury, Music Supervisor: Lindsay Fellows, Orchestra Contractor: Isobel Griffiths, Music Editor: Dina Eaton, Music Recorded/Mixed by: Geoff Foster, Production Sound Mixer: Jim Greenhorn, Sound Recordist (2nd Unit): Ian Munro, Sound Assistant: Jason Bennett, Boom Operator: Steve Finn, Sound Mixer: Paul Massey, David Giammarco, Supervising Sound Editor: Jon Johnson, 1st Assistant Sound Editor: Brad Sokol, Dialogue Editor: Bruce Stubblefield, Dialogue Editor: Robert Troy, Sound Effects Editor: Keith Bilderbeck, ADR (UK Supervisor): Robert Ireland, ADR (US Recordist): David Lucarelli, ADR (UK Recordist): Nick Clay, ADR (US Mixer): Charleen Steeves, ADR (UK Mixer): Peter Gleaves, Colin Cooper, Supervising ADR Editor: Petra Bach, ADR Editor: Bruce Stubblefield, Foley Artist: Alicia Stevenson, Foley Artist: Dawn Fintor, Foley Editor: Keith Bilderbeck, Foley Editor: David Betancourt, Transport Captain: Phil Allchin, Card Adviser: David Parlett, Etiquette Adviser: Jenny Uglow, Golf Adviser: Bob Gowland, Musical Adviser: Dan Gillingwater, Historical Adviser: Kevin Belfonte, Singing Coach: Daryl Moulton, Dolby Consultant: Bryan Pennington, Voice Coach to Youssou N'Dour: Paula Jack, Horses and Carriages Supplied by: Steve Dent, Horse Mistress: Emma Dent, Head Animal Trainer: Esther Kelly, Unit Publicist: Linda Gamble, EPK Crew: Picture Production Company, Filmed at: Elstree Studios
Cast (37)
Ioan Gruffudd (William Wilberforce), Romola Garai (Barbara Spooner), Ciarán Hinds (Lord Tarleton), Rufus Sewell (Thomas Clarkson), Youssou N'dour (Olaudah Equiano), Benedict Cumberbatch (William Pitt), Nicholas Farrell (Henry Thornton), Stephen Campbell Moore (James Stephen), Toby Jones (Duke of Clarence), Bill Paterson (Lord Dundas), Michael Gambon (Lord Charles Fox), Albert Finney (John Newton), Sylvestra Le Touzel (Marianne Thornton), Jeremy Swift (Richard the butler), Nicholas Day (Sir William Dolben), Georgie Glen (Hannah Moore), Nicholas Woodeson (Harrison), Tom Fisher (John Ramsay), Richard Ridings (Speaker of the House), David Hunt (Lord Camden), David Toole (beggar), Alex Blake (heckler), Angie Wallis (Marjorie), Harry Audley (Edward Hope, Quaker), Chris Barnes (Michael Shaw, Quaker), Tom Knight (physician), Andrew Whipp (MP 1), Andrew Neil (MP 2), Estelle Morgan (maid), Philip Dunbar (Camber), Adam Woodroffe (parliamentary clerk), Joseph Traynor (Newton's secretary), Simon Delaney (young parliamentary officer), Neville Phillips (old parliamentary official), Eki Maria (young African woman), Daniel Naprous (delivery coach driver), Peter White (delivery assistant)