Amazing Grace (2006 film)

Amazing Grace is a 2006 film about the campaign against the slave trade in 18th century Britain, led by famous abolitionist William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament.
 * Directed by Michael Apted. Written by Steven Knight.

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

William Wilberforce

 * I want you to remember that smell... remember the Madagascar... remember, God made men equal.
 * Oh, if the House of Lords could hear the idiotic way we carry on, they'd ban anyone under the age of 30 from holding high office again.
 * Remember that God made men equal.
 * Also, Barbara and I have discovered that we're both impatient and prone to rash decisions. But she wants to tell you about it herself.
 * I bow to my friend in all superior matters regarding the pox.
 * In my heart I want spider's webs!
 * Perhaps we should begin this journey with a first step.
 * [after Pitt beats him running] It's my ministerial duty to let you win.
 * God has set before me two great objects.
 * It's only painful to talk about because we haven't changed anything.
 * You wake me up to give me medicine to help me sleep?
 * No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people!!

Barbara Wilberforce

 * It seems to me, that if there is a bad taste in your mouth, you spit it out. You don't constantly swallow it back.
 * You still have passion! That matters more!
 * Because after night comes day.
 * You're discussing politics with your eyes. You might as well do it with your mouths.
 * Well I would have been bored by botany.

John Newton

 * Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly. I'm a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.
 * God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms. Drip. Drip. Drip.
 * I wish I could remember all their names. My 20,000 ghosts, they all had names, beautiful African names. We'd call them with just grunts, noises. We were apes, they were human. [tears up] I'm weeping. I couldn't weep till I wrote this.

Pitt the Younger

 * Trouble is, Doctor, he doesn't believe he has a body. Utterly careless of it.
 * I find that the older I get, the more tender I become.
 * [to Lord Fox] You always look more at home when you're doing something devious.
 * It's your wedding day - I agree with everything you say.
 * [on his deathbed] No more excuses, Wilber. Finish them off.

Dialogue

 * William Wilberforce: No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people!
 * Lord Tarleton: [incredulous, referring to the petition-signers] "People"?!


 * William Wilberforce: No one of our age has ever taken power.
 * William Pitt the Younger: [smiling] Which is why we're too young to realize that certain things are impossible.


 * John Newton: [old and blind] "I once was blind but now I see." Didn't I write that?
 * William Wilberforce: Yes, you did.
 * John Newton: Well, now at last it's true.


 * William Pitt the Younger: As your Prime Minister, I urge caution.
 * William Wilberforce: And as my friend?
 * William Pitt the Younger: Oh, to hell with caution.


 * Charles James Fox: [hearing Wilberforce speak] Where does this little terrier spring from?
 * Lord Tarleton: I believe he's a Yorkshire terrier, my lord.

Taglines

 * Behind the song you love is a story you will never forget.
 * Every song has its story. Every generation has its hero.
 * One voice changed the lives of millions
 * You know the song, now be part of the story.
 * The incredible true story of one man's fight to change the world.
 * One man led a movement that changed the world.

Cast

 * Ioan Gruffudd - William Wilberforce
 * Romola Garai - Barbara Spooner
 * Benedict Cumberbatch - William Pitt the Younger
 * Albert Finney - John Newton
 * Michael Gambon - Charles James Fox
 * Rufus Sewell - Thomas Clarkson
 * Youssou N'Dour - Olaudah Equiano
 * Ciarán Hinds - Banastre Tarleton
 * Toby Jones - William, Duke of Clarence
 * Nicholas Farrell - Henry Thornton
 * Sylvestra Le Touzel - Marianne Thornton
 * Jeremy Swift - Richard the Butler
 * Stephen Campbell Moore - James Stephen
 * Bill Paterson - Lord Dundas
 * Nicholas Day - Sir William Dolben
 * Georgie Glen - Hannah More
 * Nicholas Woodeson - Harrison