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Final gala has epic scope

September 17, 2006 Paul Martin 0

Amazing Grace, directed by the veteran Michael Apted, is an English film that was commissioned for an occasion: the 200th anniversary of Britain’s decision to make slavery illegal.

Slave-trade drama wins distribution deal

August 31, 2006 Paul Martin 0

Amazing Grace, the drama about British parliamentarian William Wilberforce and his campaign to abolish the slave trade, has scored a distribution deal on the eve of its world premiere.

The World Premiere Of Michael Apted’s Amazing Grace Closes Festival

August 26, 2006 Paul Martin 1

The 31st Toronto International Film Festival closes with the world premiere Gala Presentation of Michael Apted’s AMAZING GRACE. Tremendously appealing to both heart and mind, AMAZING GRACE tells the story of William Wilberforce, a British […]

Rufus Sewell: “Prince of a Guy”

August 16, 2006 Paul Martin 0

Rufus Sewell isn’t sure why people think he’s so good at being bad. The striking British actor has played a wide variety of parts on stage and screen, from Shakespeare to Stoppard, yet he’s probably […]

The Amazing Grace of Freedom

August 16, 2006 Paul Martin 0

New Leaf Publishing Group will release The Amazing Grace of Freedom by Amazing Grace film producers Ken Wales, Susan Wales, and Ted Baehr in January to coincide with the major motion-picture release of Amazing Grace […]

Chris Tomlin song “Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)”

August 11, 2006 Paul Martin 2

Chris Tomlin talked, on August 10, 2006, about a song that he wrote after talking to someone working on the film “Amazing Grace,” which comes out in February of 2007. The person asked him if […]