I haven't seen it yet but sooooo want to! Ioan is a great actor. And William Wilburforce did so much good for history.
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| Author: | Elven Archer [ March 22nd, 2007, 4:13 pm ] |
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I'm not sure if we already have a thread about this, so forgive me Mods if we do....but has anyone seen the movie Amazing Grace? I just saw it today and it was amazing! The movie is about slavery in England, and this one guy who is a politician trying to stop it. It's based on a true story and on the song Amazing Grace. It's a terrific movie! |
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| Author: | Sapphire [ March 22nd, 2007, 5:49 pm ] |
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I haven't seen it yet but sooooo want to! Ioan is a great actor. And William Wilburforce did so much good for history.
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| Author: | Elven Archer [ March 22nd, 2007, 6:44 pm ] |
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@ Sapphire: Yes Ioan was a very good actor! They did a wonderful job with all the cast, and it's such a great movie! I hope you get to see it soon! @Elegost: That is so awesome that you live in the town he's from!  And good luck at your school!  Wow, lucky friend! 
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| Author: | ethelfleda [ March 22nd, 2007, 7:02 pm ] |
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it comes out here tomorrow and i really want to see it, but our cinema's not showing it. i'll have to try and get to a decent cinema at some point. this seems a good place to mention african snow. it's a new play by riding lights theatre company, also about the abolition of the slave trade, so covering the same ground as amazing grace but told from the point of view of john newton and ouladah equiano. you can find more about it at http://www.ridinglights.org/shows/africans_001.php. if you're anywhere near a performance, i strongly recommend you see it. obviously i haven't seen this show yet, but i have seen about 10 other shows by the company and they're all superb. |
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| Author: | Elenanna Lothenedhel [ March 22nd, 2007, 9:03 pm ] |
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I saw it, and I loved it! Showing the character of William Wilbeforce as he fights to end the slave trade....ah! We have the soundtrack of the movie, and my sister's doing a report on him for english...so I can't wait. I loved Ioan as William...he fit him perfectly... |
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| Author: | Aredhel Ar-Feiniel [ March 22nd, 2007, 9:17 pm ] |
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Ooo Ioan was Fifth Officer Lowe in Titanic.. I love that man.. he's an amazing actor... I've never seen Amazing Grace yet... it hasna come out where I am.
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| Author: | Elven Archer [ March 23rd, 2007, 10:43 am ] |
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@Elenanna: You have the soundtrack? Is it good? I was thinking about buying it from iTunes.....I love the very last song....the big thing of Amazing Grace. @Haldy: Yeah, he was in Titanic, King Arthur and the Fantastic 4 if you have ever seen any of those.
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| Author: | Lúthien Star-Lover [ March 23rd, 2007, 11:57 am ] |
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I haven't seen it, but my mom and sister have, and they want me to see it. They said that it was very good, and they enjoyed it immensely. I just don't the time to go see a movie... so I will probably see it when it comes out on DVD. |
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| Author: | Guest [ March 23rd, 2007, 7:58 pm ] |
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TN wants to see it! 
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| Author: | Elenanna Lothenedhel [ March 24th, 2007, 10:36 am ] |
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heh..actually, seeing as I'm partially deaf, I haven't listened to that yet..but I think most of the songs from the movie is on the cd...not sure though. |
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| Author: | Aredhel Ar-Feiniel [ March 24th, 2007, 1:09 pm ] |
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EA: Aye, I've seen him in King Arthur too Lancelot!! *nodnod*
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| Author: | Nienor [ March 25th, 2007, 7:24 am ] |
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I saw it yesterday afternoon, unexpectedly, and I thought it was really good. England managed to abolish their slave trade a lot more smoothly than America, though the US Civil War is, in my opinion, an incredible time period. I liked the fact that they managed to impress upon the viewer how horrible the slave trade was without showing really violent or disturbing images. It was more of an emotional movie as opposed to a visual one. The costumes were also beautiful...from what I could tell it seemed to be pretty historically accurate. I'd like to get the soundtrack, and perhaps buy the movie when it is released. But you know, when I left the theater I really started wondering about the modern slave trade. I don't know much about it, I just know it exists, mostly illegally of course. It might be worth researching, to see what I could do. |
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| Author: | Elenanna Lothenedhel [ March 25th, 2007, 10:07 am ] |
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They have information on that on the offical Amazing Grace site...I haven't checked that part though. I really can't wait until it comes out on DVD...cuz I loved that movie. |
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| Author: | Jax Nova [ March 29th, 2007, 11:51 am ] |
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oooo sounds like a really great movie and looked like it to from the comercials. I was really interested in seeing it (more so now... lol) |
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| Author: | bow_and_arrow [ April 1st, 2007, 6:01 am ] |
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I guess from all this that it is worth watching - my sister's called Grace so she is set on dragging me along to see it 
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| Author: | Elenanna Lothenedhel [ April 1st, 2007, 4:50 pm ] |
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Has anyone read the Amazing Grace novel? I haven't read it, but I will read it after my dad finishes it...and when my sister's done with it for her research speech for school. |
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