Amazing Grace (2018)
December 7, 2018Release Date
Amazing Grace (2018)
December 7, 2018Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Amazing Grace is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video, Cinemax Amazon Channel, IndieFlix, Max Amazon Channel, Max, DIRECTV, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Vudu, Microsoft Store, AMC on Demand
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Aretha Franklin
Self
James Cleveland
Self (archive footage)
C.L. Franklin
Self (archive footage)
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
Self (archive footage)
Chuck Rainey
Self (archive footage)
Cornell Dupree
Self - Guitar
Clara Ward
Self (archive footage)
Mick Jagger
Self (archive footage)
Sydney Pollack
Director
Charlie Watts
Self (archive footage)
Chiemi Karasawa
Producer
Alexander Hamilton
Self (archive footage)
Spike Lee
Producer
Alonzo Atkins
Self - The Southern California Community Choir
Alan Elliott
Director
Joe Boyd
Producer
Alexandra Johnes
Executive Producer
Jeff Buchanan
Editor
Steve Neal
Sound Engineer
Stefan Nowicki
Executive Producer
Serge Perron
Sound Editor
Jon Gerdemann
Assistant Sound Editor
Joey Carey
Executive Producer
Kelly Reese
Colorist
Sam Tirado
Colorist
Tirrell D. Whittley
Producer
Greg Ortiz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rob Johnson
Producer
Sabrina V. Owens
Producer
Angie Seegers
Producer
Joseph Woolf
Producer
Media.
Details.
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Amazing Grace is a 2018 concert film "realized and produced" by Alan Elliott. The film's footage was shot under the direction of Sydney Pollack, who does not receive directorial credit, just a "special thanks." Amazing Grace stars Aretha Franklin recording her 1972 live album of the same name. It co-stars James Cleveland, Alexander Hamilton, and the Southern California Community Choir, and features her father C. L. Franklin.
The film was not released as scheduled in 1972 due to difficulty in synchronizing the audio with the visual print, and was relegated to a Warner Bros. vault until 2007, when producer Alan Elliott purchased the raw footage and attempted to synchronize it. The edited footage, 87 minutes in length, was planned for a 2011 release. However, Franklin sued Elliott for appropriating her likeness without permission, and the release date passed. Elliott made another attempt in 2015 to hold the film's premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, at the Toronto International Film Festival, and at the Chicago International Film Festival, but Franklin sued him again for reasons that have not been revealed. After Franklin's death in 2018, her family made an arrangement to release the film, which premiered at Doc NYC in 2018, before being released worldwide on April 5, 2019. The film has received critical acclaim.