Amazing Grace - Kilted

[mono]

Thanks for the tip-off about this film - looks to be well-worth seeing and enjoying the soundtrack. Amazing Grace has been an inspirational hymm to to generations. Also,I am sure that many X-markers will se the film just for the pipes&drums!

[oregonscot]

Tears. Every time. Amazing Grace is like Taps for me, I cannot hear it without tears starting to spring up. (Taps is to Americans what Last Post is to the British, I believe.) Played on the pipes, Amazing Grace renders me almost paralyzed with love and piety.

I must totally agree with you Kid. Nothing breaks the tear dam like those two songs. Looking forward to seeing this one.

[ScottInNewHampshire]

Looks like a very inspiring film. You're sure right about the pipes. Wiping tears away right now. Thanks.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

The only complaint I have heard yet about the film is that it reportedly portrays Wilberforce as somewhat of a secular humanist and tends to downplay the deep religious motivation he had for abolishing the British slave trade. I haven't seen the film, so I cannot comment, but if it is true then it is one more sad effort to re-write our noble history.
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0306.htm

Aye,
Matt

[cavscout]

Matt, I can see where someone might make that interpretation but I feel it may be an unfair conclusion. Possibly they hoped for a more religious tone to the movie but the movie made several references to the theological aspects of his motives. While not a bright colored thread that ran through the movie, it was a prominent thread.

[O'Cathain]

Chills Indeed. It makes one ponder on life. We get caught-up in so many little things. And I worry what people think when I wear my kilt.

[Graham]

The only complaint I have heard yet about the film is that it reportedly portrays Wilberforce as somewhat of a secular humanist and tends to downplay the deep religious motivation he had for abolishing the British slave trade. I haven't seen the film, so I cannot comment, but if it is true then it is one more sad effort to re-write our noble history.
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0306.htm

Aye,
Matt

Matt, I think I would agree with that, having seen the film, it's a great film but as you say - it downplays the important stuff.

Great Pipe Band, one of the best parts of the film for me.

[McClef]

I would not say that it downplayed things over much although the emphasis is more upon the fight against slavery than acts of worship but the Christian motivations of not only Wilberforce but also other anti-slavery activists are still there. Albert Finney's portrayal of John Newton for example.

And Amazing Grace isn't just played on the pipes at the end. There is the scene when Wilberforce sings it as a dedication to the Duke of Clarence in the gentleman's club. In fact I would aver that the Portrayal of the Duke is less historically accurate - he is presented as something of a buffoon and as a son of the King he should have been addressed as "your Royal Highness", not as "your Grace." As a Royal Duke the higher title takes precedence over the lesser. The Duke was later to become King William IV (1830-37).

[Dirka Skene]

Woah! Goosebumplies! I know what I'm doing this weekend.

[Gaisgeil]

I'm in a pipe band and I've heard Amazing Grace more times than I can count. Sometimes it gets to be a bore, but if it's well done it still gives me the chills. At a funeral though, it's just gut wrenching.

Hopefully I won't need to worry about it for a long, long time but when I pass, I want "In Celtic Times" played, it's a suite of about 8 tunes that have a similar effect as Amazing Grace. It was on the 78th Fraser Highlanders CD "Flame of Wrath" Good stuff.

That movie looks awesome, I think I'll have to check that one out. Thanks!