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The Jim Caviezel film,
Sound Of Freedom
, made a big splash at the box-office after appearing out of nowhere. It had a bumpy release after its original producers, 20th Century Fox had been acquired by Disney. The film was only released after crowdfunding gave it new life. Sound of Freedom is one of the notable films of the summer as it rose out of obscurity to garner around $130 million in its domestic run while hoping to bring awareness to a heavy subject akin to movies like Taken, Skin Trade, and the Academy Award-winning Spotlight.The film’s distributor, Angel Studios, has recently announced their plans to expand their screenings into worldwide markets. According to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, studio “announced the release dates for 21 countries, including the U.K. Australia, Spain South Africa, and a host Latin American countries.” It will begin its foreign run in the next month.”
The film gained fame for being one of a few small productions by non-Hollywood studios that were able to compete with the sales of summer tentpole films like Indiana and the Dial of Destiny. On July 19, the movie crossed the $100 million mark and remained at a pace that even surpassed Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.Jared Geesey, Angel’s senior VP of global distribution, stated, “Since
Sound of Freedom launched in the U.S., demand has been building around the world in dozens of regions and languages. Child trafficking is a global issue, and we hope to build on the incredible momentum here in the States and share the film’s powerful message worldwide.”The dates that Angel Studios have announced include openings on: Aug. 18th August in South Africa. Australia and New Zealand will follow on 24th August. It will be released in Latin America, including Mexico, Argentina Chile, Guatemala Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua, Belize, Panama Colombia and Venezuela, on August 31. It goes out Sept. 1 in the U.K./Ireland and on Oct. 11 in Spain.
The synopsis via THR reads, “Directed and written by Alejandro Monteverde,
Sound of Freedom stars The Passion of the Christ’s Jim Caviezel as the real-life Tim Ballard, who worked as an agent for the Department of Homeland Security before embarking on his own quest to bring child traffickers to justice (Ballard founded his own anti-trafficking organization, dubbed Operation Underground Railroad).Mira Sorvino, Bill Camp, Jose Zuniga and Eduardo Verastegui co-star (Verastegui is also a producer).”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt0kp4VW1cI
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