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Directed by | Alejandro Monteverde |
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Produced by | Eduardo Verástegui |
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Edited by | Brian Scofield |
Music by | Javier Navarrete |
Production company | Santa Fe Films |
Distributed by | Angel Studios |
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Running time | 131 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
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Budget | $14.5 million[2] |
Box office | $250.6 million[3][4] |
Sound of Freedom is a 2023 American Christian thriller film[5] directed and co-written by Alejandro Monteverde, and starring Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, and Bill Camp. Caviezel plays Tim Ballard, a former U.S. government agent who embarks on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia.[6] It is produced by Eduardo Verástegui, who also plays a role in the film. The plot centers around Ballard's Operation Underground Railroad, an anti-sex trafficking organization. While the film is purportedly based on the life of Ballard, multiple investigative journalists have written about the real-life Ballard and O.U.R., pointing out that the events in the film bear little resemblance to reality.
The film was released on July 4, 2023, by Angel Studios. It was a sleeper hit, becoming one of the most successful independent films in history.[7] It has grossed $250 million against a $14.5 million budget. It received mixed reviews from critics,[8] while audience reception was highly positive.[9][10][11][12]
The film attracted considerable attention for its connections to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
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