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| Directed by | Alejandro Monteverde |
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| Produced by | Eduardo Verástegui |
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| Cinematography | Gorka Gómez Andreu |
| 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, and was a sleeper hit, grossing $250 million against a $14.5 million budget to become one of the most successful independent films in history.[7] It received mixed reviews from critics,[8] while audience reception was highly positive.[9][10][11][12] The film attracted considerable attention for its alleged connections to QAnon conspiracy theories, although Ballard and Monteverde refute the links, despite Ballard and Caviezel's belief in said theories.
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- Breuninger, Kevin (July 13, 2023). "Trump to host screening of 'Sound of Freedom,' the divisive anti-child-trafficking hit film". CNBC. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- Gunning, Cathal (July 14, 2023). "How Accurate Is Sound Of Freedom? Experts Examine The Movie's Child Trafficking Accuracy". ScreenRant. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- Darby, Margaret (July 10, 2023). "'Sound of Freedom' is an unexpected box office hit". Deseret News. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- Wendling, Mike (July 13, 2023). "Sound of Freedom: An unlikely - and controversial - summer movie hit". BBC News. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
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