Sound of Freedom (film)

Sound of Freedom
One man is equipped with a badge and a pistol, while another man is holding a small child.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlejandro Monteverde
Written by
  • Rod Barr
  • Alejandro Monteverde
Produced byEduardo Verástegui
Starring
CinematographyGorka Gómez Andreu
Edited byBrian Scofield
Music byJavier Navarrete
Production
company
Santa Fe Films
Distributed byAngel Studios
Release date
  • July 4, 2023 (2023-07-04)
Running time
131 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
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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  3. ^ "Sound of Freedom (2023)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "Sound of Freedom (2023) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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  10. ^ Della Cava, Marco (July 12, 2023). "Why 'Sound of Freedom,' Jim Caviezel's controversial child sex trafficking film, is a hit". USA Today. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
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