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GUN PREACHER |
Year: 2011
USA: Relativity Media
UK: Lionsgate UK
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker, Madeline
Carroll, Michael Shannon, Souleymane Sy Savane, Inga R Wilson,
Joshua Drew, Brett Wagner, Barbara Coven, Peter Carey,
Director: Marc Forster
Country: USA
USA & UK:
129
mins
USA Rated: R for violent content including disturbing images,
language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language, violence,
threat and gory injury detail
USA Release Date: 23 September 2011 (Limited Release - New
York and Los Angeles)
UK Release Date: 2 November 2011
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Synopsis
In this inspirational true story, MACHINE GUN PREACHER is about Sam
Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an
astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the
saviour of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard
Butler (300) delivers a searing performance as Childers, the
impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization
in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster’s (MONSTER’S
BALL, FINDING NEVERLAND) moving story of violence and redemption.
When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Butler) makes the
life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes
destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors
faced by the region’s vulnerable populace, especially the
children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers,
Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it’s most needed—in the
middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord’s Resistance
Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces youngsters to become
soldiers before they even reach their teens.
But for Sam, it is not
enough to shelter the LRA’s intended victims. Determined to save
as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy
territory to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their
lives—and eventually his own. The explosive, real-life tale of a
man who has rescued over a thousand orphans from starvation, disease
and enslavement, MACHINE GUN PREACHER also stars Michelle Monaghan
(DUE DATE), Kathy Baker (COLD MOUNTAIN), Madeline Carroll (MR
POPPER’S PENGUINS), Academy Award® nominated Michael Shannon
(REVOLUTIONARY ROAD) and Souleyman Sy Savane (DAMAGES).
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