After we showed Indescribable at Westchester Chapel Rich Swingle, who plays Fredrick Lehman in the film, fielded questions about the production. You can hear his answers here:
Prayer by
Pastor Jim Warren.
Here are links to some of the things that he mentioned:
Trailers:
Treasure Seekers
For the Glory
Compassion
Grace to the Nations
MasterWorks Festival
Our performances in an Off-Broadway theatre:
MasterWorksFestivalTheatre.org/NYC
IndescribableTheMovie.com
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Cast we mentioned
Rebekah Cook (played one of our daughters and was the way I found out about the film)
The Fantastic Four:
Blynn
Fern
Susannah
Donald
Walter
Stacie Graber (Director)
Joseph Graber (Producer)
The Grabers made the film shortly after getting married!
Bessie, Stacie's first film
NotTodayTheMovie.com (The film playing on Times Square right now that exposes sexual slavery in India)
Ted Baer's
MovieGuide.org
Ted Baer's
TheCultureWatch.com
I (Rich) mentioned that PG films always do better at the box office than R-rated films. Here are the statistics for 2009, the most recent that I could find in a quick search. It's courtesy of
Camelot Entertainment Group:
There were 558 feature films released in 2009, down from 633 in 2008. 28%, or 158, of those were released by the major studios. 400, or 72%, were released by independent distributors. Of the top 25 films in 2009, 1 movie earned more than $400,000,000 at the U.S./Canadian box office in 2009; 1 movie earned more than $300,000,000; 5 earned between $200,000,000 and $300,000,000, and 18 earned between $100,000,000 and $199,000,000. PG-13 films continue to dominate the top 25, with 13 films in the top 25. 9 films were rated PG and 3 films were rated R. Overall, approximately 50% of all movies released theatrically were rated PG-13. 30% were rated PG, 15% were rated R and 5% were rated G.
While I was doing that research I happened upon a fascinating article by Ted Baer backing up a lecture we heard at the
San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival and a talk from one of last year's MasterWorks guest artists,
Philip Telfer:
Who Stole Our Culture? It outlines how the wrenching of our society from it's Christian moorings is actually a well-documented "long march" toward Marxism.
Someone asked how they could give toward the distribution of Christian films. If you'd like to give toward the film that I mentioned (live only). You can give here:
RichDrama.com/Donate. We're looking into whether or not you can receive a tax deduction, so check back here (
RichDrama.com/FilmProject) to see if that is possible.
The Q/A session is available for download free on
iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for "Westchester Chapel" on the iTunes Store.
We're gathering gifts for children around the world through Operation Christmas Child again this year. Boxes will be available at church until we collect them on November 17.
