Machine gun preacher / Relativity Media presents in association with Virgin Produced a Safady Entertainment, Apparatus, GG Filmz production ; produced by Robbie Brenner [and others] ; written by Jason Keller ; directed by Marc Forster.

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Sam Childers is a drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing spiritual transformation and makes a life-changing decision to travel to war-torn East Africa. After witnessing unspeakable horrors faced by innocent children, he vows to save them at any cost, including his own safety. Childers be...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Relativity Media
Virgin Produced (Firm)
Safady Entertainment (Firm)
Apparatus Productions
GG Filmz
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Forster, Marc, 1969- (Director)
Brenner, Robbie (Producer)
Keller, Jason, 1968- (Screenwriter)
Butler, Gerard, 1969- (Actor)
Monaghan, Michelle (Actor)
Baker, Kathy, 1950- (Actor)
Shannon, Michael, 1974- (Actor)
Language:English
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English, with optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2012]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Childers, Sam > Drama.
Drug traffic > Drama.
Missionaries > Sudan > Biography > Drama.
Child soldiers > Drama.
Delitos y delincuentes > Teatro.
Tráfico de drogas > Teatro.
Drogues > Trafic.
Missionnaires > Soudan > Biographies > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Enfants soldats > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Longs m?trages.
Films pour handicap?s auditifs.
Films d'aventures.
Films biographiques.
Films de fiction.
DVD vid?o.
Sudan > History > Darfur Conflict, 2003- > Drama.
Soudan > Histoire > 2003- (Conflit du Darfour) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
Action and adventure films.
Biographical films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Biography
Teatro.
Biographies
Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Feature films.
Feature films
Action and adventure films.
Biographical films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Sam Childers is a drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing spiritual transformation and makes a life-changing decision to travel to war-torn East Africa. After witnessing unspeakable horrors faced by innocent children, he vows to save them at any cost, including his own safety. Childers begins waging a relentless battle against the territory's renegade militia, leading harrowing missions behind enemy lines to rescue kidnapped orphans and restore peace to their lives and eventually his own.
Note:Title from disc label.
DVD release of the 2011 motion picture.
Based on a true story.
Special features include Making the music for Machine gun preacher and theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CX3 D0140944 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R; for violent content including disturbing images, language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality.
Credits:Music, Asche & Spencer ; editor, Matt Chesse ; director of photography, Roberto Schaefer.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, ; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Cast:
Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker, Michael Shannon.