Jesus Revolution [Blu-ray]

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uk enter your location and find which cinema is showing the film, there should be at least one cinema near you showing the film, if not go to your local cinema and ask them. Premier’s mission is to provide the Church with the most up to date and relevant news, told from a Christian perspective. The baptised Anglican, Nicholas Winton, rescued hundreds of Jewish children from the concentration camps. But even if they do look alike, Frisbee is a very different role (keep an eye out also for a funny cameo from Paras Patel, who plays Matthew in the same series ).

However, drug misuse has negative consequences, including a scene in which a young woman froths at the mouth and another scene in which a man crashes a coach whilst high on drugs. The ace in the hand of Jesus Revolution is its terrific cast, who transform the narrative from a history lesson into a moving, thoughtful drama. In America, Jesus Revolution doubled box office estimates - let’s show UK and Irish cinemas that the church is up for the challenge!Funnily enough, none of that is in Jesus Revolution, although that story would make for a fascinating film itself. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Frisbee was a man who opened people’s eyes to the radical grace of God while living a secret life and having furtive relationships with men.

Use CPO’s customisable invitations, bookmarks and posters to invite your small group, whole congregation, or even diocese! Some are quick to judge these unwashed converts with their histories of drug use and free love, while others see an outworking of the grace of God. In the end, if you are not a faith-oriented viewer looking to drink the film’s Kool-Aid, you might wish a different, secular film-maker was telling this story, able to examine how the Jesus movement intersected with the communal living of the time, and the rise of Christian cults that would lead to the Jonestown massacre and, in a different direction, the megachurches that now dominate Christianity around Los Angeles. Val Fraser is a trained journalist with over 12 years’ experience working on staff in various demanding media environments. There have been some doubts about the historical accuracy of the film, with The Guardian pointing out that it sidesteps any mention of Lonnie Frisbee’s (Jonathan Roumie) struggles with homosexuality.

Sinister … Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Charlene and Jackson Robert Scott as young Greg Laurie in Jesus Revolution.

Casting Kelsey Grammer is a coup for the film, the erstwhile Frasier capturing both the weariness of a struggling pastor and the joy of seeing new life. UK and Ireland distributor, KOVA International, said that churches have been selling out cinema screenings and that it has been "inundated" with requests for more screenings and locations. Every printed issue of Sorted is read by more than 100,000 men in 21 different countries – while digitally, the number of people reading our online content (free and via subscription) continues to soar. This insight alone makes the film worthwhile, and I’m certain that many Christians will resonate with its message of how the gospel crosses social boundaries. But it’s been widely hailed as the ‘least cheesy’ Christian film out there, ‘not preachy’ and praised for showing how a Christian life can still be a hard one.