Machine Gun Preacher
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| Directed by | Marc Forster |
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Robbie Brenner Deborah Giarratana Craig Chapman Gary Safady Executive Producers: Adi Shankar Spencer Silna |
| Written by | Jason Keller |
| Starring |
Gerard Butler Michelle Monaghan Michael Shannon |
| Music by | Asche & Spencer |
| Cinematography | Roberto Schaefer |
| Edited by | Matt Chesse |
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Relativity Media (North America) Lionsgate (Overseas) |
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129 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English and French |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $3.3 million |
Machine Gun Preacher is a 2011 biographical adventure drama film about Sam Childers, a former gang biker turned preacher and defender of South Sudanese orphans. The movie was based on Childers' book Another Man's War. It was written by Jason Keller, directed by Marc Forster, and stars Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan and Michael Shannon.
The film tells the story of Childers and his efforts to save the children of South Sudan in collaboration with the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) against the atrocities of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
Although the film centers on Childers, it starts off with a scene in South Sudan, where the LRA are attacking a village. This opening scene is placed into context later in the film. Sam Childers (Gerard Butler) is an alcoholic drug-using biker from Pennsylvania. On his release from prison, he finds that his wife (Michelle Monaghan) has given up her job as a stripper, because she has since accepted Christ as her savior. Initially infuriated by his wife's decision, he returns to his routine of partying and using drugs like heroin with his fellow biker friend Donnie (Michael Shannon). One night while on a bender with Donnie, he almost kills a vagrant. He is shaken by the experience, and the day after allows his wife to persuade him to go to church with her, where he is eventually baptized and offered salvation.
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