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Interview: Christian Studio new Hollywood wave?
SPERO INTERNATIONAL NEWS ^ | 4-26-2008 | MICHAEL WESTFALL

Posted on 04/27/2008 8:53:36 AM PDT by carolgr

Seth Kleg is a Hollywood casting director who has founded The Christian Studio to produce films that have a positive moral vision. The end result will be a nonstop stream of excellent movies released with budgets ranging from $100,000 to $25,000,000. There are a lot of good people working in the motion picture industry who are working to make it better. However, the messages in most of the PG-13 and R-rated movies reflect a total disregard for God and His commandments. The numerous times God’s name is taken in vain, the use of four-letter words, exploitation of sex and violence, the promotion of homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle, and generally, a world-view devoid of God. The impact on our culture is very apparent in such things as -- the breakup of families, adult and teen abortions, the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, and the tremendous increases in violent and sexual crimes. Many of the scenes in movies today are pornographic, and contribute to the increase in sex crimes committed in our society. The success of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST was phenomenal because of the reality of what Jesus went through to save us. I would like to see Mel Gibson do a movie on the life of Norma McCorvey (Roe in the Supreme Court case Roe vs. Wade). I believe her story could have the potential of helping overturn Roe vs. Wade. It would also be a movie that could generate a huge amount of publicity. The church produced film, FACING THE GIANTS, about a high school football team was produced for $100,000. The opening weekend that movie grossed $1,343,537 and the total box office gross was $10,178,331 with additional revenues from DVD sales and rentals....

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TOPICS: Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: christians; hollywood; klegseth; ministry; movies

1 posted on 04/27/2008 8:53:37 AM PDT by carolgr
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To: carolgr

Good news. Now let’s get some pro-American movies about our boys fighting in Iraq produced asap. Hollywood did hundreds, beginning as soon as 1942, during WW2.


2 posted on 04/27/2008 8:58:08 AM PDT by Defiant (McCain's big vein drains mainly from his brain.)
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To: carolgr

Oooh, their website is hosted at freewebs.com. Bad way to get started.


3 posted on 04/27/2008 9:02:58 AM PDT by kc8ukw
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To: carolgr
Here in the President's neck of the woods, some Cowboy Churches had a revival at a indoor rodeo arena set on some 50-60 acres--

AND no place at all for the pickups to park.

The MSM can ignore Jesus--but America's not, Praise the Lord!!!

4 posted on 04/27/2008 9:03:13 AM PDT by kcm.org (Now unto Him)
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To: carolgr
Movies tagged with keyword "Christian Film" on imdb.com.
5 posted on 04/27/2008 9:14:31 AM PDT by Milhous (Gn 22:17 your descendants shall take possession of the gates of their enemies)
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To: carolgr
This will really be interesting. We could compare and contrast what percentage of movies would be “financially successful” from this studio versus secular Hollywood.

It could demographically make tremendous determinations (hard numbers as opposed to supporting already logical conclusions) on how hellaciously immoral the movie industry really is. Especially, since secular Hollywood has run out of ideas...good or bad.

Hollywood (as we all know) is still as irate as the living hell about the logical success “Passion of the Christ” received from paying customers. Let alone how fumed Hollywood was (and still is) when Mr. Gibson bankrolled the project with his own capital...and made a bloody fortune in the process.

6 posted on 04/27/2008 9:30:38 AM PDT by xc1427 (It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees...Midnight Oil (Power and the Passion))
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The one movie that would put this studio over the top would be to re-assemble the original Passion cast and do the story of the Resurrection to the assention in Arameic. That is one part of Christs life that is always disturbingly absent in these Jesus movies! Overall I would just like to see movies that are not about comic book heros or ne wways for psyco paths to kill teenagers.


7 posted on 04/27/2008 9:33:36 AM PDT by Bommer (THERE! Its an (R)! I must trash my principles & beliefs and vote for the (R)!)
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To: Milhous

Cool thanks. I never thought to do a search on this on the imdb. Very smart :-). I wonder who tagged them as such—the production companies or someone that works for the imdb site. Curious.


8 posted on 04/27/2008 9:50:17 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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IT would be nice to have more movies to take the kids to as a family. Right now it’s hit or miss on any given weekend whether there is anything worth paying $50 to go see.


9 posted on 04/27/2008 10:26:33 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: GOP Poet
Allow me to share a couple more lists:

Trinity Broadcasting Network IMDb search results
The Prayer Foundation Movie List

I wonder who tagged them as such

Good question. Various IMDb help snippets seem to indicate that registered users can add keywords.

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10 posted on 04/27/2008 11:37:23 AM PDT by Milhous (Gn 22:17 your descendants shall take possession of the gates of their enemies)
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I wish them well. My husband and I see a movie only every 2 or 3 years because of the anti-American, anti-morality messages one encounters. I yearn for a good story about the good guys.


11 posted on 04/27/2008 1:45:18 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Legally driving without a tagline)
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Hollywood will have a great time with this one. They have been trying for years to find a better way to get us to give up our faith, and now they will be able to re-define God and everything holy in their own terms. And call it ‘Christian’ entertainment.


12 posted on 04/27/2008 7:58:28 PM PDT by whipitgood (Neither of, by, nor for the people any longer...)
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