{"id":7251,"date":"2011-07-27T02:41:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T02:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=7251"},"modified":"2011-07-27T02:41:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T02:41:50","slug":"machine-gun-preacher-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/machine-gun-preacher-first-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Machine Gun Preacher First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here a first look image from Relativity Media upcoming film, <strong>MACHINE GUN PREACHER<\/strong>. The movie is directed by Marc Forster, starring  Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker, Madeline Carroll, Michael Shannon, Souleymane Sy Savane.<\/p>\n<p>MACHINE GUN PREACHER &#8211; in theaters September 23, 2011 <\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/images\/machine_gun_preacher_still.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\"\/><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>In this inspirational true story, Machine Gun Preacher is about Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler (300) delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster\u2019s (Monster\u2019s Ball, Finding Neverland) moving story of violence and redemption. <\/p>\n<p>When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region\u2019s vulnerable populace, especially the children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it\u2019s most needed\u2014in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces youngsters to become soldiers before they even reach their teens.  <\/p>\n<p> But for Sam, it is not enough to shelter the LRA\u2019s intended victims. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their lives\u2014and eventually his own. The explosive, real-life tale of a man who has rescued over a thousand orphans from starvation, disease and enslavement, Machine Gun Preacher also stars Michelle Monaghan (Due Date), Kathy Baker (Cold Mountain), Madeline Carroll (Mr. Popper\u2019s Penguins), Academy Award\u00ae nominated Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) and Souleyman Sy Savane (\u201cDamages\u201d). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here a first look image from Relativity Media upcoming film, MACHINE GUN PREACHER. The movie is directed by Marc Forster, starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker, Madeline Carroll, Michael Shannon, Souleymane Sy Savane. MACHINE GUN PREACHER &#8211; in theaters September 23, 2011 In this inspirational true story, Machine Gun Preacher is about Sam Childers,\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/machine-gun-preacher-first-look\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,4],"tags":[1745,1849,1744,1850,1848,1851,461,1852],"class_list":["post-7251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-stills","category-movies","tag-gerard-butler","tag-kathy-baker","tag-machine-gun-preacher","tag-madeline-carroll","tag-marc-forster","tag-michael-shannon","tag-michelle-monaghan","tag-souleymane-sy-savane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7253,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7251\/revisions\/7253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}