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Machine gun preacher /

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
Corporate Authors: Asche & Spencer (Musical group), Relativity Media, Virgin Produced (Firm), Safady Entertainment (Firm), Apparatus (Firm), GG Filmz (Firm), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Forster, Marc, 1969-, Brenner, Robbie, Keller, Jason, 1968-, Butler, Gerard, 1969-, Monaghan, Michelle, Baker, Kathy, 1950-, Shannon, Michael, 1974-
Format: Video DVD Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. Closed-captioned (DVD only).
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2012.
Edition:Blu-ray + DVD [ed.].
Subjects:
Childers, Sam > Drama.
Drug traffic > Drama.
Missionaries > Sudan > Biography > Drama.
Child soldiers > Drama.
Sudan > History > Darfur Conflict, 2003- > Drama.
Action and adventure films.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Based on a true story.
Blu-ray special features: Making the music for Machine gun preacher, Machine gun preacher: a discussion with Marc Forster, The Keeper music video by Chris Cornell.
DVD special features: Making the music for Machine gun preacher.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; NTSC ; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Blu-ray; region A; AVC @ 34 mbps; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 DTS-HD master audio; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for violent content including disturbing images, language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality.
Production Credits:Music, Asche & Spencer ; editor, Matt Chesse ; director of photography, Roberto Schaefer.