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The Fighting Preacher

  • 2019
  • PG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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The Fighting Preacher (2019)
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When Willard and Rebecca Bean are called on a mission to a town that's hostile towards them, they must choose whether to fight for their right to live there or love their hostile neighbors.When Willard and Rebecca Bean are called on a mission to a town that's hostile towards them, they must choose whether to fight for their right to live there or love their hostile neighbors.When Willard and Rebecca Bean are called on a mission to a town that's hostile towards them, they must choose whether to fight for their right to live there or love their hostile neighbors.

  • Director
    • T.C. Christensen
  • Writer
    • T.C. Christensen
  • Stars
    • David McConnell
    • Cassidy Hubert
    • Scarlett Hazen
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    604
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    • Director
      • T.C. Christensen
    • Writer
      • T.C. Christensen
    • Stars
      • David McConnell
      • Cassidy Hubert
      • Scarlett Hazen
    • 13User reviews
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    David McConnell
    • Willard Bean
    Cassidy Hubert
    • Rebecca Bean
    Scarlett Hazen
    • Palmyra
    Kenna Dawn
    • Older Palmyra
    Owen Hall
    • Alvin Bean
    Tyson Packer
    • Alvin Bean (older)
    Joseph Paur
    • Waterman
    Steve Anderson
    • Thomas Winegar
    Barta Heiner
    • Mrs. Rhodes
    Carrie Wrigley
    Carrie Wrigley
    • Mildred Dewey
    Heather Brown
    • Maude Collins
    Loren Lambert
    • Charles Collins
    David H. Stevens
    David H. Stevens
    • James Walsh
    • (as David Stevens)
    Paul Grace
    • Joseph F. Smith
    Stephanie Breinholt
    • Ethel Hack
    L.D. Weller
    L.D. Weller
    • Big Hank
    William 'Bus' Riley
    • Tough Guy
    • (as Bus Riley)
    Olivia Willford
    Olivia Willford
    • Red-Haired Girl
    • Director
      • T.C. Christensen
    • Writer
      • T.C. Christensen
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    7appendixty

    Great for leaning the value of living others despite differences

    Great for leaning the value of living others despite differences
    3westsideschl

    Docudrama

    An LDS accomplished boxer & wife are sent on a mission from Utah to New York in 1915 to resurrect an LDS farm and acquire properties for the church. The area has "Book" historical importance as the place of battle between ancient Morman travelers to the New World (BCE) the Nephites & the Jaredites. Side note: Others maintain the site should be in ancient Central America. In Hollywood fashion our missionaries are saintly while the locals are gruff nasty-spirited haters of Mormonism, but in the end apple pie & good deeds wins them over. Successful they return to Salt Lake in 1939. Note: Not shown is that he divorces his first wife (two children) and marries a younger woman (four children). The writer director Christensen, also an LDS member, has done many promotional faith based, especially LDS, movies.
    4mlh-58

    THEY GOT IT ABOUT HALF RIGHT

    In his autobiography, Willard Bean wrote: "When people tell my story they usually get it about half right." This movie is an example of that; the screenwriter got it about half right. The sad thing is the parts he got wrong were deliberately wrong because the writer thought it would make a better story. The real, accurate story would have made a much better movie. Sadder still is that in interviews the writer presented his altered version as true and accurate. Visually this movie is beautiful. Mr. Christensen is one of the best cinematopraphers working today. David McConnell does a very good job portraying Willard Bean, but unfortunately, he received some bad direction which made some of his scenes silly and eye-rolling. If you like "Mormon movies", you'll love this one. It has some touching moments and some good lessons, and even a thinly disguised Three Nephites Story (which is so poorly put together it leaves the audience wondering what just happened). One of the ways the writer changed the true story was to create an a-little-child-shall-lead-them storyline. This is always good for a few tears whether it's true or not. Adding this storyline feels like an insult to Willard Bean's life and his true character, but it's a guaranteed Kleenex moment in any "Mormon movie". Visually, I would give this movie 8 out of 10 stars. Unfortunately, Mr Christensen insists on being a one-man band who writes, directs, shoots and produces and I can't give the final product more than 4 out of 10 stars. Had this been a team effort with a good writer who stuck to the true story, and good director working with one of the industries great cinematographers, this could have been an outstanding movie. One final note. Before you lump me in the category of Mormon hater, or disgruntled Latter-day Saint with a chip on his shoulder, I am neither of these. I am a devout Latter-day Saint with no ax to grind. I am simply giving an honest assessment of the movie.
    10JoakimEliasGustafsson

    A well made movie

    It is a tender movie! It is a feel-good movie. I liked the acting and the music. I feelt peaceful (good) feelings. The fighting aspect is not the main focus. The main focus is the fight of life, and trying to follow what you believe in. The movie put a smile on my face quite a few times, and I cried some too. I Learned more also. I recommend it! (A 10 speaks for a "I recommend") (:
    9mosiah318

    Very well done and fun

    My family and I loved it. Great story. Great music, story line, and actors. Great life lessons taught. A real feel-good movie. TC Christensen's best yet.

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    • Trivia
      All boxing scenes were shot in the last two days of filming so if McConnell got "smashed in the face or whatever, we still got our film," Christensen joked.
    • Goofs
      Four missionaries come to the house. Two are introduced as Elder Crawford Gates and Elder Gordon Hinckley. Latter-day Saints will recognize those names: Gates was a prominent composer and Hinckley was the Latter-day Saint Prophet from 1995 to 2008. The scene in the movie takes place around 1920 - 1922. Gates was born in 1921 and Hinckley in 1910; Gates would have been one year old and Hinckley 11 or 12 years old.
    • Crazy credits
      In the closing credits, footnotes are added where someone appeared in the film who's related to someone depicted in it.
    • Connections
      References Rocky (1976)

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    • Release date
      • July 24, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Luta Pela Fé
    • Filming locations
      • Palmyra, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Remember Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $954,641
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $60,223
      • Jul 28, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $954,641
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 40m(100 min)
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