ALBANY, Ga. — "Facing the Giants," the inspirational movie made by the staff and members of Sherwood Baptist Church, Albany, Ga., on a shoestring budget, passed the $10 million gross mark the week before Christmas. Not bad for a movie that cost only $100,000 to make.
It is still showing in a handful of theaters nationwide and is set to be released on DVD Jan. 30. Churches can pre-purchase the DVD, along with the required license, to show it to their congregation prior to the general DVD release date. More than 900 churches have done so thus far. Information is available at www.facingthegiants.com.
The movie follows a high school football coach battling job security, financial problems and infertility. Through it all, he, his wife and the team learn to honor God in all things. The movie is rated PG, although it has no objectionable content.
Alex Kendrick, an associate pastor at the church, played the lead character. He and his brother Stephen — also a pastor at the church — wrote the script. The only person in the film with no relation either to the church or its Christian school is University of Georgia football coach Mark Richt, who plays himself.
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