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Machine Gun Preacher
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Machine Gun Preacher is a 2011 American biographical crime action drama film directed by Marc Forster. The cast includes Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, and Kathy Baker. Chris Cornell composed the music, while Roberto Schaefer served as director of photography. The film was produced by Robbie Brenner and edited by Matt Chesse. It was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format.
Filming took place in Detroit, with the narrative set in Africa. The production companies involved were Virgin Produced, Relativity Media, Mpower Pictures, Apparatus Productions, and GG Filmz. The movie has a runtime of 129 minutes and was rated R. It received two nominations total. The film is based on a true story and includes themes of redemption and Sudan.
Critical reception included a 28% rating, a 4.8 out of 10 score, and a 43 out of 100 Metascore. Audience metrics listed a 6.7 rating from 71,040 votes on IMDb and a 6.735 average on TMDb. The film had a budget of 30,000,000 and generated 3,338,690 in revenue. Its tagline is "Hope is the greatest weapon of all."
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Film · TMDB
6.7The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
Cast
- Gerard Butler as Sam Childers
- Michelle Monaghan as Lynn
- Kathy Baker as Daisy
- Richard Goteri as Gun Shop Owner
- Peter Carey as Bill Wallace
- Barbara Coven as Shannon Wallace
Themes
- africa
- redemption
- sudan
- based on true story
- biker
- belief in god
- duringcreditsstinger
- child soldier
- conversion to christianity
- white savior
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
71,040 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
28%
Metacritic
43/100
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Genres
- Action, Biography, Crime
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Marc Forster
- Cast member
- Souléymane Sy Savané
- Composer
- Chris Cornell
- Producer
- Robbie Brenner
- Cinematographer
- Roberto Schaefer
- Narrative location
- Africa
- Filming location
- Detroit
- Duration
- 129
- FilmAffinity ID
- 630456
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.machinegunpreacher.org/movie
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- publication date
- 2011-01-01
- title
- Machine Gun Preacher
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Matt Chesse
- Commons category
- Machine Gun Preacher
- different from
- Sam Childers
- review score
- 43/100
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