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Left Behind - The Movie by Victor Sarin, Vic Sarin
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Colin Fox, Gordon Currie, Jr. Clarence Gilyard, Kirk Cameron, Tony de Santis Director: Vic Sarin, Victor Sarin Brand: Koch International DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 95 minutes Published: 2000 DVD Release Date: 2008-04-29 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Cloud Ten Pictures Product features: - The Making of Left Behind
- Music and Concert Videos
- Actors' Messages
- Optional Spanish & Closed Captioned
- Movie Trailers
Movie Reviews of Left Behind - The MovieMovie Review: Powerful movie Summary: 5 Stars
A very well done movie that REALLY gets your thought process motivated and will likely have you thinking about it long after watching it, even after many times. As someone else mentioned here, I seem to find new points each time I view it. This purchase in particular replaces the first DVD in a boxed set (Left Behind, the DVD Collection, which I also purchased through Amazon) as the first disc had a scratch that caused it to momentarily pause.
Summary of Left Behind - The MovieLEFT BEHIND:MOVIE - DVD Movie Part conspiracy theory and part religious message, Left Behind (based on the first in a series of runaway bestsellers by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins) is a passable, occasionally compelling thriller that turns the rapture and the ascendance of the Antichrist into something resembling a Robert Ludlum espionage potboiler. The beginning, though, is pure Stephen King: as morose pilot Rayford Steele (Brad Johnson) steers his jet plane toward London, comely flight attendant Hattie Daniels (Chelsea Noble) informs him that a number of passengers have disappeared--at 37,000 feet, leaving their neatly pressed clothes behind. And they're not the only ones who've gone missing. The mass disappearances throw the world into chaos, and the sinisterly compelling Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie), head of the U.N., selflessly steps in to help broker peace among the world's nations. But is he as good intentioned as he seems? Turns out the appropriately named Mr. Carpathia is behind a plot to rule the world and control its food supply, and intrepid reporter Buck Williams (Kirk Cameron, better than you'd expect) is onto him--with a little help from some biblical prophecies. Suffering the problem that befalls most first installments in a series of books and movies, Left Behind busies itself with the task of introducing characters and setting up expository plot lines, and audiences may be frustrated by the lack of action--Rayford's somewhat labored crisis of faith takes up a good chunk of the film. Still, it's an intriguing premise that should satisfy fans of the novel and possibly pick up a few more converts along the way (be warned, though, this is a modestly budgeted film that looks more like a cable TV movie than the latest James Bond extravaganza). And, if like a fair number of the film's characters, you can't figure out that someone named "Nicolae Carpathia" is a bad guy, then, well, you need to bone up on your evil villains. --Mark Englehart
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