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Billy: The Early Years (2008)

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Movie Info


Genre

Biography, Drama

Release Date

October 10, 2008 (Limited)

MPAA Rating

PG

Studio

Rocky Mountain Pictures

Official Site

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REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

Cast and Crew


Director

Robby Benson

Producer

William Paul McKay, Lawrence Mortorff, Martin Shiel

Screenwriter

Jana Lyn Rutledge

Starring

  • Martin Landau
  • Armie Hammer
  • Lindsay Wagner
  • Kristoffer Polaha
  • Josh Turner as George Beverly Shea
  • Stefanie Butler
  • Cody Carwile
  • Abbi Butler

Movie Story


Everyone knows who he is. Now find out how he got there.

Most of us know Billy Graham as the self-assured and charismatic preacher who became one of the most important figures of 20th Century Christianity. Now, we meet Billy as the earnest and promising young man at the crossroads of faith and doubt, ultimately facing the moment of decision that launched one of history's most powerful evangelistic careers.

Most compellingly, Bill: The Early Years paints its portrait of Graham against the backdrop of his relationship with Charles Templeton, another gifted young preacher who's faith could not withstand the onslaught of scientific skepticism. He and Graham parted ways and in the film, Templeton comes to personify the rising tide of disbelief into which Graham launched his crusades.

Filmed in Tennessee, Billy: The Early Years captures the feel of the Depression-era tent revival where Graham heeded the altar call, and follows him through the doubt and resolution of the next decade. The film was directed by the versatile actor/director Robby Benson - the voice of The Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

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Loved the movie. Wiiiish it had been longer.

posted by Billy, The Early Yea on Oct 12, 2008

Refreshing, a movie without sex and violence and it kept our interest. Would love to know more about him.

posted by Billy, The Early Yea on Oct 12, 2008

Wow, so much more to Billy than an evangelist. Felt so sorry for Templeton.

posted by COMELLA, BOSTON, MA on Oct 12, 2008

A movie I can take my wife and family to.

posted by Bronk, Fall River on Oct 12, 2008

When is the movie, Billy The Later Years coming? Enjoyed it, a lot!

posted by Sara VA on Oct 12, 2008

Hey, Billy seemed like a real guy, faith and struggles, so human

posted by Paula, AZ on Oct 12, 2008

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posted by Wejktkxc on Jul 16, 2009
 
 

MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

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