Machine Gun Preacher (2011) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	September 23, 2011 (LA/NY)
On DVD:	June 5, 2012
Genre:	Action, Drama
Director:	Marc Forster
Writer:	Jason Keller
Cast:	Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker, Madeline Carroll, Michael Shannon, Souleymane Sy Savane
Studio:	Relativity Media
Official site:	machinegunpreacher.org
Running Time:	127 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for violent content including disturbing images, language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality

Machine Gun Preacher is the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior ofhundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler (300) delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster’s (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland) moving story of violence and redemption.

When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Butler)...

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