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Conversations
With God: The Movie
Spiritual
Cinema Circle
CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD spent 3 years on the New York Times bestseller
list, sold over 7 million copies in 34 languages and launched thousands
of discussion groups around the world.
Over the past ten years, Walsch has received multiple offers from producers
(and one major studio) to turn his book and life story into a film. He
turned them all down because he did not want his story to be "Hollywood-ized."
Last year, Stephen Simon, The Circle's co-founder and veteran Hollywood
producer of SOMEWHERE IN TIME, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME and 23 other features,
directed Neale in the film INDIGO (which premieres on January 29 in 100
Digital AMC Theaters and more than 400 churches around the world - see
www.indigothemovie.com).
While working
on Indigo, (Neale played the grandfather of an Indigo child), Walsch observed
that Simon has "an extraordinarily high level of artistic integrity,
vision, and willingness to collaborate" and he finally agreed to
have the CWG story told on the big screen.
And this is no ordinary story.
"Just
five years before I became an author, I was homeless, with a broken neck,
living in a park. I spent my days collecting cans to sell for $5 a day
just to have enough money to eat and live. It was important to me that
my story not become Hollywood-ized," Walsch explains.
Stephen is passionate about the project: "It took me 3 years to get
Somewhere in Time made and almost 20 years to bring What Dreams May Come
to the screen. I am thrilled to now culminate my 6 year odyssey to make
a film based on the Conversations with God material. Combining the touching,
haunting human story with the underlying theme of a radical new look at
God is going to make for a powerful, mystical, and surprising film."
Stephen Simon
will produce and direct and The Circle will finance the $1.5 million dollar
project. Gay Hendricks, who co-founded The Circle with his wife Kathlyn
and Stephen, will Executive Produce. Eric DelaBarre is writing the script.
(DelaBarre won "Filmmaker of the Future" at the Newport Beach
International Film Fest for writing, producing and directing his first
feature, KATE'S ADDICTION. He also authored the book "WHY NOT (Start
Living Your Life Today)" and spent six years as a writer/director/producer
on NBC's Law & Order.)
Production
begins November, 2005 in Southern Oregon where Walsch and Simon both live.
If you are already a subscriber to The Circle, you will be receiving regular
installments of a Video diary that will EXCLUSIVELY be sent AS A BONUS
to subscribers over the course of 2005 as the development process, casting,
and production proceed. Again--the Video Diary will be sent as a bonus,
in addition to our monthly films. If you are not already a subscriber,
this would be a great month to join!!!
We at Spiritual Cinema Circle are excited to be able to bring this remarkable
story to our members first. It is yet another way for us to reinforce
our mission of bringing the best of Spiritual Cinema directly into your
homes and your hearts.
Source:
Spiritual
Cinema Circle
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