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Machine Gun Preacher
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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.
Released: 2011-09-23129 minDir: Marc ForsterAction, Thriller, CrimeBudget: $30.0MBox office: $3.3M
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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
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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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