JESUS REVOLUTION Producer Andrew Erwin: ‘God Is Bringing Revival’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Andrew Erwin, one of the filmmakers behind the upcoming movie JESUS REVOLUTION, shared some behind-the-scenes videos and pictures from a recent gathering of Christian artists in Hollywood.
“God is bringing revival. It’s happening guys,” Erwin captioned the post. “It’s bigger than one group or a movie. It started at Asbury and has spread to 28 college campuses now. No super stars. No one can take credit. It’s His church spreading the good news to the broken.”
He continued, “What a special night at @markburnett13 @romadowney house with other believers in the artist community… actors, filmmakers, musician, writers, many different types asking Jesus to do it again!”
“Mark stopped in the middle to pray for what God is doing and that @jesusrevolutionmovie would be a part spreading it. Humbled to see God’s spirit move and know it’s so much bigger than any of us. A movement is coming y’all…a revolution,” Erwin concluded.
Movieguide® previously reported on how JESUS REVOLUTION has already impacted people’s faith:
While directing the baptism scene in JESUS REVOLUTION, filmmaker Jon Erwin witnessed a dozen movie extras and one actor make real-life decisions to follow Christ and get baptized during filming at Pirates Cove in Newport Beach, California.
The making of JESUS REVOLUTION has already left an undeniable mark on Erwin who is a writer, director, and producer of the movie, which is scheduled to be released worldwide by Lionsgate Films on February 24.
“I have never experienced the kind of spiritual power making something as in making this movie,” Erwin, who’s many film credits include I Can Only Imagine, told Think Eternity recently.
He said the big moment came when the film’s crew and cast along with hundreds of extras went to Pirates Cove, where many baptisms in Southern California during the Jesus Movement of the late 60s’ and early 70s’ took place.
The cove includes rock formations creating an amphitheater-like setting overlooking a small beach and a bay with calm waters off Newport Harbor. Baptisms still take place at the nearly-hidden cove.
“I just insisted that we go back to the real location (Pirates Cove), which is not really film friendly,” Erwin said. “There’s jagged rocks and I have to tell (the film crew) to get equipment over them. One could say, as we do in many films, that we probably could fake it somewhere else and get the same look.
“But I really felt like I wanted to go back to the very place that this started. And in my entire film career, I’ve never felt a day like that.”
Movieguide®’s review for JESUS REVOLUTION reads:
JESUS REVOLUTION is incredibly well made and captivating. It has many scenes with jeopardy and inspiring, well-written presentations of Jesus Christ’s Gospel. MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution because the movie accurately depicts the drug scene from an impartial viewpoint that might attract younger children. The movie also shows Greg Laurie’s mother’s constant drunkenness and philandering. The immoral behavior is part of the true stories in JESUS REVOLUTION, which, to an amazing degree, have been made into an exciting, cohesive, uplifting movie.
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