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Relativity Media’s MACHINE GUN PREACHER New Images

By Michelle McCue | September 9, 2011

Gerard Butler, stars as “Sam Childers,” the impassioned founder of Angels of East Africa rescue organization, brings hope where there is none to hundreds of children in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

Relativity Media has released these new images and poster from MACHINE GUN PREACHER – the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds his unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children in war-torn Sudan. 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, The Kite Runner) moving story of violence and redemption.

Michelle Monaghan and Gerard Butler star as husband and wife in the inspirational true story of Sam Childers. A former drug-dealing criminal Sam (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region’s vulnerable populace, especially the children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it’s most needed—in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces children to become soldiers before they even reach their teens.

But for Sam, it is not enough to shelter the LRA’s intended victims. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their lives—and eventually his own. An explosive, real-life tale of a man who has rescued over a thousand orphans from starvation, disease and enslavement, Machine Gun Preacher also stars Michelle Monaghan (Source Code), Kathy Baker (Cold Mountain), Madeline Carroll (Mr. Popper’s Penguins), Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) and Souleymane Sy Savane (“Damages”).

The script is written by Jason Keller (Relativity’s Untitled Snow White Project). Producers are Marc Forster, Robbie Brenner (A Perfect Getaway), Gary Safady, Craig Chapman (Highland Park) and Deborah Giarratana (2012). Director of photography is Roberto Schaefer (Finding Neverland). Editor is Matt Chesse (Finding Neverland). Production designer is Philip Messina (The Last Airbender). Costume designer is Frank L. Fleming (The Kite Runner). Jillian Kugler (Quantum of Solace) is associate producer. Douglas Saylor Jr. (Main Street) is co-producer. Executive producers are Gerard Butler, Michael Corso (13), Kyle Dean Jackson (The Divide), Myles Nestel (Conviction), Louise Rosner (Fracture), Alan Siegel (Law Abiding Citizen), Adi Shankar (Main Street), Spencer Silna (Main Street) and Bradford Simpson (Diary of a Wimpy Kid).

http://www.machinegunpreacher.org/movie/

Gerard Butler stars as “Sam Childers”, who is a former criminal biker-gang member who transforms into a savior for hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

Gerard Butler, “Sam Childers”, the impassioned founder of Angels of East Africa rescue organization, brings hope where there is none to hundreds of children in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

Gerard Butler “Sam Childers” and Souleymane Sy Savane “Deng” save kidnapped children in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord?s Resistance Army (LRA) in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER

Gerard Butler stars as “Sam Childers”, the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children, who leads armed missions deep into East African enemy territory in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER

Souleymane Sy Savane “Deng” and Gerard Butler “Sam Childers” save kidnapped children in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER

(Left to right.) Kathy Baker, Madeline Carroll, Michelle Monaghan and Gerard Butler star as the Childers family in Relativity Media’s MACHINE GUN PREACHER. The film is the inspirational true story of the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization.

(Left to right.) Michelle Monaghan, Madeline Carroll, and Gerard Butler star as the Childers family in Relativity Media’s MACHINE GUN PREACHER. The film is the inspirational true story of the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization.

(Right to left.) Michael Shannon “Donnie” and Gerard Butler “Sam Childers” are former criminal biker-gang members and best friends before Sam’s astonishing transformation to the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

Kathy Baker stars in Relativity Media’s MACHINE GUN PREACHER. The film is inspirational true story of the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization.

Michael Shannon stars as “Donnie” the former criminal biker-gang best friend of Sam Childers in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

Madeline Carroll, stars as Sam Childers’ daughter in Relativity Media’s MACHINE GUN PREACHER. The film is the inspirational true story of the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization.

Director Marc Forster on the set of Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

(Left to right.) Director, Marc Forster and star Gerard Butler on the set of Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

(Left to right.) The real Sam Childers and Gerard Butler who plays “Sam Childers” the savior of kidnapped children and the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER

Michelle Monaghan stars as the wife of Sam Childers in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER

(Left to right.).Michelle Monaghan and Gerard Butler star as husband and wife in the inspirational true story of Sam Childers. A former drug-dealing criminal Sam (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER.

(Left to right.) Souleymane Sy Savane “Deng” and Gerard Butler “Sam” save kidnapped children in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Relativity Media’s release MACHINE GUN PREACHER