A Bishop’s Assistant Takes A Stand For Truth And Spends His Whole Life Defending It Amid The Political Turmoil And Intrigue Of Ancient Rome. Now That Should Be A Movie. Hello and thank you for visiting That Should Be A Movie. Today’s story I would like to pitch as a movie is the Life of …
Because it is a heartwarming and inspiring story of one man’s peaceful fight for education in a world of war, I believe that Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin should be a movie.
It is called The Wayfaring Stranger.
It is a Western Romance
In the vein of When Calls The Heart.
It is like Hatfields and McCoys meets 1883.
It follows Irish Immigrant searching for peace Joseph Moore
Abd Redbone teenager full of joy Eliza Clark
As they search for peace and freedom in the Outlaw Strip of western Louisiana.
Problems arise when outlaws don’t take kindly to outsider Joseph and timber companies try to drive the Redbone people off their land.
Now together Joe and Eliza will through the love of God and the power of community overcome hardships and sustain a relationship.
The idea came to me when I read The Wayfaring Stranger while traveling through western Louisiana.
My unique approach is a Western set in the forests, hills, and swamps of Louisiana.
A set piece would be when the timber companies set fire to the forest to drive off the Redbone people. The people gather at a creek crossing for safety. Someone shouts that a widow is missing. Joseph jumps on his horse and rides through the smoke. “Who is that fool,” some wonder. He rides to a creek, soaks his horse and saddle in the water, climbs up the bank and takes off into the firestorm. The widow is sitting on her porch, praying as the flames approach her cabin. Suddenly Joseph comes galloping out of the billowing smoke. He takes the widow and places her on his horse. Then with her in his arms he takes off into the flaming forest as the cabin burns. The smoke clouds choke him and stings his eyes. His hair is being singed but he gallops on. Then he burst out of the firestorm and is at the creek crossing! The Redbone people cheer!
The target audience would be men and women (30-80), fans of westerns and period pieces, nature lover and Louisianans.
People would want to watch the miniseries because of the themes of love, freedom, forgiveness, finding peace, the power of community and the romance, adventure and excitement frontier Louisiana in the 1840s.
A mentally ill, suicidal failed lawyer in 18th Century England writes some of the greatest Christian hymns of all times. Today’s story I would like to pitch as a movie is the story of William Cowper as told by John Piper in The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Afflictions in the Lives of …
A Young African-American Boy is Freed and Adopted by the Family of the President of the Confederate States of America. Now That Should Be A Movie. Today’s book I would like to pitch as a movie is Jim Limber Davis: A Black Orphan in The Confederate White House by Rickey Pittman, illustrated by Judith Hierstein, …
It is called Ship of Miracles
In the vein of Schindler’s List
It’s like Dunkirk meets Titanic
It follows religious ship’s captain Leonard LaRue
And self-sacrificing doctor Bong Hak Hyun
As they seek to evacuate 90,000 to 100,000 North Korean refugees trapped between Chinese Communists and the sea during a bitterly cold winter in the Korean War
Problems arise when the only ship left is LaRue’s Meredith Victory, a ship design to carry only 12 passengers, to evacuate the refugees as rumors of Communist infiltrators among the civilians and Soviet submarines below the harbor’s surface spread
Together their determined compassion and faith will result in an evacuation that holds the Guinness World Book of Records for largest rescue by a single ship in history, 14,000 people, and a true Christmas Miracle
The idea came to me when I was reading A Christmas Far From Home: An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival During the Korean War by Stanley Weintraub and heard about the Meredith Victory holding the world record and was surprised I had never heard before of the rescue
My unique approach would be the horror and human tragedy of war and the darkness of winter as backdrops against which the humanity and compassion of man and the joyous magic of Christmas can shine
A set piece would be when the refugees are clogged up on the docks leading to the ship. They are forced to leave behind their large bags as well as their furniture and pianos. The refugees on the ship still have medium sized baggage when they see that the flow of humanity is backed up. Slowly one Korean man walks to the railing of the ship’s deck. He sadly looks at his baggage, then drops it off the side of the ship into the sea below. Another man follows his example. Then another. Then a woman. Then a child. Soon the deck railing is lined with refugees, throwing their remaining earthly belongings overboard, watching them disappear under the choppy, frigid waters below, so others could join them aboard the ship. Soon the docks are empty as the ship is stretched to accompany 14,000 refugees fleeing tyranny
Target audiences would be historians, fans of war movies, people involved in humanitarian, charity and social justice projects, Catholics, Korean Americans, South Koreans, fans of Ode To My Father, fans of Timeless, sailors, people involved in the maritime business, naval history buffs, and men and women (30 to 80)
Audiences would want to see it because of its themes of compassion, charity, and humanitarianism and its epic, world-setting rescue, because it honors veterans of the “forgotten war” and because it is a spirit-lifting, emotional, inspirational and motivational Christmas Miracle that captures the true meaning of the Holiday Season
Two women find a lost girl on the streets of New Orleans and begin a court case that unintentionally exposes the horrors of slavery and racism. Today’s book that should be a movie is The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans …
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him ~ G. K. Chesterton When a fine young Arkansan man from a good family goes wrong, he will find redemption in faith, family, and country and becomes a Navy SEAL’s Navy SEAL, an American …
A Journey from Texas ends at the cold waters of the Rapido in Italy. Today’s book I would like to pitch as a movie is Crossing the Rapido: A Tragedy of World War II by Duane Schultz, from Westholme Yardley. The 36th Infantry Division, also known as The Arrowhead, Panther, or Lone Star Division was …
“That should be a movie.” “They need to make a move about that.” “This book would make a great movie.” “That ought to be a film.” I’m sure we all heard these phrases growing up. For me, the reasoning behind these statements became clear at a young age due to the power of media to …