To Save a Life (2009)

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To Save a Life Movie Storyline: The story opens with Jake Taylor (Randy Wayne) attending the funeral of his ex-best friend Roger (Robert Bailey Jr.). After Roger's mom comes and asks Jake if Roger had said anything to him, she walks away, and Jake remembers that this all started during their freshmen year of high school. After Jake had made the winning basket in a basketball game, a freshman cheerleader named Amy invited him to a party but didn't want Roger to come. In the years later Jake joined a new group of friends, Amy became his girlfriend, and he became star of the basketball team. Jake grew further away from Roger, who became more of a loner. Three years later as a high school senior, Roger came in with a gun and shot himself. Roger died from his injuries and Jake wondered if he could have saved him by being a better friend.After the final basketball game of his senior year, Jake meets Chris, the pastor from Roger's funeral, and a youth pastor. Jake goes to a party that is disrupted by the police and, being slow to orient himself, is the last to sneak out of the house. He calls for a ride home from Chris, who reveals that Roger had come to church the Sunday before he killed himself. Chris expresses guilt that no one had really welcomed him there.Jake continues to struggle in dealing with Roger's death, attending church several times and drawing concern from Amy because of his withdrawn behavior. He discovers Roger's social networking page and sees that Roger had openly discussed his hopelessness. Amy joins Jake at church the following Sunday, but leaves after feeling judged. Jake confronts the group about their shallow faith and failure to be inclusive and inviting. Chris asks for a solution, and a girl named Andrea suggests that they all have lunch together at school.For the next few weeks they all meet at lunch everyday. Slowly, Jake becomes shunned from all of his old friends, including Amy. Jake invites Jonny (Sean Michael Afable), a boy who had been mocked by a fake invitation to a party, to join them, which he eventually does. Jonny starts to emerge from a dark side to a happier side of himself as Jake spends more time with him.

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After some time, Jonny asks Jake for advice on asking Andrea on a date. They go out for ice cream and Andrea sees scars on Jonny's wrist from cutting. She reveals that she used to be a cutter as well, touching his wrist. Jonny tries to kiss her, dropping his ice cream on her lap and causing her to draw back. Meanwhile, Jake finds out that Amy is pregnant with his baby and that she doesn't want to keep the child. He then discovers that his parents are about to have a divorce after his father had an affair. The next day at school, Jonny wants help from Jake on what to do with Andrea after he blew his chance. Jake takes his anger out on Jonny by brushing aside his concerns and humiliating him.Jake and Andrea attempt to patch things up with Jonny, but he ignores their calls and resumes cutting his wrists. Danny, the pastor's son, overhears Jake and Chris talking about Amy's pregnancy and posts drawings all over the school announcing the secret to the school. In the weeks that follow, Jake stops hanging out with his old friends for good and spends more time with his Christian friends. He gives up his dream about going to college, much to his father's disappointment, and persuades Amy to keep the baby, promising her that he will help her raise their child. Amy, having been shunned by all her old friends at school, starts spending time with Andrea and the other girls from church. Jake continues to call Jonny, but Jonny doesn't pick up his phone.

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Jonny bumps into Danny, who takes the cell phone Jonny dropped. Students are evacuated from the school due to a bomb threat. Danny steps forward and tells the police he thinks it was Jonny. The police search Jonny's locker and find horrific pictures of bombs exploding the school. They ask Jonny for his phone, but he doesn't have it, because Danny still does. The police handcuff Jonny and walk him through the crowd of the entire student body. Jake realizes that Jonny didn't make the threats when he calls Jonny's phone and sees Danny answer it. With Amy distracting the teachers that guard the exit, Jake runs past them to the road and steps in front of the police car. Jonny had opened a bottle of prescription pills preparing to take them, but Jake successfully stops the vehicle just before Jonny ends up like Roger.Danny is then caught by the police, but cannot bring himself to call his father, calling Chris instead. Chris leaves Danny alone, but Jake offers to stay with him. The pastor takes a leave of absence to spend time with Danny and Chris becomes the new pastor in his place.Jake's life soon returns to normal. His daughter is placed in open adoption, and Amy gets back together with Jake. His friends and family gather to see him off to Louisville for college, and his dad comes along with him so they can talk. Jonny gives Jake a note to read on the way there stating that he actually did feel like Roger and had thought about taking his life too. He said that if Jake didn't invite him for lunch that one day, he didn't know where he'd be at the moment

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To Save a Life Movie Plot: Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he's the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend, whom Jake used to be friends with, commits suicide. Jake begins to think. He wonders what he could've done to save his friend's life. A youth minister tells him that Jake needs God. So Jake becomes a Christian. However, things begin to spin out of control. His dad is cheating on his mom, his girlfriend is pregnant, and his former friends ridicule and mock him. During all this, Jake is going to realize just what it means to be a Christian and how, to save a life.
Release date: 11 November 2010
User Votes: 6.5
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 120 minutes
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA): Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving teen suicide, teen drinking, some drug content, disturbing images and sexuality

Also Known As: Salvar una vida
Filming Locations: Calvin Christian High School, Escondido, California
Production Co: Accelerated Entertainment, New Song Pictures, Outreach Films
Box Office:
Budget:$1,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend:$1,513,955 (USA) (24 January 2010) (441 Screens)
Gross:$3,773,863 (USA) (4 April 2010)
Director: Brian Baugh
Writer: Jim Britts
Cast:
Randy Wayne as Jacob "Jake" Taylor
Deja Kreutzberg as Amanda "Amy" Briggs
Joshua Weigel as Christopher "Chris" Vaughn
Sean Michael as Jonathan "Jonny" Garcia
Robert Bailey Jr. as Roger Dawson
Steven Crowder as Douglas "Doug" Moore
D. David Morin as Marcus "Mark" Rivers
Kim Hidalgo as Andrea Stevens
Arjay Smith as Matt McQueen
Bubba Lewis as Daniel "Danny" Rivers

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"Bounce"

Written and Performed by J-Rus

Viewers Comments:

10 June 2010 | by anggoforit (United States)

I saw this movie last night with our youth group at church. I really feel the this world needs more movies like this one. So much is happening in this world these days. People need to know God is in control. We need to send this message out. So thanks to the movie makers for this one. The story line, they chose for this movie are real and happening all are the world. God wants us to play the part and be there for others. We need to be a role model and share a part of our selves with others. Be there for each other, lend a hand and not turn our backs on Gods people. I laughed and I cried. I really enjoyed this movie. Hope everyone who watches this movie will be touched. I have lived with knowing someone who has been in the same shoes. Thanks again.

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To Save a Life is a 2009 Christian drama film directed by Brian Baugh. The film was released theatrically in the United States on January 22, 2010, and was written by Jim Britts. It stars Randy Wayne, Deja Kreutzberg, Robert Bailey Jr., Steven Crowder and Sean Michael Afable. The United States rights were acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films from New Song Pictures.To Save a Life was produced on a budget of about $1 million, but nearly doubled that in its opening weekend. The film was released to 441 theaters on January 22, 2010, and has grossed $3,777,210 domestically. It was received with mixed to generally negative reviews from film critics.The film was rated PG-13 for "mature thematic elements involving teen suicide, teen drinking, some drug content, disturbing images, and sexuality".

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About Cherry (2012)

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About Cherry Movie Storyline: In About Cherry Angelina (Ashley Hinshaw) is an 18-year-old high school student that has to deal with a difficult home life. Her mother (Lili Taylor) is a drunk, and her boyfriend proposes that she do some nude photographs for money. After she decides to do it, she takes the money and runs off with her best friend (Dev Patel) to San Francisco. There she becomes a cocktail waitress at a strip club, where she meets Francis (James Franco). He introduces her to a new life, but Angelina quickly learns that everyone has their own set of problems. During this same time, Angelina, now using the moniker Cherry, has started exploring the porn industry under the guidance of Margaret (Heather Graham) an industry veteran.

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his drama is the directorial debut from Stephen Elliot, founder of The Rumpus and author of The Adderall Diaries. It is based on the script written by him and porn veteran Lorelei Lee. It premiered at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival. Ahsley Hinshaw looks to take her career in a new direction, while clearly James Franco is trying to find any direction to take his. Still, Hinshaw is gorgeous, and fits the role of ‘Cherry’ perfectly. An innocent beauty being thrust into the life of money, and instant fame, that the porno lifestyle can deliver. Franco can’t understand why she continues to persue her porn career, because he assumes falling in love with him, and the money he has, is enough. The rush of the porn life has encapsulated young Cherry into something she can’t break apart from.(A drama centered on a troubled young woman who moves to San Francisco, where she gets involved in pornography and aligns herself with a cocaine-addicted lawyer.)

Release date: 25 December 2012
User Votes: 4.6
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 102 minutes
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA): Rated R for sexual content, including nudity, language and some drug material

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Country: USA

Language: English
Filming Locations: San Francisco Armory, 1800 Mission Street, San Francisco, California, USA
Production Co: Enderby Entertainment, Gordon Bijelonic / Datari Turner Films
Director: Stephen Elliott
Writers: Lorelei Lee (screenplay), Stephen Elliott (screenplay)
Stars: James Franco, Heather Graham, Sensi Pearl, See full cast and crew ..
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24 March 2012 | by Donie O Se (donieose) (Ireland)
Whilst in Berlin for the 62nd annual film festival, myself and a few of my friends went to see this movie. We paid about €8 for the tickets and within 25 minutes, we realized that we'd wasted our money. Never before have I seen a movie as obnoxious as this one. The more I think about it, the angrier it makes me.

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The dialog was beyond wooden, the acting was dour, and the shooting style employed within the film was of the typical "out-of-focus-hazy-dreamlike" variety. During the movie, if one could call such a trashy mess as this a "movie", certain characters were given more focus than others, and then done away with at another point, never to be seen again, without reason for the most part. Just don't bother. Shame on Heather Graham and James Franco, and all others involved.

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Hollywood loves adult entertainment, whether it's porn, stripping, or some combination of the two. The gold standard for movies of this sort remains Boogie Nights, and it seems unlikely this will change any time soon. The sad fact is that most porn/stripper movies are more like Showgirls and Striptease, wallowing in camp and sleaze. About Cherry can be given credit for trying to do something a little different. The problem is that it never escapes a low orbit. The T&A is still more compelling than the drama and one can be forgiven wishing this was either a full-on softcore feature or a more comprehensive peek behind the curtain of how porn is made in 2012.Those elements are present. In fact, the behind-the-scenes stuff is fascinating and there's a strong sense of verisimilitude about it. (Not surprising considering that director Stephen Elliott's co-writer is ex-porn actress Lorelei Lee.)

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The most popular niche of porn today is the pseudo-amateur material that can be churned out in a few hours. It's no longer about selling tapes or DVDs, it's about "dropping it behind a pay wall." The shoots aren't as sexy as one might expect. Selling the fantasy can be hard, awkward work, such as when actors have to pause in mid-thrust so the camera can be repositioned. About Cherry gives us some of this, but it's too much in the background.The foreground tells a somewhat tired story. Fresh-faced, liberal-minded Angelina (Ashley Hinshaw) is fed up with living in a run-down hovel with her perpetually drunk mother, Phyllis (Lili Taylor), and her mom's creepy boyfriend, who watches her when she's sleeping at night. She poses for a nude photo shoot then uses the $300 to relocate, along with her best friend, Andrew (Dev Patel), to San Francisco. They share a bed but it's a hands-off, platonic relationship. Andrew, of course, would like it to be more, but Angelina is clueless about his feelings. She quickly finds work at a strip club and it's not long before she graduates to porn, for which she adopts the moniker of "Cherry." There, she catches the eye of one of the directors, Margaret (Heather Graham), and starts dating a high-roller lawyer, Francis (James Franco). As her porn career pushes her toward Margaret, it drives a wedge between her and Francis, as does his addiction to cocaine, a drug she tries once and rejects.

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The sex scenes in About Cherry are filmed like softcore porn and are suitably erotic. For the most part, the nudity is supplied by lead actress Ashley Hinshaw, who has a great body and doesn't seem shy about showing it off. Most of the movie has a distinct "indie" feel. This is clearly not intended to be a mainstream offering. It's pitched for the art house crowd although its subject matter will not attract the more conservative core constituency that frequents such venues. That's probably why IFC decided to make it available on Video on Demand.Angelina's porn trajectory - from cheesecake still photos to a solo masturbation shoot to girl/girl to girl/boy - is not atypical of a career in the industry. By the end, she's looking to move behind the camera, which is also fairly common, at least for those who want to stay in porn rather than moving to other things. Angelina is in it for the money. She probably appreciates the sex but she's not fanatical about it. This is a job; it allows her to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle. We're spared the melodrama of the drug-fueled downward spiral we often see in mainstream depictions of the porn industry. Drugs are prevalent and easily obtained, but Angelina isn't interested, possibly because she has seen what addiction has done to her alcoholic mother.

Where About Cherry fails is in its depiction of interpersonal relationships. Nearly all of them are flat and uninspired. Angelina's two romances - with Francis and Margaret - are less than fully fleshed out. Francis feels like a stock character and any depth attributed to Margaret is because some time is spent detailing the collapse of a prior long-term liaison. The most poorly developed interaction of all belongs to the curious friendship of Angelina and Andrew which is contrived and unconvincing throughout. He's a heterosexual male sleeping in the same bed with a porn star, and she's creeped out when she learns he wants to see her naked? Huh?In the acting department, Hinshaw is the best thing about About Cherry. A fresh face (although she had a sizeable role in Chronicle), she makes the character believable. Of the bigger name stars used to sell the film, Franco brings little and Dev Patel seems lost. Heather Graham, who had one of the most memorable roles in Boogie Nights, is credible and Lilli Taylor makes the most of a small amount of a screen time. Graham has the movie's hottest sex scene (with minimal, if any, nudity) while Taylor's most memorable moment has her sitting on a bathroom floor throwing up into a toilet.Depending on whether you're a glass half-full or glass half-empty person, About Cherry can be seen either as an evenhanded tale of life in porn circa 2012 or yet another trite melodrama with some well-shot nudity to spice things up. It's actually both - never boring but never as engaging as it could or should be.

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