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Release Date: 2008 Cast: Cliff Bemis, Dan Beene, Armie Hammer, Abbi Butler, Lindsay Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha, Josh Turner, Jennifer O'Neill, Stefanie Butler, Martin Landau
Categories: Movies, Christian film, Biography, Hagiography, Period piece, Biopic [feature], Biographical film Billy: The Early Years is a 2008 American biographical film, directed by Robby Benson. The film recounts the story of the world renowned evangelist, Billy Graham, played by Armie Hammer, creating a portrayal of Billy’s life from the mid 1930s to the late 1940s when Billy Graham finds himself speaking in his famous Los Angeles crusade. World Wide Pictures, the film distribution and production company that was created by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), did not in any way help with the production of this film. After almost a year and a half of a delayed DVD release, Billy:... MORE
Billy: The Early Years is a 2008 American biographical film, directed by Robby Benson. The film recounts the story of the world renowned evangelist, Billy Graham, played by Armie Hammer, creating a portrayal of Billy’s life from the mid 1930s to the late 1940s when Billy Graham finds himself speaking in his famous Los Angeles crusade. World Wide Pictures, the film distribution and production company that was created by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), did not in any way help with the production of this film. After almost a year and a half of a delayed DVD release, Billy: The Early Years was released on DVD on March 16, 2010.
The story begins with a reporter (Jennifer O'Neill) interviewing Charles Templeton on his deathbed. Told in the eyes of Charles Templeton, the film proceeds in showing Billy Graham’s life as a teenager during the great depression living at the family dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina. During this time, Graham is seen becoming a Christian at a tent revival meeting. Later, Graham is seen going to Bob Jones College, which is now Bob Jones University, but Graham goes to Florida Bible Institute after being identified as a failure by Bob Jones, LESS
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