Produced by cloud ten productions, a christian filmmaking concern, left behind was released with an unusual marketing strategy the film was made available on home video in october 2000, with a. Left behind is a series of 16 bestselling religious novels by tim lahaye and jerry b. Everything you need to know about left behind movie 2014. The movie is the 2000 film adaptation of the first book in the christian end times novel series written by tim lahaye and jerry b.
Twentytwo years after it first exploded into cinemas, apocalypse now is being rereleased in an extended version. Jenkins, and starring nicolas cage, chad michael murray, cassi thomson, nicky whelan, and jordin sparks, the film was released to theaters on october 3, 2014, and was universally panned by critics. The movie, was based on the first book of the series and was released in 2000. The gospel was never proclaimed and the pretrib rapture was never taught, but the viewer leaves the movie knowing the message. Meilleur film chretien complet en francais ou est ma maison dieu me donne une famille heureuse duration.
It is based not just on the first in a series of bestselling books, but also on the biblical book of revelations, and is made by people who care as much about teaching their views of the word of god as they do about making an exciting movie. The movie from shining at the films premeire on jan. Left behind, a jesussoaked disaster movie in which nicolas cages pilot discovers that half his passengers have been whisked away by the lord almighty. The official movie poster for left behind starring nicolas cage. The movie about the rapture, in which all of the worlds good people are whisked away to heaven, leaving the rest behind. The almost total absence of anything that actually looks like a narrative is one of left behind s issues, but its not, honestly, one of. Has your life been changed because of the left behind series. The movie full movie 2000 the biblical prophecy of armegeddon begins when the rapture instantly takes all believers in christ from the earth. This book and others in the series give narrative form to a specific eschatological reading of the christian bible, particularly the book of revelation inspired by dispensationalism and premillennialism. I cant in good faith tell you to see it, but id be.
The left behind trilogy kicked off in 2000 with the first movie in the series left behind. An american rhapsody is told from the point of view of a 15yearold american girl, but in a way its more her mothers story. Airline pilot ray steele brad johnson discovers that dozens of the passengers on his flight have disappeared suddenly, but their belongings and clothes remain. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. This epic film has been re filmed but the original is simply best. To have a good movie, you need to have a wellwritten screenplay. Cloud ten plans for bigger, better left behind remake. Left behind was released in 2014 on friday, october 3, 2014 in limited movie theaters. Left behind leaves the truth behind tomorrows world. Then, the way she understands it at the time, shes stolen away from them and put on an airplane to join her real family in america.
Left behind film series is based on the left behind bestselling book series by tim lahaye and jerry b. The films were produced by cloud ten pictures and directed by vic sarin left behind. We know that there will be a rapture of the christian born again believers. But in fact its slightly more complicated than that.
Left behind finally edges toward an enjoyable level of insanity as it reaches its conclusion. Jul 12, 2017 left behind, the muchanticipated film about the beginning of the end of the world, is exactly what you think it is. That being said, i think left behind is one of the worst films ive seen in some time. The soundtrack to left behind features songs from ccm artists such as third day, joy williams, kathy troccoli, and fred hammond. I went to see left behind as a selfdescribed proponent of the pretrib rapture doctrine and armchair movie critic. There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including gone girl, the good lie and annabelle. I wouldnt dream of giving away the detailsmysterious ways, and allbut i will say that it involves the petite chloe driving a steamroller in the dead of night on a deserted stretch of highway thats under construction. The film was based on the bestselling christian eschatological endtimes novel of the same name written by tim lahaye and jerry b. The actors did an outstanding job portraying the characters and the issues each wrestled with in the story.
Im a christian who generally believes in the theology taught in left behind. On october 3, 2014, left behind hit theatersa reboot of the 2000 film based on the best selling, rapture theorypromoting book left behind by tim lahaye and jerry jenkins. Left behind sequel announced, bible apocalypse movie to. Rayford steele is an airline pilot whose relationship with his wife has gone sour. Left behind 2000 airline pilot ray steele brad johnson discovers that dozens of the passengers on his flight have disappeared suddenly, but their belongings and clothes remain. A reporter left behind learns that the antichrist will soon take power. Left behind original title pg 1h 36min action, drama, fantasy video 2 february 2001 the biblical prophecy of armegeddon begins when the rapture instantly takes all believers in christ from the earth. United states october 3, 2014 limited canada october 3, 2014.
The movie depicts the rapture the way it will probably be. I havent ever read any of the left behind books, but ive heard a lot about them. By jacob sahms cloud ten pictures has agreed to distribute the sequel to the 2014 nic cage vehicle, left behind. I really enjoyed this movie, it tells of a period written in the bible of the rescue of gods children from a world where being a christian is becoming a crime, many families are divided because of there faith, some go to heaven and some are left behind, to work out what is happening on earth between good and evil, it deals with mans strength. Theres some general chaos, shouting, pushing, shoving, and looting, as well as a plane crash scene. Well feature some of your answers in a future issue of the newsletter and forward some of your letters to jerry jenkins and tim lahaye. Oct 31, 2000 i loved both left behind the book and left behind the movie. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. With kirk cameron, brad johnson, janaya stephens, clarence gilyard jr the biblical prophecy of armegeddon begins when the rapture instantly takes all believers in christ from the earth. Watch left behind online stream full movie directv. His wife and son are among the missing, so he, his daughter and others who have been left behind must work together to. This being left behind, which is based on the bestselling book by tim lahaye and jerry b.
Left behind, the muchanticipated film about the beginning of the end of the world, is exactly what you think it is. Oct 02, 2014 in what was surely a first in the annals of motionpicture marketing, an early ad for left behind featured a quote taken not from a film critic, but rather from satan himself, who allegedly. Left behind is a 2000 canadianamerican religious science fiction thriller film directed by vic sarin and starring kirk cameron, brad johnson, gordon currie, and clarence gilyard. Many christian movies are simply so forced in plot as to bring the scene to a christian altarcall that the only word that can be used to describe them is contrived. Disappearance of tom and eileen lonergan wikipedia. The rapture and the thief in the night complete movie. Left behind is a 2014 american apocalyptic thriller film directed by vic armstrong and written by paul lalonde and john patus. This dvd set is the best way to experience the left behind movie trilogy.
Rayford steele brad johnson is an airline pilot whose relationship with his. Smiths never been unloved bruces song, and jakes believer bucks song relate to the key characters in the film, which is an adaptation of the bestselling book series. Left behind movies in order complete lists of all of. Yet another terrible faithbased movie has tarnished your cinematic reputation.
Aug 14, 2015 the rapture and the thief in the night complete movie prophecy update vi we must all face the facts and realize that all of us have friends and family members that are going to miss the rapture. A novel of the earths last days is a bestselling novel by tim lahaye and jerry b. If you have read the left behind books and want to relive that experience through film, the left behind trilogy 3 dvd collection is the best way to do it. Kirk cameron stars in the film as cameron buck williams, a television journalist who investigates the cause of.
The movie 2000 the biblical prophecy of armegeddon begins when the rapture instantly takes all believers in christ from the earth. Oct 02, 2014 the film alternates between scenes taking place on the plane, with the left behind passengers understandably panicking, and chloe desperately attempting to find her brother amid the ensuing chaos. Unless the movie has changed, it is not mathematically severe enough to warrant a pg rating. I do believe it will be awful for the ones left behind. And anyone hoping that the nicolas cage left behind reboot would scare lost souls back. After years of dispute over the rights of the movies, tim lahaye and jerry jenkins, authors of the popular books, have finally allowed cloud ten pictures a christian film company based in ontario and new york to make a hollywood version of the new york times bestseller series. World at war, in which he plays cameron buck williams. The left behind series complete set, volumes 116 jerry b. Stoney lake entertainment the producers behind 2014s left behind remake have announced that there will be a sequel to the bible apocalypse movie, with the story picking up after the rapture. Oct 02, 2014 this is a slimmeddown story compared to the 2000 straighttovideo left behind movie with kirk cameron though a mankindvs. Cloud ten pictures plans on remaking the left behind movie series into a bigbudget, wide theatrical release. Left behind trilogy 3 dvd collection christian movies. Aside from this, cameron has often worked in christianthemed productions, among them the postrapture films left behind. In a very unusual marketing scheme, the studio released the film on home.
Cloud ten plans for bigger, better left behind remake the. The primary conflict of the series is the members of the tribulation force, an underground network of converts, against the nwoesque organization. Kirk cameron, brad johnson, janaya stephens, clarence gilyard jr. In the first movie, the name of jesus was rarely mentioned, but in this second movie, the name of. Jenkin, what were presumed to have is evidence of the apocalypse. Bob carlisles after all rayfords song, larues fly chloes song, michael w. Left behind nicolas cage has rarely looked more miserable than in this dreadful update of an already dreadfully adapted faithbased property. Undated photo of tom and eileen lonergan thomas joseph lonergan born december 28, 1964 1 and eileen cassidy lonergan nee hains. The movie s catalytic event is the christian rapture. Hyatt jupiter stanley kubrick, behind the camera, directs keir dullea, as astronaut dave bowman, in the final sequence of 2001. The girl is named suzanne, and until the age of six she was raised in her native hungary by two foster parents she loved dearly. The left behind series was adapted into a liveaction movie in 2000. I got to watch the movie, and its not the best religioustype movie ive ever seen, but its not bad.
In one chaotic moment, millions people around the world suddenly disappear. Based on the novel of the same name written by tim lahaye and jerry b. For one thing, it radically deviates from the book. The movie garners national media attention with starstudded premiere rain couldnt stop the stars of left behind.
Left behind the movie board game adventure 2001 talicor. The whole series was eventually rebooted, with a new movie, also called left behind, being released in 2014. In the first movie, the name of jesus was rarely mentioned, but in this second movie, the name of jesus is given its rightful place. A word about left behind iitribulation force the second movie in the series compared to the first left behind movie, left behind iitribulation force was like a breath of fresh air. Oct 14, 2014 the left behind movie 2014 depicts the rapture, which is often assumed to be clearly explained in the bible, especially the book of revelation. Sep 22, 2016 after millions of people around the globe mysteriously disappear, veteran pilot ray steele must fight to protect the passengers that remain on his flight. In 2002 a second film was released staring bob carlisle, russ lee, bill corcoran, kirk cameron, and in 2005 the series was completed with left behind. The rapture and the thief in the night complete movie prophecy update vi we must all face the facts and realize that all of us have friends and family members that are going to.
The movie indeed earned a cap final score equivalent to pg movies in the cap comparative baseline database of movies, making is a pg film rated by the mpaa, thus a pg. Vicious what the waters left behind recently completed. Parents need to know that left behind is the biggerbudget reboot of 2000s indie hit left behind. Experience the epic conclusion to this thrilling trilogy in left behind iii. Left behind is essentially a bad disaster movie, but i swear to god ive seen worse movies this year, and worse nicolas cage movies at that. Left behind tries hard to succeed as parable and as thriller. The film alternates between scenes taking place on the plane, with the left behind passengers understandably panicking, and chloe desperately attempting to.
Not only do we not think the mayan calendar is correct, we reject any prophecy from any source that has not proven 100% correct in the past. Jenkins, dealing with christian dispensationalist end times. With the current events in israel and the middle east, the timing of the release of this movie should make a tremendous impact on the nonchristian community. When the plane lands, everyone aboard learns that millions of people vanished at once, leaving chaos worldwide. The movie full movie 2000 a reporter left behind learns that the antichrist will soon take power. Left behind 2000 left behind 2000 the image could not be loaded. The kids series the remnant chat transcript share eternity with. Yet, says linh dinh, despite claims that the movie exposed the truth about the. To good not to be re aired on this channel as well. Despite fairing poorly, the movie spawned two more sequels.