Salvation Boulevard

[onager]

Just caught this 2011 movie on cable. No *SPOILERS* if I can help it.

But it's a good reminder to RUN!!! if an Xian ever asks: "Do you remember the Bible story about Abraham and Isaac?"

PLOT - sleazy megachurch evangelist is building a "Xian Planned Community," called "City On A Hill." (Reminding us of another great snake-oil entrepreneur, Ronald Reagan.)

He runs into trouble after debating an atheist college professor. Which leads to an Unfortunate Incident witnessed by a born-again Deadhead.

The cast/character list:

Sleazy Evangelist - Pierce Brosnan (!!!)
Atheist Professor - Ed Harris
Converted Deadhead - Greg Kinnear
Deadhead's fanatical wife - Jennifer Connelly (and she nails the personality traits just right)
Fanatical Wife's father - the great Cieran Hinds
Female Deadhead/Security Guard - Marisa Tomei

From Ed Harris during the debate: "What's the difference between religion and doing drugs? When you're on drugs, at least you KNOW you're hallucinating."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1251743/

Edited to add NOTE FOR CLEANHIPPIE - Cieran Hinds plays a guy described as "retired Petty Chief, US Navy." I've never heard a Chief Petty Officer referred to as a "Petty Chief." And suspect that if anybody was dumb enough to do so, the Chief would rip off their head. At least.

[Warpy]

1. That's an astonishingly good cast for a babble movie

so I have to think a bunch of them got together and decided to do it for shits and a lot of giggles.

I'm going to have to look for that one, it sounds hilarious!

[cleanhippie]

2. Yeah, you're right about that.

Shit like that hppens all the time in TV and Movies. I don't think it's intentional. Thanks for the heads up, though.

[Lordquinton]

3. Sounds good

There's a video game called "The Binding of Isaac" it's tough, and filled with tons of disturbing imagry, and based on the biblical story of Isaac.

As for the "Petty Chief" it's a far better error than anything to do with computers depicted in film.

[progressoid]

4. Yep. Will look for that one. n/t