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The Movie Flywheel Ignition Of The Soul The Makers Alex And Stephen Kendrick · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: And I mean that from my heart, from my studies
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  Speaker 1: as a Christian. And it's one of those things that
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  Speaker 1: Stephen Furtick of Elevation Church always really puts in our heart.
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  Speaker 1: And that is, how is God moving through you? And
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  Speaker 1: this movie is one of those movies. How is God
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  Speaker 1: moving through you? And it's going to be fascinating to
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  Speaker 1: sit in that theater and to watch other people as
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  Speaker 1: God moves through them.
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  Speaker 2: It is.
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  Speaker 3: Flywheel Ignition of the Soul is a movie we're excited
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  Speaker 3: about because we've always wanted to remake the original version.
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  Speaker 3: The first version of Flywheel that we shot in 2003, $ 20, 000
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  Speaker 3: budget made for our community here in Albany, Georgia. But
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  Speaker 3: God had bigger plans. Yeah, we had it in one
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  Speaker 3: theater just to reach our community. And God had bigger plans.
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  Speaker 2: And it exploded.
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  Speaker 3: It went 1.3 million DVDs around the world and a
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  Speaker 3: bunch of television networks. And so that started us on
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  Speaker 3: our journey. We've prayed for ideas for the last 23 years.
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  Speaker 3: But we've always wanted to remake Flywheel because it's a
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  Speaker 3: lot of people's favorite story that impacted a lot of people.
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  Speaker 3: And so we were asked to go speak in Rio
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  Speaker 3: de Janeiro, Brazil. When we went down there training 65
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  Speaker 3: talented filmmakers to honor God with their craft, they said, hey,
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  Speaker 3: we want to shoot a movie with you. And Stephen
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  Speaker 3: and I looked at each other and said, hey, we've
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  Speaker 3: always wanted to do Flywheel. So we called Sony. We said,
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  Speaker 3: if we remake this, would you fund it and distribute it?
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  Speaker 3: And they said yes. So we said, God, if you'll
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  Speaker 3: open all the doors, bring us the cast crew locations.
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  Speaker 2: And he did.
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  Speaker 3: So we shot this last year and just finished putting
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  Speaker 3: it together. It's in theaters today.
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  Speaker 2: It's really good. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Flywheel Ignition of the Soul. And it follows somebody that
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  Speaker 3: people are going to relate to. This used car salesman.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 3: He is not the husband he needs to be, father
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  Speaker 3: he needs to be, lacks integrity. But he wants everybody
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  Speaker 3: else to treat him with integrity, of course. And so
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  Speaker 3: he goes down this path of really getting broken before God.
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  Speaker 3: while he's fixing up a 1965 Mustang who has a
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  Speaker 3: broken flywheel, which is part of the engine. And, of course,
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  Speaker 3: that represents his heart in real life. So, engaging story.
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  Speaker 3: We love the twist in it and the responses we're
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  Speaker 3: getting already.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I got to tell you something. All of our lives,
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  Speaker 1: we've always said, Jesus, take the wheel. I swear, from
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  Speaker 1: this day forward, people are going to be saying, flywheel,
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  Speaker 1: ignition of the soul. I just think that this is
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  Speaker 1: going to become such a major fixture in our lives today.
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  Speaker 1: And we're all going to go, where did that all
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  Speaker 1: start from? Well, a couple of guys from Georgia. That's
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  Speaker 1: where it started.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I don't know, but Jesus takes the wheel is
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  Speaker 2: something I think we can say every day. If he's
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  Speaker 2: really Lord and he's the boss, he needs to be
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  Speaker 2: in the driver's seat. And we can sit over in
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  Speaker 2: the passenger seat and we can ask for things and
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  Speaker 2: thank him and whatever, but we've got to trust him
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  Speaker 2: when things don't make sense.
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  Speaker 1: That is so true. And I'll tell you where it
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  Speaker 1: hits me really hard is the fact that you are
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  Speaker 1: dealing with car dealers. And because I am in radio,
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  Speaker 1: I've done so many car commercials. This story, I really
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  Speaker 1: jumped into it because I wish that you could have
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  Speaker 1: been in the studio the number of times that these
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  Speaker 1: dealers would come in there. I just wanted to break
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  Speaker 1: out in prayer because they're hurting because their life depends
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  Speaker 1: on somebody else's decision.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And the temptation to fudge numbers or not tell
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  Speaker 2: somebody something that's wrong with a car, you know, there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of opportunity to cheat people. And so it's funny,
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  Speaker 2: when we got to Brazil, a man walks up to
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  Speaker 2: us before we shot the movie. And he said, I
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  Speaker 2: believe in this movie. He said, I saw the original one.
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  Speaker 2: I was a used car salesman. I cheated people. I
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  Speaker 2: came under conviction after having seen this movie. And he said,
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  Speaker 2: now I'm a pastor at a church. And he said,
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  Speaker 2: God has done a work in my life, and I
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  Speaker 2: think this movie needs to be told again.
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  Speaker 1: See, I always believe that, that God will put you
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  Speaker 1: out there in public in a way that you least
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  Speaker 1: expect it. And you're to learn how to build that
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  Speaker 1: relationship up. And then when it's showtime and God calls you,
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  Speaker 1: it's not to go home to heaven yet. You're going
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  Speaker 1: to that pulpit.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go. Let's go. Everybody's got a different kind of pulpit.
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  Speaker 2: And wherever you are and the people that are watching you,
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  Speaker 2: that's your pulpit.
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  Speaker 1: One of the things that you really put a lot
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  Speaker 1: of focus on here is relationship, because we're still a
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  Speaker 1: little bit out of this COVID lockdown stuff where people
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  Speaker 1: were apart. We're starting to see the buds of a
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  Speaker 1: new relationship, but we've got to nurture it. And a
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  Speaker 1: movie like this gives us the opportunity to look at
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  Speaker 1: what relationship is and how it works.
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  Speaker 2: That's exactly right.
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  Speaker 3: And Noah Silver, the main character in the movie, you're
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  Speaker 3: going to see where his marriage is early in the film.
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  Speaker 2: And man, it's rough.
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  Speaker 3: And then you're going to see where his role as father,
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  Speaker 3: his relationship with his son is.
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  Speaker 2: And it's rough.
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  Speaker 3: And so then when he realizes, wow, I've got friction
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  Speaker 3: with almost every person in my life. And he finally
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  Speaker 3: gets to the point where he's broken, which unfortunately, a
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  Speaker 3: lot of us need to be broken at some point.
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  Speaker 3: And then he starts moving in the right direction, asking
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  Speaker 3: God for help. And God put some people in his
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  Speaker 3: life that really help him. And when people watch this movie,
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  Speaker 3: they relate to it. They're like, man, I've been there before.
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  Speaker 3: I've had those conversations before. So when you see Noah
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  Speaker 3: make this turn, right, and his marriage starts changing, his
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  Speaker 3: role as father starts changing, he starts taking responsibility and
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  Speaker 3: acting in integrity. It's something that's going to inspire all
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  Speaker 3: of us. And every man needs to be prompted and
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  Speaker 3: stirred up a little bit. But men want to be good.
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  Speaker 3: They want to be a good father and a good husband.
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  Speaker 3: But sometimes we've got to be prompted in that direction.
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  Speaker 3: So people are going to relate to the story.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of being prompted, you're absolutely right about that in
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  Speaker 1: the way of seeing the moving pictures and to be
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  Speaker 1: able to relate with a storyline. Sure, we get our
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  Speaker 1: preachers on Sundays, but by Wednesday, the preacher man's still
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  Speaker 1: back there on Sunday. And we need a movie like
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  Speaker 1: this on a Thursday through a Saturday night to give
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  Speaker 1: us that reminder of, There is a word we can
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  Speaker 1: live by.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we believe that meals don't just have to be delicious.
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  Speaker 2: They can also be nutritious. And how many times do
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  Speaker 2: you walk out of the theater or finish watching a
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  Speaker 2: movie and you're like, man, I want my $ 40 and
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  Speaker 2: my two hours back. I feel just horrible. In this situation,
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  Speaker 2: people are going to watch this movie and they're going
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  Speaker 2: to be laughing in the theater. There's some twists and
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  Speaker 2: turns in it. The main character says something to his
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  Speaker 2: wife that probably 100% of women around the world wish
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  Speaker 2: their husbands would say to them. And this movie has
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  Speaker 2: one of the best twists of any of our feature films.
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  Speaker 2: And when you walk out of the theater, you're going
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  Speaker 2: to be inspired. You're going to be challenged. And you're
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  Speaker 2: going to think, I'm not leaving like these slasher movies
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  Speaker 2: that give me nightmares. I'm walking out with hope and
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  Speaker 2: inspiration and encouragement. And I'm ready to take on the future.
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  Speaker 1: We are the generation that is made up of multiple,
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  Speaker 1: multiple different countries. And this movie opens up that door.
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  Speaker 1: Being down there in Brazil and with all the lettering
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  Speaker 1: and stuff on the bottom of the screen, the subtitles.
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  Speaker 1: it gives us that opportunity saying, wait a second, this
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  Speaker 1: is a worldwide thing. We can be ourselves because that's
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  Speaker 1: what they're showing in this movie, but we can grow
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  Speaker 1: into a more peaceful life by just trusting something that
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  Speaker 1: is so invisible, but it's there.
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  Speaker 2: You're exactly right.
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  Speaker 3: And all of us, whether the language is different or
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  Speaker 3: the atmosphere around us is different, but all of us
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  Speaker 3: face the same things.
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  Speaker 2: We all have a heart and a soul.
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  Speaker 3: And we all need healthy relationships if we're going to
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  Speaker 3: grow in a faith in God who sees us and
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  Speaker 3: wants to walk with us. So, yeah, people are going
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  Speaker 3: to relate to this left and right. And even though
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  Speaker 3: it's shot in Portuguese, we dubbed it in English. And
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  Speaker 3: even last night we were doing a screening and people
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  Speaker 3: are crying and nodding their head through this thing saying, Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: this needs to be me. So you are going to
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  Speaker 3: be entertained watching it, but you're going to be challenged
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  Speaker 3: for sure.
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  Speaker 1: I got to tell you, I mean, and this is
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  Speaker 1: just going to show you how freaky I am being
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  Speaker 1: up here in Carolina, here in the South, is that
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  Speaker 1: when the movie was over, I kept waiting for Billy
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  Speaker 1: Graham to come out to do a call to the altar. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: That was your pulpit moment. That was your time to
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  Speaker 2: stand up. Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 1: Because you're not pushing anything into us. You're not shoving
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  Speaker 1: it down our throats. You're giving us that opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: make a personal choice about a personal relationship.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and people don't realize God created them for a
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  Speaker 2: relationship with him. And that's why Jesus came is to
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  Speaker 2: restore our brokenness so that we can have that relationship.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's not about denomination. It's not about religion.
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  Speaker 2: It's about you using your lips and calling on the
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  Speaker 2: name of Jesus and letting him do a work that's
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  Speaker 2: in your heart. It begins there. And then it ripples
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  Speaker 2: out from there and can affect your marriage. your family,
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  Speaker 2: your parenting, your work, everything else. And this movie models that.
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  Speaker 2: We're showing people something they may have never seen at
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  Speaker 2: home growing up, may have never seen in somebody else's life.
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  Speaker 2: We're showing them what it can look like for God
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  Speaker 2: to bring redemption to our deep, dark, broken places. It's
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  Speaker 2: beautifully shown on the screen.
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  Speaker 1: The name of the movie, Flywheel Ignition of the Soul.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be right back with Alex Kendrick and his brother, Stephen. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for coming back to The Conversation. The movie we're
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  Speaker 1: talking about is Flywheel, Ignition of the Soul. We're back
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  Speaker 1: with its creators, Alex Kendrick and Stan. Kendrick. We both
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  Speaker 1: came from the same world where your mother probably said
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  Speaker 1: the same thing as mine. There's certain things we don't
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  Speaker 1: talk about and religion is one of them. I love
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  Speaker 1: how we've gotten very vocal today. And it's like, mom, mom,
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  Speaker 1: we got to talk about it. We can't keep it
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  Speaker 1: in anymore.
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  Speaker 3: That's exactly right. And again, even in this movie, it's
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  Speaker 3: not that we throw anything in your face, but we
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  Speaker 3: show people in relatable circumstances dealing with relatable problems and challenges.
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  Speaker 3: And so when you see it modeled on the screen, though,
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  Speaker 3: and you see a guy really that's probably worse integrity
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  Speaker 3: than most of us, but then he passes us as
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  Speaker 3: he's growing through the course of the movie and he
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  Speaker 3: gets to a higher level of integrity, a higher level
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  Speaker 3: of faith. A higher level of what I'll call being
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  Speaker 3: the man of the house and stepping up in healthy,
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  Speaker 3: good ways that men are going to say, well, OK,
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  Speaker 3: I thought I was better than this guy at the
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  Speaker 3: beginning of the film, but he's passed me. And I
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  Speaker 3: need to make some decisions and some steps in my
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  Speaker 3: life with my marriage and my family. And if they
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  Speaker 3: walk out saying I want to take a step in
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  Speaker 3: a better direction, along with being entertained by this film,
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  Speaker 3: that is success for us.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I love the way, and I wish I was
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  Speaker 1: a fly on the wall when you guys were filming
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  Speaker 1: this movie, because you give us the beach city, you
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  Speaker 1: give us the gorgeous cars, you give us everything that
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  Speaker 1: we sit here and fantasize over because of social media,
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  Speaker 1: and then you deliver the story, because that's where we realize,
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  Speaker 1: as humans, we break. And these people give us that
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to really say, they break, but they fixed it.
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  Speaker 1: They got together and they worked it. We can do
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  Speaker 1: this in our own personal lives as well.
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  Speaker 2: Well, in this movie, anybody's going to be able to
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  Speaker 2: relate to one of the characters that are in the movie.
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  Speaker 2: We all want integrity and honesty out of other people,
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  Speaker 2: but oftentimes we'll tolerate a lack of integrity in our
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  Speaker 2: own lives. And our own dad, his life was rocked
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  Speaker 2: and shifted by his faith. It changed our whole family tree.
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  Speaker 2: Alex and I have spent 20 years in church ministry
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  Speaker 2: and seen how people in prison, on drugs, in divorce court,
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  Speaker 2: in depression, full of anxiety, how God can step into
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  Speaker 2: those situations and bring comfort and healing and hope. And
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  Speaker 2: we try to show that in the movies. This isn't
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  Speaker 2: fantasy religion. We're taking things that we have seen over
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  Speaker 2: and over happen again. And we're showing it to people
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  Speaker 2: who may have never seen it in their own lives.
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  Speaker 2: And it gives them a lot of direction and hope.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because we all face that wall of doubt. And oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God, you don't have any problem hiding that inside
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  Speaker 1: this movie. And then we get that whisper of prayer
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  Speaker 1: wherever it comes from. I don't know where it comes from.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes I think it's the trees, but it happens.
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  Speaker 2: It does.
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  Speaker 3: And the pastor that prays over this car salesman after
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  Speaker 3: the car salesman deceives him and says, God, treat him
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  Speaker 3: the way he treated me.
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  Speaker 2: That's a scary prayer because.
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  Speaker 3: The car salesman's like, no, no, no, no, I deceive
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  Speaker 3: the pastor. I don't want God messing with me that way.
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  Speaker 3: And so, again, sometimes we need things to wake us up.
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  Speaker 3: And that happens in this film. And so I think
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  Speaker 3: a lot of men are going to look at the
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  Speaker 3: screen and see a little bit of themselves on the screen.
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  Speaker 3: But it'll be a good thing. And if we can,
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  Speaker 3: while we're being entertained, we're laughing, crying, but while we're
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  Speaker 3: going through the film, we say, man, can I do
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  Speaker 3: what this guy did in the movie?
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  Speaker 2: And they can.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. It was such a great gift to my soul
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  Speaker 1: because for six years now, I've worked at a grocery store.
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  Speaker 1: And why did I work there? I don't know, except
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  Speaker 1: that I did put in my prayers. God put me
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  Speaker 1: deeper into my church, put me deeper, deeper, deeper. And
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  Speaker 1: he puts me in a grocery store and you cannot
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  Speaker 1: ask for a better church. It is community. It is
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  Speaker 1: every walk of life, every belief, everything. And so I
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  Speaker 1: need a movie like this to keep me rejuvenated and
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  Speaker 1: to keep pushing forward.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's inspirational. We've been amazed at the first version
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  Speaker 2: of Flywheel, even though it was shot for $ 20, 000, people
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  Speaker 2: said this story riveted me. I was caught up into
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  Speaker 2: it pretty quickly into the story, didn't know where it
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  Speaker 2: was going to go. And at the end of the film,
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  Speaker 2: I realized I know what I need to do. I
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  Speaker 2: need to call on Jesus. I need to go apologize
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  Speaker 2: to my spouse. I need to go reach out to
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  Speaker 2: my kid. I need to make some things right at work.
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  Speaker 2: And so we hope this movie will be rocket fuel
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  Speaker 2: for people's faith, for their relationships that they have. When
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  Speaker 2: we're on our deathbed, we're not going to care anymore
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  Speaker 2: about any kind of stock portfolio or trophies that are
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  Speaker 2: on the wall. We're going to be thinking about where
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  Speaker 2: we stand with God and the people we love the most.
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  Speaker 2: And this movie helps in both of those key areas.
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  Speaker 2: But it's out in theaters this weekend, Flywheel Ignition of
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  Speaker 2: the Soul. You can go to flywheelmovie.com to see where
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  Speaker 2: it's playing in your local theater. Take your family, take
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  Speaker 2: your friends, take your enemies, and go see this movie
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  Speaker 2: and let God do a work in your heart.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my God. That would be so fascinating to sit there.
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  Speaker 1: The one person that drives you the most insane. Let's
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  Speaker 1: go watch a movie. Let's go see some movies.
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  Speaker 3: That's right.
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  Speaker 2: Buy them some big popcorn.
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  Speaker 1: And then we'll check the Atlanta Falcons and the Charlotte
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  Speaker 1: or the Carolina Panthers do a football game and it'll
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  Speaker 1: all be erased. We'll have to go back to the
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  Speaker 1: movie and get healed again.
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  Speaker 2: That's great.
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  Speaker 1: Now, turning the page to write and produce as well
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  Speaker 1: as deliver Christian based movies. I mean, this had to
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  Speaker 1: have been a huge step for you guys. I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to call it a leap of faith because you
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  Speaker 1: heard the calling. Do we leap to take that faith
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  Speaker 1: when we hear the calling and answer the word?
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  Speaker 3: We have always known that we were going to reshoot
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  Speaker 3: Flywheel at some point.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't know when.
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  Speaker 3: When we were invited to speak in Rio de Janeiro,
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  Speaker 3: went down there, and we were training these young guys
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  Speaker 3: that want to make.
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  Speaker 2: Films to honor God.
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  Speaker 3: And then we looked at each other and said, hey,
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: what if we reshot Flywheel? And then we prayed. We said, God,
• 15:46
  Speaker 3: would you open the door if you're in this? We
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: called Sony. We said, what do you think? And they said,
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: not only will we fund it, we'll distribute it. And
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: so there we go. And so God made it very,
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: very clear. I'm opening the door for you. And then
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: some amazing cast and crew showed up. Matter of fact,
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: the very first casting session, and we usually do a
• 16:04
  Speaker 3: dozen casting sessions. The very first one, our lead actors
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: walk in the door, do an amazing audition. We're like,
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: are you kidding me? This is exactly what we're looking for.
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: So we love the cast. And the pieces came together
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: so quickly. It was obvious the Lord was walking with
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: us and helping us. But so grateful for this movie
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: and what it communicates. Hope it just touches a lot
• 16:25
  Speaker 3: of people.
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: Well, I want to know how many guys are going
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: to sink down in their seats when they realize that
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: he wanted to be a father. He wanted to be
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: a husband. He realized that he wasn't failing. He just
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: wasn't living up to the 100%. So it's one of
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: those things where this movie goes, you can do it, dude.
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: Come on now.
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: Come on.
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: You can do it. And then once they realize and
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: they feel it in their heart, they'll come right back
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: up in their seat again. But you're going to see
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: it in the theaters. People are going to react to
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: it that way.
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: Well, and we've been amazed that sometimes the reaction is
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: immediate where people are walking out and they're like, I
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: know what to do. We've had people sit in the
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: theaters after some of our films and they're like, I
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: just need to be left alone for a little bit.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: The credits roll and they sit in a quiet theater.
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: And the stories we have heard from around the world.
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: People in China being impacted by the movies, people in
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: South Africa. We've got pictures of guys in a mud
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: hut in Malawi, Africa, watching the movie Courageous that we produced.
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: War Room, which we shot in Charlotte, ended up being
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: the number one movie in American theaters, shocking us and Hollywood, too.
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: But then it went around the world and has inspired
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: people in their prayer lives. This movie is where our
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: film journey began. And the story is so charming. It's
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: and there are conversations that happen on the screen that
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: need to happen in our homes. And when people watch
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: this movie, I think the light bulb is going to
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: go on for them. They're going to see grace on
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: the screen. And they're going to be walking out of
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: the theater inspired, saying, I know a bunch of people
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: that need to go see this movie as well that
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: I love.
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: Yep, yep. All over my notes here, dude. I mean,
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: one of the things, and I'm sitting here, I'm going,
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: I understand what I'm putting here in my notes, but
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: integrity is the one thing that shows up on every
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: single page. I'm going, integrity, integrity, integrity. I mean, that
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: is the key word here, integrity.
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: It is.
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: And integrity basically means without wax, which means when they
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: used to repair in ancient times... pottery and things like that,
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: if it was cracked and they would stick wax to
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: repair all of the cracks and then they repaint it
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: where you can't see the cracks, but that vase lacked integrity, right?
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: Because it had flaws in it that were covered over.
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: And when they heated it up, all the wax came
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: out and it broke. Yes, it would break.
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: So to have integrity means it's fully intact with no
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: hidden faults in it.
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: And so that's integrity.
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: And so, and all of us want, we expect other people,
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: you should treat us with integrity. Keep your promises. But
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: we can't, we can't... be a hypocrite and say, Hey,
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: I want you to be truthful with me, but I'm
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: not going to be truthful with you. And so, uh,
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: movies like this, people are going to relate to, they're
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: going to say, wow, I have, I have made that
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: mistake before. And hopefully that they will take responsibility for
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: it because we, our, our, our trust in our, uh,
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: respect for people that have walk in integrity, just rockets
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: up when they're making those kind of good decisions and
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: treating us respectfully. So hopefully people will be inspired when
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: they're walking out the door to take another step toward integrity.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: I'm just so proud of you guys. I was that
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: radio jock that all of a sudden this girl by
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: the name of Christy Lane was putting a Christian song
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: on country music radio station and everybody was like, oh
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: my God, how could you do this?
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: Blah, blah, blah, blah.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: I just feel like we have grown so much over
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: the years because it has become the conversation and we
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: can continue to have that conversation with people just like yourself.
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: Well when the passion of the christ came out hollywood
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: was awakened to yes you know hundreds of millions of
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: people basically that would go to the theater around the
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: world if you serve them content that honored faith and
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: it helped them, but also would tell the truth. And
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: so we have tried to do that with each one
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: of our films. We want people to be blessed. That's
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: our number one goal. It's not to make money. We
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: want to love the people who are eating, sitting in
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: the seats and bless their lives so that they walk
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: out and they're stronger in their faith and in their relationships.
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: And so we pray a lot as we're working on
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: the script, as we're, you know, shooting the movies. We
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: just screened this movie last night here in Albany, Jordan,
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: in two theaters. People walked out with tears, inspired, loving
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: the film. It's exciting when we get to talk to
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: a DJ who's seen it as well. But I would
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: encourage people, go see Flywheel Ignition of the Soul this weekend.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: Take your family. You can go to flywheelmovie.com if you
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: want to see if it's playing in your local theater.
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: We shot it in Portuguese. So this is a fresh experience.
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Some theaters will have it in Portuguese with the English subtitles,
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: which is our favorite version of it. But also there's
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: a lot of theaters will have it with English dubbed.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: We have professional actors that overdubbed it. They did an
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: amazing job. But the story will hook you in and
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: inspire you and encourage you And we're excited about it
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: coming out in America and then Latin America and then
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: in Brazil as well.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: You got to come back to this show anytime in
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: the future. And the next time you guys film in Charlotte,
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: we got to get together for some face to face time, guys.
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: I mean, let's go meet over there at the Billy
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: Graham Library and just have a conversation.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would love it. We'd love to.
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: Excellent. Well, you guys be brilliant today, OK?
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: God bless you, man. Great to talk with you. Thanks
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: so much.