Machine Gun Preacher
Machine Gun Preacher is a 2011 American biographical action drama film directed by Marc Forster and starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Shannon. It tells the story of Sam Childers, a former gang biker turned preacher, and his efforts to protect, in collaboration with the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the children of South Sudan from the atrocities of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The screenplay by Jason Keller was adapted from Childers' book Another Man's War and Ian Urbina's Vanity Fair article "Get Kony".
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| Directed by | Marc Forster |
| Screenplay by | Jason Keller |
| Based on | Another Man's War by Sam Childers |
| Produced by | Robbie Brenner Gary Safady Deborah Giarratana Craig Chapman Mark Forster |
| Starring | Gerard Butler Michelle Monaghan Michael Shannon |
| Cinematography | Roberto Schaefer |
| Edited by | Matt Chessé |
| Music by | Asche & Spencer |
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| Distributed by | Relativity Media (North America) Lionsgate (International) |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $3.3 million |
The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and opened in the United States on September 23, 2011.
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