Facing the Giants: The Little Film that Could.


//www.facingthegiants.com/_images/_resources/ftg_150bannerFrom the depths of hopelessness and despair this little film rose to great heights as it tackled one giant after the other.

From the award-winning producers of FLYWHEEL comes a new, action-packed, family-friendly drama about a high school football coach who draws up a new game plan for his team … and himself.

Fear, doubt and unbelief has gripped this small town football team and the players and families. Defeat as taken over every aspect of Coach Taylor’s life. In his six years of coaching, Grant Taylor has never had a winning season. Even the hope of a new season is squelched when the best player on his Shiloh Eagles decides to transfer schools. After losing their first three games of the season, the coach discovers a group of fathers are plotting to have him fired. Combined with pressures at home, Coach Taylor has lost hope in his battle against fear and failure. Faced with the possibility of losing his job, a broken down car, a home with a foul smell, the inability to have children, all seems lost for Grant.

However, all these unexpected challenges helps him find a purpose bigger than just victories. Daring to trust God to do the impossible, Coach Taylor and the Eagles discover how faith plays out on the field … and off. Finding the source of the foul smell to a dead rat in the heating system sets off a chain of events of tackling one stinking rat after the other until the impossible becomes possible. The giants of fear, doubt and not believing in one’s self were all personal giants that had to be dealt a death blow before the Eagles would be able to soar above the smell of stinking rats.

Although preachy and not for those who take offense to the mention of God, Jesus and the reading of the bible and prayer, this film speaks volumes of the difference faith makes in a life. Tackling the stereotypes of Christians in film, and the giant of political correctness this film hit hard on many levels. Produced in the church house this project shows what can be done when people believe in something greater than themselves and work to make a difference. Probably this film will not garner any awards for great acting, writing or screen play but it will certainly win over hearts and minds as those who have suffered defeat find new hope.

A positive sound track with such artists as Bebo Norman, Third Day, and Casting Crowns supported the positive message of the movie as only a Contemporary Christian artist soundtrack could. Mark Willard’s song "With God" ended the movie elegantly. The words were uplifting and meaningful you could not help but sing it as you exited the building full of hope and positive energy.

The message of the film? With God, all things are possible … Even a solid bible film can be made and shown in a big time Hollywood theater.


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