GODSPEED
The Story:Charlie Shepard (Joseph McKelheer), a low-rent evangelist working in Alaska. He employs old-style healing techniques in a transparent attempt to motivate his audience to give. But an encounter with an old sick woman leaves Charlie with a nose bleed. Later we learn that this is probably just part of his act, but it is an intriguing start.
Charlie may have faith in God, but he’s lost his way. He’s turned to the bottle and cheats on his wife with a prostitute. But when his wife and toddler son are murdered, Charlie’s faith is tested like never before. Instead of abandoning the Bible, the jaded Charlie sets out to find hidden meaning within it. He carries around the Good Book crossing out with a black marker all words that he determines are superfluous. Few words remain after his marker has done its work.
The murder of Charlie’s wife and child goes unsolved for 6 months, confounding local lawman Mitch (Ed Lauter). But all that changes when Charlie is visited by the angelic Sarah Roberts (Courtney Halverson), who is seeking help with her troubled brother, Luke (Cory Knauf). Reluctantly, Charlie agrees to travel to Sarah’s home. What awaits may provide Charlie with answers but the cost may be too high.
Starring:
Joseph McKelheer, Cory Knauf, Courtney Halverson, Ed Lauter, Jessie Ward, Hallock Beals Lynn Adrianna Freedman, Ed Lauter, Ben Loosli
Directed By:
Robert Saitzyk
Release:
2010
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