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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: SAINT,STEVE
EAN: 0024543203728
Format: Full Screen, Dubbed, Subtitled, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Abridged, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledEnglishDubbed
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: FOXD2230372D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 04, 2005
Running Time: 96 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Product Description:
Documents the story of five missionary families who went to the Amazon basin in 1956 to live with the Huao, an extremely violent South American tribe. Narrated by the son of one of the missionaries killed by the tribe.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 4-OCT-2005
Media Type: DVD
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While the primary lesson of Beyond the Gates of Splendor is about the power of Christian love, this extraordinary documentary transcends its missionary message with a universal tale of cultural exchange, murder, and the ultimate act of forgiveness. After establishing that the Waodani Indians in the Amazon basin of Ecuador had endured several generations of violent homicide among tribal neighbors, the film's central story begins to unfold: As American missionaries discover the Waodani in the mid-1950s, their Christian outreach goes smoothly until 1956, when lies and misunderstandings lead to the spear-killing of five of the missionary men whose wives and children--including narrator Steve Saint (whose father was among those killed)--responded to tragedy by living peacefully among the Waodani over the decades that followed. Through home-movie footage, photographs, and eyewitness accounts by American and Waodani alike, this incredible-but-true story of love and understanding unfolds with considerable power, urging the viewer to consider the meaning of this remarkable example of unified humanity. Is the missionary impulse a pure and beneficial one? Are the Waodani best left alone and ignorant of the wide world beyond their village? With deep tragedy, rich humor, and an overwhelming sense of compassion, writer/director Jim Hanon ponders these and other questions, hampered only by an overbearing score (by Ronald Owen) that's lushly beautiful at best, but too often maudlin, manipulative, and shamelessly heavy-handed. It's likely that Christian viewers will be most deeply affected by the film's thematic parallels to the lessons of Christ, but anyone with an ounce of compassion will be similarly moved and astonished. Not surprisingly, Hanon later dramatized the factual events of Beyond the Gates of Splendor in his 2006 feature film The End of the Spear. --Jeff Shannon
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We have the movie " End of the Spear" and this one is the story as it happened with the real people involved. Both are very interesting.
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Whereas End of the Spears is filmed as a true-life drama or movie, this "Beyond the Gates of Splendor" is a documentary, narrating the very lives that were impacted. It shows interviews, film footages and how the 5 families answered God's calling to head to Ecuador to reach out to the Waodani, known to be extremely violent. After their husbands were speared to death, it is extremely heart-felt of what is meant by true forgiveness, with some of the survivors (wives and children) accepting the invitations ... Read More
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This continuing story of the five missionary families whose personal love of others and sacrifice has touched the lives of many thousands. This background and related first person accounts expands the understanding of the book Through Gates of Spendor and the video End of the Spear. It demonstrates in graffic detail how the love of Jesus Christ does transform the human spirit from intense evil to equally intense good and can turn murder and hate into kindness and love.
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This is a powerful and well done documentary about agape (Christian love) and faith.
It recounts the real life story of a group of American missionaries who were reaching out to the savage Waodani tribe of Ecuador in the mid 1950s. They were attempting to share the Gospel with a group that was well known for its culture of murder.
After five of the men were killed by the tribe, some of their wives and children contined to pursue their evangelizing work. The love, forgiveness, and ... Read More
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TYPING ALL CAPS BECAUSE MY SHIFT FINGERS ARE LAZY.
BECAUSE I TEND TO BEING LONGWINDED, I WILL BE CUTTING THIS REVIEW SHORT.
LEST I REPEAT SOMEONE ELSE'S ACCURATE HARD WORK, JUST HIGHLIGHT THIS AND GOOGLE A SYNOPSIS BEYOND THE GATES OF SPLENDOR.
FROM SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY STOCK MYSELF, I MET STEVE SAINT WHEN I WOULD SHOW UP ON THE WEEKENDS FROM MARCH AFB,IN RIVERSIDE, CALIF. VISITING MY EXTENDED FAMILY WITH A SWIMMING POOL NEAR L.A.
MARG SAINT, KATHY SAINT, ... Read More
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