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Posted on 03/14/2012 12:22:48 PM PDT by Pyro7480
ARC Entertainment has announced that the period action film For Greater Glory (formerly titled Cristiada) opens June 1 in theaters across the country. The film’s story unfolds against the true story of the Cristero War of the 1920′s.
Produced by Pablo Jose Barroso, the all-star cast includes Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, Peter O’Toole, Oscar Isaac (Drive), Ruben Blades (Safe House), Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek, Super 8), Nestor Carbonell (The Dark Night Rises), Bruce McGill (Lincoln), Santiago Cabrera (Heroes, Che), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace) and Eduardo Verástegui (Bella).
Says Barroso, “For Greater Glory is a powerful true story that has been a passionate project for all those involved,” said Barroso. “We’re proud to be working with ARC Entertainment, who shares our passion for the film.”
Synopsis (per the press release): What would you pay for the price of freedom? In FOR GREATER GLORY, an impassioned group of men and women each make the decision to risk it all for family, faith and the very future of their country, as General Gorostieta (Garcia), the retired military man who at first thinks he has nothing personal at stake as he and his wife (Longoria) watch Mexico fall into a violent civil war. Yet the man who hesitates in joining the cause will soon become the resistance’s most inspiring and self-sacrificing leader, as he begins to see the cost of religious persecution on his countrymen… and transforms a rag-tag band of rebels into a heroic force to be reckoned with. The General faces impossible odds against a powerful and ruthless government. Yet it is those he meets on the journey – youthful idealists, feisty renegades and, most of all, one remarkable teenager named Jose – who reveal to him how courage and belief are forged even when justice seems lost.
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Cristiada is a studio-style English-language production that chronicles Mexico's Cristero War in the 1920s. Boasting an international cast assembled by Spider-Man 2 casting director Dianne Crittenden, the film also features Peter O'Toole, Bruce Greenwood, Catalina Sandino (Maria Full of Grace) and singer-songwriter Ruben Blades.
It marks the directorial debut of Dean Wright, visual effects supervisor on two installments of The Chronicles of Narnia. Other notable technical credits include The Shawshank Redemption editor Richard Francis-Bruce and Avatar composer James Horner.
Shot in seven Mexican states last year, the production enjoyed an enormous budget by Mexican standards, where the average feature film runs about $2.5 million; Cristiada cost at least $20 million, according to industry sources.
Given the size of the project, businessman-turned-producer Pablo Jose Barroso told The Hollywood Reporter in an earlier interview that landing a U.S. distribution deal was crucial.
Cristiada is finally being released!
Not much of a movie goer, but this one sounds like it’s definitely worth my time. Quite timely for us here in the US, too.
Sounds like an interesting film. Just remember that Eva
Longoria despises you, though she’ll be happy to take your money.
Pleased to see this, and the title change is probably a good idea. Martyrs of Mexico, Caballeros de Colon, pray for us!
bkmk
I am PROUD to say that my grandfather was a 16 year old warrior for Christ and the Catholic Church. He never allowed his house to NOT have a weapon and his son became a United States Marine.
If the current occupants of the White House would like to see how a war on the church is really fought I'd advise them to read the books.
Mexico is a sh#thole. It's a communist agrarian thugocracy that is run like North Korea and Russia used to be. I hope and pray that they show the absolute hatred for the Church, it's teachings and the priests/nuns/followers of the Catholic Church. I hope it also shows what Catholics did and PRIESTS did to government teachers and those that declared war on the church.
Viva el Cristo Rey and God Bless America.
I'll bet not 1 American kid in 500 knows anything at all about this bloody religious war in the 20th Century on this continent.
How come Mexicans never talk about this? Pretty interesting story, harmonizes with a lot of folks who trace their coming to the US for religious freedom.
Man, this is an outstanding cast.
Man, this is an outstanding cast.
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My daughter went to an advanced screening of the movie. She said the depictions of violence against the Catholic Faithful were very graphic.
Reading up on the Cristeros war since this movie is coming out, it seems that everything that happened in Mexico is happening here.
Catholics were portrayed as superstitious, ignorant peasants who were exploited by the Catholic Church. Sadly, I see that on FR, too.
Even after a truce was declared, up to 50,000 of the Faithful were executed by the Mexican Government.
Although Mexico was mostly Catholic, Anglicans, and Protestants were also targeted by the Government. On Google Books (free) there is a book called:
Rituals of Rule, Rituals of Resistance: Public Celebrations and Popular Culture in México
Around page 261, it covers the Cristiada. In One village in Tabasco, IIRC, the Chief of Police marched all the small children out of a Church,burned the Church, then marched the children away to be burned alive.
I have given thought that our current regime’s hhs mandate which targets the Catholic Church was a ploy to take control of Catholic Hospitals.
The Mexican Government under Plutarco Calles seized Church Property, and turned it into Government Offices, Schools, etc. Churches were turned into Dance Halls, Stables, saloons.
Even the label Cristeros, literally Christers, is a term I often see in letters to the editor in my small town paper. It is a term of derision that has it’s roots in Atheistic Revolution.
That is awesome, and you should be very proud of his legacy of faith, and courage.
So many of the WWII vets (like my Dad)didn't like to talk about the war. I wonder if the brave faithful in Mexico were silent, or do you have any family stories that have been handed down about the Cristeros War?
Also, be aware the US Government provided the Mexican Government with Weapons, Ammo, Pilots, and Air Support in their assault on the Cristeros.
My son in law’s grandparents escaped to Texas from Monterrey as teen newlyweds from Monterrey during that period. They said that Pancho Villa was roaming the countryside, and nobody knew who was going to be shot next. At least, that is how the story was passed down in their family.
I read a novel based on this war — part of a series of books written in the 1930s. The novel was tame by today’s standards, but it was chilling, nonetheless. It seems that anyone with any money, or any faith, was targeted, according to the story line.
FYI — I just saw the critics review of this — the critics who gave it the lowest ratings and they were like “Catholic tunnel-vision, so I gave it a low rating” — sheesh.
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