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Released by Lionsgate, the movie telling the story of the 1970s Jesus People movement earned more than $51 million in box office receipts. That makes it the ninth highest-grossing faith-based film of all time.

Jesus Revolution is "the true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California." The movie was filmed entirely in Mobile and other area locations such as Pirates Cove, which doubled as Southern California in the film.

131 mins | Rated PG-13 (for strong drug content involving teens and some thematic elements. )

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In 2011 four young men sued both a Calvary church in Idaho and Smith's “mothership” in Costa Mesa, Calif., alleging that Calvary leadership had protected a pedophile youth minister who molested them as boys.

This drama is almost certain to energize and inspire the Christian crowd, but it's also likely to captivate those who tend to avoid films about religion. That's both because it's very well made and because there's an honesty and accountability here. Jesus Revolution depicts real people and real things that happened.

Based on the autobiographical book of the same name co-written by Greg Laurie, the film follows the teenage Laurie (Joel Courtney), Christian hippie Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie), and pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer) as they take part in the Jesus movement in California during the late 1960s.

'Jesus Revolution' - The True Story Behind the Faith-Based Surprise Hit - IMDb. The surprise indie box office hit Jesus Revolution is one heck of a true story. It sees the real-life "Jesus freak" movement through the eyes of youth minister Greg Laurie (Joel Courtney).

The movie features Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, a real-life church founded by Chuck Smith in 1965, and depicts how Smith invited hippies to join the congregation to boost membership numbers.

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Lonnie Ray Frisbee was an American Charismatic evangelist in the late 1960s and in the 1970s; he was a self-described "seeing prophet". He had a hippie appearance. He was notable as a minister and evangelist in the Jesus movement.

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Gaffigan will star as Chuck Smith, the real-life pastor of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa. Smith served as a mentor to Laurie and famously opened his church to hippies.

The band called themselves Love Song, and they were one of many musical groups who began leading worship and giving frequent concerts at Calvary Chapel in the late 1960s and '70s.

“Jesus Revolution” currently has a 61% approval rating among critics and a 99% approval rating among audiences at Rotten Tomatoes, a review-aggregation website for film and television. "Jesus Revolution" is a new movie playing at Lakes 12 Theatre in Baxter. The Christian drama was based on a real-life movement.

Frisbee died of AIDS in 1993, at age 44. As a last insult, his funeral service saw Chuck Smith and others taking the podium to lament how the gifted Frisbee had fallen short of his potential.

Lonnie Frisbee passed away in 1993 at 43 years old after being diagnosed with HIV and later developing AIDS. Jesus Revolution stars Jonathan Roumie as Lonnie Frisbee, a hippie minister who played a significant role in the Jesus movement in California and is based on a real person.

Jesus Revolution Reviews

The narrative falls short of delving into the substantive core of these two influential movements, rendering the film, at best, a superficial and fluffy exploration. These are fleshed out, imperfect characters. Not the paragons of virtue we sometimes see in this genre.

'Jesus Revolution' Is a Hit With the Audience

Erwin is now the only filmmaker to have received four A+ grades since CinemaScore began publicly releasing results in 1986. Jesus Revolution joins I Can Only Imagine, American Underdog and Woodlawn to have earned the rare distinction.