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Original title: Gospel, The
Release Date
• USA: Oct 7, 2005
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 3, 2006
Budget USD 5,000,000
BoxOffice: $15.8M
Official Website:
The Gospel Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG for thematic elements including suggestive material, and mild language.
Running Time
1 hour, 45 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Rainforest Films
Studio Screen Gems
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Other Titles
• The Gospel (2005)
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Genre: Drama
Tagline: See It! Live It! Spread It!
Plot: David Taylor (Boris Kodjoe) is a dynamic young R&B star whose chart-topping albums have earned him fame and wealth, but whose decadent lifestyle has estranged him from his father (Clifton Powell), the Bishop of his hometown church. When David learns his father is ill and near death, he returns home to try and reconcile and discovers his former best friend, Charles (ldris Elba), is poised to become his father's successor at the church - and threatens to ruin everything David's father worked so hard to achieve. Torn between his successful new life and the one he used to know, David has to decide whether he can give up his own desires to protect his father's legacy and make peace with his family, his beliefs, and, ultimately,
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If the plot wanders through several predictable situations, and it does, the movie never lingers too long on those developments before cutting back to the best gospel music I've seen on film since "Say Amen, Somebody." Like an Astaire and Rogers musical,this is a movie you don't go to for the dialogue.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
Even with moments of soul-pumping, hand-thumping, hallelujah-shouting bliss, ``The Gospel'' does for film about as much as a monotone monkey can do for music.  --Chelsea Bain
The movie's worth seeing if you're moved by the music, but bring some patience, too. God's eye is on the sparrow when it should have been on the script.  -- (Boston Globe)
One of the joys of this film is its soundtrack of excellent Gospel music, energetically choreographed. Set within worship services as well as a special concert, we enjoy the music of Yolanda Adams, Fred Hammond, Martha Munizzi, and the “American Idol” finalist Tamyra Gray.  --Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin (Cinema in Focus)
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| Directed by |
Rob Hardy
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| Written by |
Rob Hardy
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| Cast |
Boris Kodjoe
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The Gospel doesn’t have the mass-audience appeal it ought to. As it is, the gospel performances recommend the movie most highly; otherwise it’s not due for much praise.  --Marrit Ingman (Austin Chronicle)
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