![]() ![]() “Every marriage will go through trials, or fire, as we say, and what’s going to happen on the other side of that fire? Will your marriage survive?” “It doesn’t mean when something is fireproof that fire will never come, but when fire comes, it can withstand it,” Alex Kendrick said. That message is conveyed by the title, which takes on a double meaning given that the main character is a firefighter. The brothers said the overwhelmingly positive response to the film has been rewarding and cited the more than a thousand e-mailed stories posted on the movie’s Web site from people who have seen it and been affected by it.Īppeal is in film’s relatable messageThey acknowledged the movie is not as artistically or technically fancy as many films out of Hollywood, but say its appeal is its relatable message that things aren’t always easy but marriage is worth fighting for. “I do think these are legitimate principles and not something we pulled out of thin air.” I don’t think I’m smart enough to come up with something like that on my own,” Alex Kendrick said in a telephone interview. Prompted by repeated questions during production about whether the book really existed, the Kendricks sat down last spring and prayed to God to help them write it. ![]() In the movie, Caleb Holt (Cameron) receives the book from his father, who tells him to follow its 40-day challenge to save his marriage. 8 on Amazon’s best-seller list Thursday afternoon. “The Love Dare,” written by the Kendricks, was at No. (“Religulous,” Bill Maher’s jeremiad zinging religion, was No. 8, and has earned an estimated $13.6 million and spawned a best-selling book that started as a prop. It stayed in the top 10 last weekend, at No. Its opening on 839 screens two weeks ago was strong enough to propel it to No. The movie, which has a strong faith-based message and was made with a budget of just $500,000 and a volunteer cast that includes former teen idol Kirk Cameron, has been surprisingly successful. ![]() He footed it over to his brother’s house about a mile away and told him the story: A firefighter who lives by the mantra “never leave your partner behind” at work is about to do just that in his personal life. While he was out jogging and praying one day, the idea for “Fireproof” came to him. ![]()
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