Soul Surfer: must see movie

I was privileged tonight to be at a private screening/premiere of a movie with a message: Soul Surfer! It is a Christian movie, but before you say, “Oh! Not one of those!”, it has a strong cast, with AnnaSophia Robb (“Bridge to Terabithia”, “Jumper”, “Race to Witch Mountain”), Academy Award winner, Helen Hunt (“What Women Want”, “Pay It Forward”, “Twister”, “Mad About You” TV series), Dennis Quaid (“Frequency”, “The Day After Tomorrow”, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra”), Craig T. Nelson (“The District” TV, “Blades of Glory”, “The Proposal”) and 2005 American Idol winner and star country singer, Carrie Underwood, in her movie debut.

Soul Surfer (see the South African website) is the true life story of Bethany Hamilton, a girl born to surf the waves of the oceans of the world. This is a movie of great hopes for a teenager, set to be a surfing champion, and then experiencing great tragedy in her life when she loses her arm in a shark attack. Yet, with high hopes (and sometimes dashed hopes), through courage, bravery, and faith in her Lord Jesus Christ, she overcomes tragedy, and brings hope to thousands, not just to those around her, but all across the world!

Soul Surfer is a movie that brings tears to your eyes, but also brings joy to your heart as you live through the challenges that Bethany faces and also experience her victories in life.

I know, the movie was in theatres in the U.S. in April already, yet, it will only be released in South Africa on 5 August 2011.

IMHO, this is a must see movie! We were able to take our teenage children with us, and they both walked out there expressing how much they enjoyed the movie. That is something for a teenager!

For those South Africans that would still like to receive an invitation to a private screening of this movie, it will still be shown on 25 July in Cape Town at Ster Kinekor Parow, and in Pretoria at Ster Kinekor Centurion. You can visit Humble Pie Entertainment at this page to follow instructions for an invitation.

It will open at the following cinemas on 5 August 2011:

Ster Kinekor

STER-KINEKOR- P.E.- BRIDGE 2
STER-KINEKOR- GEORGE- GARDEN ROUTE MALL 2
STER-KINEKOR- KOLONNADE CINE 6
STER-KINEKOR- CENTURION CITY 2
STER-KINEKOR- FOURWAYS 4
STER-KINEKOR- CRESTA 5
STER-KINEKOR- EAST RAND MALL 1
STER-KINEKOR- ROSEBANK ZONE 1
STER-KINEKOR- CAPE GATE 2
STER-KINEKOR- BAYSIDE CINE 8
STER-KINEKOR- PAROW 7
STER-KINEKOR- GATEWAY 1

Nu Metro

NU METRO- PAVILION 2
NU METRO- P.E- WALMER 4
NU METRO- MENLYN 9
NU METRO- CLEARWATER 3
NU METRO- MONTE CASINO 5
NU METRO- CANAL WALK 13