I CAN ONLY IMAGINE (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

J. Michael Finley (film debut), Dennis Quaid (Vantage Point), Tanya Clarke (A Beautiful Mind), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein), Madeline Carroll (When a Stranger Calls), Trace Adkins (Moms’ Night Out), Priscilla Shirer (War Room), Nicole DuPort (Tooth and Nail), Jake B. Miller (Adrenochrome), Mark Furze (A Heartbeat Away), Brody Rose (Gifted), Taegen Burns (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Andrew Erwin (Moms’ Night Out), director, editor; Jon Erwin (Woodlawn), director, writer; Brent McCorkle (Unconditional), writer, composer, editor; Cindy Bond (The Joyriders), Kevin Downes (Faith of Our Fathers), Daryl Lefever (Coffee Shop), Mickey Liddell (The Grey) and Pete Shilaimon (Anthropoid), producers; Kristopher Kimlin (New Life), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Bart Millard (Finley) grows up trying to connect with his abusive father Arthur (Quaid), but a failed attempt at a sports career leads him down a path in music instead. He soon forms the Christian band MercyMe, and later uses his rough life experiences as inspiration for their hit song “I Can Only Imagine”…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

While the song that this movie names itself after remains one of the biggest Christian ballads of all time, its origin came from a place of despair as this hopeful and faith-based biopic reveals to us.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH AUGUST 2018

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