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Canaan Land
''Canaan Land'' is a 2020 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Rossi Richard Rossi is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, talk radio host, musician, and former evangelical minister. Among Rossi's projects are the film '' Canaan Land'' which contained five of Rossi's songs that made the song list for Oscar con ... and starring Richard Rossi as Brother Billy and Rebecca Holden as Sister Sara Sunday. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rossi. Like the novel it was based on, the film generated controversy at the time of its release from evangelical religious groups, who took issue with Rossi exposing fraudulent faith-healing techniques of well-known televangelists. Background After playing the lead role in a 1998 Los Angeles play version of the novel ''Elmer Gantry'', Rossi was cast in the lead role of the con man preacher Elmer Gantry in a film remake of the 1960 Academy Award-winning Elmer Gantry (film), film of the same name, slated to be dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rossi
Richard Rossi is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, talk radio host, musician, and former evangelical minister. Among Rossi's projects are the film ''Canaan Land'' which contained five of Rossi's songs that made the song list for Oscar consideration, '' Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories'', a biopic on the life of Roberto Clemente and two films about evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. In 1995 Rossi went on trial for the attempted murder of his wife. She recanted her original identification of Rossi as her attacker and espoused his innocence. The case ended in a mistrial and was front-page news in Rossi's adopted hometown of Pittsburgh and was widely covered as something of a ''cause célèbre'' by syndicated television news programs. Rossi eventually was acquitted of attempted murder but pleaded no contest to an aggravated assault though he and his wife maintained his innocence. Early years Rossi's father was a professional jazz guitarist in West View, Pennsylvani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
