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Bruce Marchiano
Bruce Marchiano (born February 5, 1956) is an American actor and author best known for his portrayals of Jesus Christ in the Visual Bible film series. Early life Marchiano was born in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 1956. His father is of Italian descent and his mother is of Syrian descent and he has one brother. He attended Catholic schools until graduating from Servite High School in Anaheim, California in 1973. A Dustin Hoffman film he saw in theaters when he was young inspired him to be an actor and he acted throughout high school. Marchiano earned his B.A. in economics from California State University, Fullerton and a J.D. degree from Western State University. He passed the State Bar of California in 1980 but only actively practiced law in 2019. Career Acting career Marchiano's first role was a 1985 episode of ''Murder, She Wrote'', which was followed by appearances in '' LA Law'', ''Columbo'', and the low-budget horror film, ''Curse II: The Bite''. As of 20 ...
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Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with ...
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Howard Books
Howard Books (formerly Howard Publishing) is a Christian publishing company founded in 1969 by Alton Howard and previously based in West Monroe, Louisiana, but which relocated to Brentwood, Tennessee, (south of Nashville) in September 2009. I Howard Books publishes inspirational content. History Author and hymn writer, Alton Howard, was very influential in the musical traditions of the churches of Christ since the 1960s. He started Howard Publishing from his home with a hymnal he titled ''Songs of the Church''. With the success of that hymnal, he went on to publish another hymnal titled ''Songs of Faith and Praise.'' It is still in print today and used worldwide. in 1990, Alton's son, John, took over the company and grew it from a hymnal company to a publishing company that published all genres of works. In 2006, Howard Publishing was bought by Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded i ...
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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV Series)
''Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer'' (later titled ''The New Mike Hammer''), with Stacy Keach in the title role, is an American crime drama television series that originally aired on CBS from January 28, 1984, to May 13, 1987. The series consisted of 51 episodes, 46 one hour episodes, a two part pilot episode (''More Than Murder''), and three TV Movies (''Murder Me, Murder You'', ''The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer'', and ''Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All''. ''Murder Me, Murder You'' was initially envisioned as a stand-alone TV movie, but ultimately became a Television pilot#Backdoor pilot, backdoor pilot for the series when it was received positively by audiences). The movies and series were produced under the guidance of Executive Producer Jay Bernstein, who acquired the television rights from his close friend Mickey Spillane for one dollar. Premise The show follows the adventures of Mike Hammer (character), Mike Hammer, the fictitious private detective created by crime ...
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Overcomer (film)
''Overcomer'' is a 2019 American Christian drama film directed by Alex Kendrick, who co-wrote the script with Stephen Kendrick. It is the Kendrick brothers' sixth film and their second through their subsidiary, Kendrick Brothers Productions. The film was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on August 23, 2019. It grossed $38 million worldwide against a $5 million budget and garnered Alex Kendrick's third "A+" on CinemaScore. He is the second director to have three films receive the grade, along with Rob Reiner. Plot John Harrison ( Alex Kendrick) is a basketball coach at a high school and married to Amy ( Shari Rigby). Due to the manufacturing plant being moved to another city, all of the good basketball players, along with their families, must move also. School Principal Olivia Brooks ( Priscilla Shirer) tells John that the school is losing several teachers and coaches and that she needs him to coach cross country, as she doesn’t want the school to lose anothe ...
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The Heart Of Christmas
''The Heart of Christmas'' is a 2011 American Christian drama film directed by Gary Wheeler. It stars Candace Cameron Bure, Erin Bethea, Jeanne Neilson, Eric Jay Beck, George Newbern, and Matthew West. Based on a true story, the film involves a woman's encounter with a family caring for a child with acute leukemia and how it transforms her faith and her attitude about her own family. Plot Megan Walsh is a successful businesswoman who does not seem to have enough time for her husband and two children. While taking her children trick-or-treating during Halloween, she encounters a confusing situation in which many families are decorating for Christmas (which is nearly two months away). Their explanation is that they are trying to provide one last Christmas for Dax Locke, a toddler in their neighborhood who is dying of a rare form of leukemia. Curious, Megan reads Dax's mother Julie's blog and learns about the Lockes' journey. Inspired, Megan examines her own life and priorities. ...
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The Encounter (2011 Film)
''The Encounter'' is a 2011 Christian film. The role of Jesus, in modern dress, appearing at a diner in modern-day America, is played by Bruce Marchiano who played Jesus in '' The Visual Bible: Matthew''. It is the first installment of the franchise ''The Encounter''. Plot ''The Encounter'' follows 5 strangers living in California: Nick, an atheist, former NFL player, and owner of a chain of burger restaurants; Hank and Catherine, whose marriage is falling apart; Melissa, a Christian on the way to visit her boyfriend (who is an atheist), and Kayla, a hitchhiker escaping her abusive stepfather in Los Angeles. When a detour road is closed off, the 5 are stranded in a diner with its omnipresent owner, who discreetly reveals himself to be Jesus, and attempts to help each of the patrons to face the truth in his or her life, particularly its dark side, to seek repentance and go for reconciliation. Along with serving them, Jesus helps Hank and Catherine re-establish dialogue as a couple, ...
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Faith Happens
''Faith Happens'' is a 2009 Christian film directed by Rick Garside. Garside, who has created many successful films over the last 20+ years, collaborated with singer Pat Boone to make the film after noticing a growing debate regarding the need for churches to have a film featuring what it is like to be part of a church community. Many of ''Faith Happens scenes were shot in the Los Angeles area, but they also filmed in a Kenyan refugee camp, town and National Park. Cast * Bruce Marchiano as Peter * Peter Husmann as John * Sierra Wingert as Amy * James Wong as Jimmy * Austin Kemie as Masa Release ''Faith Happens'' was released nationwide in South Africa on August 21, 2009 by Ster-Kinekor Theatres. References External links Official website* Faith Happens' at Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo ...
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Final Solution (2001 Film)
''Final Solution'' is a 2001 film set in South Africa based on the real-life stories of Gerrit Wolfaardt and Moses Moremi, with themes of morality, tolerance, and forgiveness. Written and directed by Cristóbal Krusen, the title of the film comes from the Nazi Final Solution which was the inspiration of a plan with an apartheid motive in the film. Krusen said that the idea for making a film in South Africa first came to him in 1988 during the filming of Ropa Nueva para Felipe in Mexico. He made numerous trips to South Africa during the 1990s to observe firsthand race relations in the country and seek material for a story that would demonstrate radical transformation from hatred to love between former enemies. Cast * John Kani as Rev. Peter Lekota * Jan Ellis as Gerrit Wolfaardt * Langley Kirkwood as Pieter * David S. Lee as Jan Oosthuizen * Mpho Lovinga as Moses Moremi * Bruce Marchiano Bruce Marchiano (born February 5, 1956) is an American actor and author b ...
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Acts
The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire. It gives an account of the ministry and activity of Christ's apostles in Jerusalem and other regions, after Christ's death, resurrection, and ascension. Acts and the Gospel of Luke make up a two-part work, Luke–Acts, by the same anonymous author. It is usually dated to around 80–90 AD, although some scholars suggest 90–110. The first part, the Gospel of Luke, tells how God fulfilled his plan for the world's salvation through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Acts continues the story of Christianity in the 1st century, beginning with the ascension of Jesus to Heaven. The early chapters, set in Jerusalem, describe the Day of Pentecost (the coming of the Holy Spirit) and the growth of the chur ...
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Matthew
Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Chinese Elm ''Ulmus parvifolia'' Christianity * Matthew the Apostle, one of the apostles of Jesus * Gospel of Matthew, a book of the Bible Ships * ''Matthew'' (1497 ship), the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497, with two 1990s replicas * MV ''Matthew I'', a suspected drug-runner scuttled in 2013 * Interdiction of MV ''Matthew'', a 2023 operation of the Irish military against a 2001 Panamanian cargo ship See also * Matt (given name), the diminutive form of Matthew * Mathew, alternative spelling of Matthew * Matthews (other) * Matthew effect * Tropical Storm Matthew (other) The name Matthew was used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, replacing Mitch after 1998. * Tropical Storm Matthew (2004) - Brought heavy rain to the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, causing light damage but no d ...
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The Bite
a.k.a. ''Bait'' (1966) is a Japanese ''pink film'' directed by Hiroshi Mukai, credited as "Kan Mukai" in the international English-dubbed version, and starring Senjo Ichiriki and Michiko Shiroyami. Synopsis A gigolo is paid by a rich older woman to seduce young girls while she and friends watch his love-making behind a two-way mirror. He tries to break free of the older woman's control, but when his sick mother needs an operation, he returns to the rich woman, making love to her for money. Humiliated by his dependency, he takes the woman's daughter to the love-show, where he rapes her in front of her mother. Cast * Michiko Shiroyami * Senjo Ichiriki * Machiko Matsumoto * Keisuke Senda * Natsue Hanaha Availability Olympic International Films released ''The Bite'' to the U.S. grindhouse circuit soon after its original release in Japan. The film was released in Britain in 1967 as ''Bait''. Since its first run, ''The Bite'' had been considered a lost film. Jasper Sharp notes that h ...
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it ...
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