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Julie Fairchild 214-536-0037
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Monique Sondag 214-536-4319
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BEWARE OF CHRISTIANS
Dallas-Based Riot Pictures Debuts Film
No. 2 at Red-Carpet Theatrical Premiere
April 2, 2010 – Lakewood Theater – BewareofChristians.com
DALLAS—March 19, 2010—Exactly one year since their first movie opened to packed
theaters, four Dallas high school grads (three from Highland Park, one from First Baptist
Dallas), now attending three colleges, have again taken their own brand of The Big
Questions to the big screen. Again with a big hometown debut, Friday, April 2, at 7 p.m.,
Riot Pictures opens BEWARE OF CHRISTIANS following last year’s ONE NATION
UNDER GOD, at a Lakewood Theater red-carpet premiere. Additional showings will
occur Friday at 9:30 PM and Saturday at 2, 7, and 9:30 PM.
Weeks before the event, BewareofChristians.com has pre-sold hundreds of tickets.
Director Will Bakke already is receiving praise for the editing and pace. “The film is a
very raw, honest look at four college kids trying to learn what it means to follow Jesus,”
Bakke said. “We're not perfect, and we don't have all the answers, but the four of us had
always made excuses in order to live out our own agendas. This trip really turned us
upside down.”
"Sometimes it's tough to see where Jesus fits into Christianity," producer Alex Carroll
said. "We wanted to get away from all of our distractions and routines so we could
finally question the way we've been following Christ."
WFAA-TV Movie Critic Gary Cogill is a fan of Riot, officially Michael Allen, Will Bakke,
Alex Carroll, and Matt Owen. “These funny, deep-thinking, outrageously candid young
men are not only out to tackle the tough questions in life, their cinematic journey is more
charming, more original, more refreshing, and more honest than most big budget films,”
Cogill said.
In both movies, Bakke, Allen and crew talk to strangers on the street about God then
turn the klieg light on themselves. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, built its US road trip
around, “Who do you think God is?” Dallas and College Station crowds overflowed
theaters last year for the film's debut. Roused by the response, the actors-directorwriter-business team took ONE NATION to DVD then packed for Europe.
Whether the European-tour question in BEWARE OF CHRISTIANS resolves every Big
Issue, it does show what happens when four privileged college boys leave their Biblebelted homes—and their nation—to honestly confront their own beliefs.
Sword fights, missed trains, slammed doors, an Austrian TV star, a Parisian car from the
future, nude beaches, train-station ballerinas, stolen passports . . . all punctuate the
unsupervised road show. In the process—and it is a process—Alex, Michael, Will, and
Matt candidly broach sex, alcohol, materialism, prayer, and beyond. Nothing is off limits.
It’s all on film.
The public is invited to a bracing evening of non-niche movie entertainment—stimulating
for any age. Showings continue all weekend. For more information and to purchase
tickets, go to BewareofChristians.com.
The premiere is expected to be a sell-out. Complementary seats available to
journalists and working press by RSVPing to Monique Sondag at
Monique@Lovell-Fairchild or 214-536-4319.
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