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The Cross (2009 film)

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Genre
  
Documentary

Music director
  
Matthew R. Long

Country
  
United States

7.5/10
IMDb

Director
  
Matt Crouch

Writer
  
Stephan Blinn

Screenplay
  
Stephan Blinn

Duration
  

Language
  
English

The Cross (2009 film) The Cross Road Wikipedia

Release date
  
March 27, 2009 (2009-03-27)

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The Cross (also known as The Cross: The Arthur Blessitt Story) is a 2009 documentary film directed by Matthew Crouch, in his directorial debut. The film chronicles Arthur Blessitt's Guinness World Record-setting journey of 38,102 miles of forty years "into every nation and major island group of the world" while carrying a twelve-foot wooden cross. At the end of 2013 he has carried the cross over 40,600 miles in 321 nations, island groups and territories as he walks on.

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Production

Twenty years earlier Crouch had made a documentary about Blessitt. Then, in the summer of 2008, Crouch and Blessitt "ran into each other" on the cusp of Blessitt's final trip to Zanzibar, an island off the coast of the continent of Africa, which gave them the idea to create a brand new documentary that would finish telling the story of Blessitt's journey.

Box office

The Cross opened on March 27, 2009 in 221 theaters, and grossed approximately $300,000. It made $741,557 total.

Most reviews of the film criticized it for not offering a balanced, unbiased insight into both Blessitt's journey or the effects of it on his life and family. As an example, Annie Young Frisbie, writing for Christianity Today, wrote:

Because Crouch avoids any deep questioning of Blessitt, and fails to bring in any other voices, The Cross lacks structure. While Blessitt is appealing, once the novelty of his walk wears off, there's nothing left for audiences to sink their teeth into.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features original songs by Javen and The Katinas that are inspired by the film as well as an original score from first-time composer Matthew R. Long.

References

The Cross (2009 film) Wikipedia
The Cross (2009 film) IMDbThe Cross (2009 film) Rotten Tomatoes


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