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Freshman university student Josh Wheaton attends a philosophy class, where the uncompromising Professor Radisson requires all students to submit a signed statement that the "God is dead" and never existed. When Josh refuses due to his own Christian beliefs, the Professor challenges him to defend his position that his god, Yahweh, is real, leading to a series of confrontational presentations between himself and the professor, with the class as jury. Josh's plans to go to law school depend on not failing this class. Josh's girlfriend urges him not to throw away his future with this pointless act of defiance. At the same time, Pastor Dave and African missionary Jude attempt to leave town on a trip, but are hindered by comical accidents. Student Ayisha is at odds with her father's conservative religious principles. Businessman Mark acts cynically towards his mentally ill mother, while his journalist girlfriend receives bad news from a doctor.
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BakedEel
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let the debate begin.
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Release Date:
21 March 2014 (USA)
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Also Known As:
Dieu n'est pas mort
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Box Office
Budget:
$2,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$9,244,641,
23 March 2014, Wide Release
Gross USA:
$60,755,732
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$63,838,966
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Pure Flix Entertainment is fighting a lawsuit by Kelly Monroe Kullberg and Michael Landon Jr. claiming that this film plagiarizes their screenplay "Rise." The suit states "The theme, set-up, opportunity, turning point, change of plans, complications, set back, final push, climax and aftermath of the 'Rise' screenplay and the 'God's Not Dead' motion picture are the same." Kullberg and Landon are looking for "an amount exceeding $100 million."
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Goofs
When Professor Radisson reads the letter from his late mother, the voice-over representing the mother starts to read "Let me express...", but the actual letter onscreen reads, "Let me explain..."
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Quotes
Mark:
You prayed and believed your whole life. Never done anything wrong. And here you are. You're the nicest person I know. I am the meanest. You have dementia. My life is perfect. Explain that to me!
Mina's Mother:
Sometimes the devil allows people to live a life free of trouble because he doesn't want them turning to God. Their sin is like a jail cell, except it is all nice and comfy and there doesn't seem to be any reason to leave. The door's wide open. Till one day, time runs out, and the cell door slams shut,...
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Crazy Credits
At the end of the film, the concert attendees are asked to text the phrase "God's Not Dead" to every contact on their phone. The credits then read, "Join the movement Text everyone you know", inviting the movie audience to do the same.
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Soundtracks
Hold You Up
Performed by
Shane Harper
Written by
Shane Harper and
Morgan Taylor Reid
(c) 2013 Bump Into Genius Music/Shane Harper Music (ASCAP)/Songs of CHMI/Tenyor Music (BMI)
Shane Harper appears courtesy of Deep Well Records
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And that student was.....Albert Einstein!
We've all read those contrived chain e-mails where a professor and student get into a philosophical debate, usually over religion or partisan politics, where the student "cleverly" upends the professor using some highly-questionable logic, right? Well, this is one of those e-mails stretched out almost two hours, with a couple of meaningless subplots thrown in and some free publicity for a popular musical group. Yes, someone took one of those apologetics arguments and made a movie out of it. The premise is built on a falsehood, but a certain sect of this country will eat it up.
Do not go to this movie expecting to be enlightened about belief or a lack thereof. This is just one 113-minute-long logical fallacy.