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To Save a Life (2010)
Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he's the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend of his commits suicide. Jake wonders what he could've done to save his friend's life. A youth minister tells him that Jake needs God. So Jake becomes a Christian. However, things begin to spin out of control. Jake is going to realize just what it means to be a Christian and how, to save a life.
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Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he's the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend of his commits suicide. Jake wonders what he could've done to save his friend's life. A youth minister tells him that Jake needs God. So Jake becomes a Christian. However, things begin to spin out of control. Jake is going to realize just what it means to be a Christian and how, to save a life.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Drama
Written By:Jim Britts
In Theaters:1/22/2010
Box Office:$3,824,868
Runtime:120 minutes
Studio:New Song Pictures, Outreach Films, Accelerated Entertainment
Cast
Brian Baugh
Director
Randy Wayne
Jake Taylor
Deja Kreutzberg
Amy Briggs
Joshua Weigel
Chris Vaughn
Robert Bailey Jr.
Roger Dawson
Bubba Lewis
Danny Rivers
Kimberly Daugherty
Andrea Stevens
Sean Michael Afable
Jonny Garcia
David Starzyk
George Taylor
Laura Black
Pam Taylor
Steven Crowder
Doug Moore
D. David Morin
Mark Rivers
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