![]() ![]() We wanted to make the movie not preachy, but if you want to go to the website and ‘continue the journey,’ so to speak, we didn’t want to do it in a movie theater because we didn’t want to offend anybody. Russell added that “for everyone that was involved in the movie, from the top down, it was more important that we were doing something for God rather than making a movie designed to make a lot of money at the box office. I ended the first book (and movie) of this series, Seven Days in Utopia (original title of the book: Golfs Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia). To those guys it was every bit as important as the 100 minutes you get when you sit in a movie theater.” SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA follows the story of Luke Chisolm (Lucas Black), a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour. He - along with Visio Entertainment, our distributor, and the investors - thought it was very important to create something that was more than just a film - a place of testimony and a place where God could be glorified. Once in Utopia, in the type of coincidence always found in these types of inspirational flicks, Luke finds himself welcomed by Johnny (Robert Duvall), a. “David Cook, the author of the book and the producer on the film, orchestrated all the funding. Synopsis : After a disastrous debut on the pro circuit, a young golfer finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas and welcomed by an eccentric rancher. ![]() “I can’t take any credit for it,” said the film’s director, Matthew Dean Russell, about the website. But as soon as he hits the putt, the film ends and encourages everyone to continue the journey at. Follows young upcoming golfer Luke (Lucas Black, Duvalls co-star in Get Low), whose first big shot becomes a very public disaster. ![]() With renewed confidence and faith in God, Luke plays another pro game in the state and finds himself a putt away from winning. Escaping the pressures of the tour - especially his demanding father, who is also his caddy - Luke finds himself stranded in a little town in Texas called Utopia, where he is given seven days of golf, life and spiritual lessons from an eccentric rancher named Johnny Crawford (Robert Duvall). Cook’s faith-based novel, “Golf’s Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia,” the drama stars Lucas Black as Luke Chisolm, a young pro golfer who has a disastrous round on the tour. (SPOILER ALERT: Key plot points are discussed from this point on.) Based on David L. The author, one of Erin Hills designers and a Golf Digest editor, relishes the chance to see his course host the worlds best. There have been many memorable endings to films, from Scarlett O’Hara proclaiming “tomorrow is another day” in 1939’s “Gone With the Wind” or the disclosure of the identity of Rosebud in 1941’s “Citizen Kane.” But the inspirational G-rated golf drama, “Seven Days in Utopia,” which opened Friday, doesn’t have a traditional ending. This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. For golfer Luke Chisholm, that turns out to be Utopia, Texas - where hes left stranded after blowing his pro debut. ![]()
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