“Facing the Giants,” a movie that was written and produced by two pastors of a Georgia Baptist church, will open in theaters in late September.
Special preview screenings are available to pastors and coaches. The South Carolina previews are Aug. 24 at Columbia’s Columbiana Grande 14 theaters at 7 p.m. and Sept. 5 at Greenville’s Hollywood 20 theaters at 7 p.m. (To reserve tickets, go to www.filmpr.com/facingthegiants/events.)
“Facing the Giants” is the story of Grant Taylor (Alex Kendrick), a coach who has never led his Shiloh Eagles to a winning season. (Click here to view the movie’s trailer.
Moreover, if six years of lackluster games have been dismal, other storm clouds are gathering on the horizon: his star player is transferring to another school, a group of fathers secretly are meeting to fire him as head coach, and he and his wife, Brooke (Shannen Fields), face infertility.
Help arrives not in the form of a star quarterback, but a visitor who urges Grant to lift his team goals beyond the football field. Fueled by renewed faith, Grant gives his players a new game plan, daring them to believe in the impossible on and off the field. Then, against unbelievable odds, the Eagles step up to their greatest test. And when faith and fear collide, only one is left standing.