*UPC Movie Making Pastor has Movie Made About Him*
 

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It's Star Wars meets the Ten Commandments. A $50 million, no, make that $100 million futuristic fantasy film (with funding coming from "the Germans") that a San Francisco pastor said he was commanded to make by that Studio Chief in the Sky. The story would be far too weird to believe had doc filmmaker Michael Jacobs not captured it all on film.

He played his Audience of One at last weekend's True/False Festival (which, quick pitch, is the hippest festival in the UNIVERSE and, quick disclaimer, I do some writing for), continuing a festival run that includes wins at the Bend, SXSW, Silverdocs and SFDoc fests.


Our hero is Pentecostal Pastor Richard Gazowski, who seems to spend much of his Sunday sermon preaching the gospel of big-budget indie cinema. He watched his first movie at 40, has never directed anything, but anticipates making the biggest blockbuster ever. One thing going for Gazowski: He's persuasive enough to talk a bunch of people in working for him (and his wife agrees to sell their house to cover a trip to Italy to shoot the exterior scenes).

As he stalks the Italian set wearing an outfit that could have been lifted from a spoof of Orson Welles, Gazowski wrangles with his neglected actors (found via Craigslist), leads prayer sessions and urges on his design crew to create ever-more-wacked futuristic costumes and sets. Anyone who has seen Burden of Dreams, Lost in La Mancha or Hearts of Darkness knows how this narrative unfolds: Everything goes wrong. When Gazowski returns home, he and his quest to make the movie gets weirder. And weirder. And funnier

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Oh boy..... another direct-to-VHS bomb! (DVD is probably too expensive.)

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ROFL yeah the TITANIC all right! Dude see a shrink!

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All the $$$ he's inherited will be gone soon....

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VHS got love the narrator voice....:christmoose

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Wasted on a pipe dream

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"Christian" attempts at movie making tend to be the very measure of cheesiness.

I'll give it at least 5 or 10 minutes should the opportunity to view it come about.

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TBN and thier Ilk should rally around this guy!!!!

He'd fit right in...

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He ought to join forces with Matt Crouch :christmoose

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He's been out of the org for decades now hasn't he?

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So sad!

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ROFL!!!!!!!!!

The trailer is hilarious!

I want to see it just to say I did! :D

*still giggling*

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If I am not mistaken, I still believe he holds a lic.

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Good name for the movie tho...

maybe that's what they will get...

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You know the movie is was made about Richard making his movie, the guy who made the Audience of One, actually has had some traction with his movie in Independent Movie Circles.

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NPR has actually picked up on this.....Click on listen now


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=8972583

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=9121068

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Did his mom pass away???

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It's my understanding that he received money from his late father's estate but it appears that he had to sell his home to finance his movie....if true he's a lunatic.

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What's wrong with you people??? He's obeying the voice of God!!!

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I have to agree with you.

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I can't wait to see it! :santathumb

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So are we talking about two different movies here? The one RG is making, and "Audience of One", a movie made about RG making a movie?

RG's movie is a sci-fi movie about Joseph, right?

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Yeah, I was wondering that myself. I want to see them both! :jolly

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Wasn't "Plan Nine From Outer Space" funded by a church? :toofunny

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ME TOO! :penguin

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It has long been my belief that many people cannot tell the difference between the "Voice of God" and the heartburn assoicated with eating too much pizza too late at night.

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http://wec.upci.org/churches/locator...earchnum=20600

His wysiwyg website is even listed on there as the web address.....

Why did his momma not kick his behind a long time ago? lol

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One thing I admire about Richard G. is that he is all or nothing! If he thinks God said do it he jumps in with no reservations and drags as many others with him as he can! He definitely has faith to believe for the impossible! He is not afraid to look foolish or admit that he was wrong about something! I know he seems to live in a make believe world sometimes but God can use his childlike faith to do something others would be afraid to do. I wont judge him because I dont think God is through with him yet!

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I believe he is still a card carrying UPCI preacher. (I know some have tried to have him removed but I think his mother holds alot more clout than people give her credit for!)

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Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about! How can anyone say this guy hasn't heard God's voice, clear as a bell? Think Noah. Think Abraham. Think Ed Wood. Oh wait. Strike that last one. :jolly

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That is the value of body life, where we can test our dreams, visions and words from God with those in our life that have discernment. Prophets need and are required to submit their words/hearing to other prophets for testing. For that matter submitting to the clear priorities found in scripture (I Cor 14; Thess.5; I John)

I have in the past loved Richard, he was very instrumental in walk with God regarding prayer, this vision to make movies in my opinion was not his calling and has sidelined him.

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It is news to me that he is still in the org. We have known him and his family for some time. We had a close relationship with him on the mission field. I have been following his story with interest over the last few years. He has been making several movies that have not really gone anywhere and there are tons of articles about him online. Some make for really interesting reads. I just pray for them and their church.

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That has always been my experience.

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Ya know, you do look a bit like Mike Nelson!

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We're all from da midwest, don'tchya know!

And the first host of MST3K, Joel, went to school at the University of Stevens Point -just 15 miles South of where I grew up.

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I sure you admire his lack of discernment......

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If he's called to pastor, why doesn't he PASTOR ???

If he's called to make movies (as he claims) the MAKE MOVIES!

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RG lost his mind many years ago. A fringe nutter if there ever was one.

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Seems to me he was discussed on this forum (or one of its predecessors) a while back and the UPC tried to disfellowship him and he went to court and stopped the process or the UPC backed off or something like that. Maybe someone who knows will see this and set the record straight.

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I think you're right, Sam.