Beyond the Gates of Splendor
by Jim Hanon
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Actor: Carmela, Dawa, Dayumae, Frank Drown, Steve SaintDirector: Jim Hanon
Brand: SAINT,STEVE
Producer: Steve Saint
Writer: Jim Hanon
Producer: Bill Ewing
Producer: Ginny Saint
Producer: Heather Olive
Producer: Kevin McAfee
Producer: Mart Green
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed)
Format: Abridged, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-10-04
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Beyond the Gates of Splendor
DVD Review: Outstanding and inspirational adventure
Summary: 5 Stars
This continuing story of the five missionary families whose personal love of others and sacrifice has touched the lives of many thousands. This background and related first person accounts expands the understanding of the book Through Gates of Spendor and the video End of the Spear. It demonstrates in graffic detail how the love of Jesus Christ does transform the human spirit from intense evil to equally intense good and can turn murder and hate into kindness and love.DVD Review: An Amazing Story of Faith And Love
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a powerful and well done documentary about agape (Christian love) and faith.
It recounts the real life story of a group of American missionaries who were reaching out to the savage Waodani tribe of Ecuador in the mid 1950s. They were attempting to share the Gospel with a group that was well known for its culture of murder.
After five of the men were killed by the tribe, some of their wives and children contined to pursue their evangelizing work. The love, forgiveness, and faith demonstrated by these Christian workers is nothing short of amazing.
I do not want to share too much more to avoid spoiling the story. Suffice it to say that this is one film that will likely leave viewers with goosebumps and a profound sense of awe at the amazing work that God can do to change the hearts of people.
I recommend this for anyone. Along with this documentary, I also heartily endorse 'The End of The Spear', which is a drama based upon these events. Both are well worth watching.
DVD Review: 5 STAR RATING FOR "BEYOND THE GATES OF SPLENDOR"
Summary: 5 Stars
TYPING ALL CAPS BECAUSE MY SHIFT FINGERS ARE LAZY.
BECAUSE I TEND TO BEING LONGWINDED, I WILL BE CUTTING THIS REVIEW SHORT.
LEST I REPEAT SOMEONE ELSE'S ACCURATE HARD WORK, JUST HIGHLIGHT THIS AND GOOGLE A SYNOPSIS BEYOND THE GATES OF SPLENDOR.
FROM SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY STOCK MYSELF, I MET STEVE SAINT WHEN I WOULD SHOW UP ON THE WEEKENDS FROM MARCH AFB,IN RIVERSIDE, CALIF. VISITING MY EXTENDED FAMILY WITH A SWIMMING POOL NEAR L.A.
MARG SAINT, KATHY SAINT, STEVE, DON'T REMEMBER HIS LITTLE BROTHER, WOULD BE PRESENT AT THE SUPPERTABLE IN THE HILLTOP HOME OF A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND HIS FAMILY. THIS DVD IS ONE OF SEVERAL STORIES ABOUT 5 MEN WHO WILLINGLY GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT JESUS THE MESSIAH TO THE WORLD MIGHT BE KNOWN TO THE MOST VICIOUS, MURDERING TRIBE ON THE PLANET. THIS IS A REAL STORY ABOUT REAL PEOPLE, AND HOW NIGHT AND DAY AND ANGER AND LOVE COMPARE PRESENTATION TO HUMAN HEARTS AND UNANSWERED SAVAGE QUESTIONS. "WHY DIDN'T THEY SHOOT US?" THE KILLERS ASKED THE MARTYRS CHILDREN.
END OF THE SPEAR IS ANOTHER DVD, FIRST SEEN IN MAJOR THEATHERS.
I WISH STEVE SAINT AND FAMILY ALL OF GOD'S BLESSINGS. GOOGLE ITEC.COM AND SEE THE BIG GRIN ON MINCAYE'S FACE, STEPPING OUT OF ECUADOR'S STEAMY JUNGLE INTO A MODERN AIRCONDITIONED SUPERMARKET AND CARTING OUT A LOAD OF FOOD IN A SHOPPING CART. SEE HOW THE SAVAGE KILLERS ARE NOW PART OF STEVE'S EXTENDED FAMILY. 5 STARS, BOTH. OVER AND OUT BEFORE I CATCH MY SECOND WIND HERE. EVEN SO, COME QUICKLY, LORD JESUS. MARANATHA.
DVD Review: Beyond the Gates of Splendor
Summary: 4 Stars
A Family, Christian movie that goes the distance. Faith, courage, comfort, shelter. Such courageous men and women of God and families of such great strength and having such a heart for God and His ministry. How God will use each of us if we are willing and able. What a testimony to their love for God and his purpose in life!DVD Review: Excelent!
Summary: 5 Stars
The product was in time and in excelent conditions. What more could you ask for? Very satisfied.
Description of Beyond the Gates of Splendor
"Beyond the Gates" is a feature length documentary film experience about the Waodani Indians and the missionary men and women who have given their lives to reach them. This powerful emotional journey begins with the Waodani describing their way of life before the missionaries visited them in 1956. Narrated by the son of one of the missionaries and each of the wives of the men who died, the audience takes a nostalgic trip back in time to see how the men and women came to meet up with each other in Ecuador. An inspiring story of forgiveness and love.While the primary lesson of Beyond the Gates of Splendor is about the power of Christian love, this extraordinary documentary transcends its missionary message with a universal tale of cultural exchange, murder, and the ultimate act of forgiveness. After establishing that the Waodani Indians in the Amazon basin of Ecuador had endured several generations of violent homicide among tribal neighbors, the film's central story begins to unfold: As American missionaries discover the Waodani in the mid-1950s, their Christian outreach goes smoothly until 1956, when lies and misunderstandings lead to the spear-killing of five of the missionary men whose wives and children--including narrator Steve Saint (whose father was among those killed)--responded to tragedy by living peacefully among the Waodani over the decades that followed. Through home-movie footage, photographs, and eyewitness accounts by American and Waodani alike, this incredible-but-true story of love and understanding unfolds with considerable power, urging the viewer to consider the meaning of this remarkable example of unified humanity. Is the missionary impulse a pure and beneficial one? Are the Waodani best left alone and ignorant of the wide world beyond their village? With deep tragedy, rich humor, and an overwhelming sense of compassion, writer/director Jim Hanon ponders these and other questions, hampered only by an overbearing score (by Ronald Owen) that's lushly beautiful at best, but too often maudlin, manipulative, and shamelessly heavy-handed. It's likely that Christian viewers will be most deeply affected by the film's thematic parallels to the lessons of Christ, but anyone with an ounce of compassion will be similarly moved and astonished. Not surprisingly, Hanon later dramatized the factual events of Beyond the Gates of Splendor in his 2006 feature film The End of the Spear. --Jeff Shannon
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