Faith and fans brought memoir to the big screen

It took a miracle for Donald Miller's best-selling memoir, Blue Like Jazz, to reach theaters.

That's fitting for the film, which is based on a book about Miller's crisis and rediscovery of Christian faith. Even though by his estimates the book has sold more than 1.5 million copies since its publication in 2003, Blue Like Jazz had to overcome many hurdles in making it into 130 theaters in select cities Friday.

"It's very meta as a film on so many levels," says Marshall Allman (True Blood), who plays a fictionalized Miller, "because it is so non-traditional and we've had so many miraculous ways that this film came about."

Also in the movie: Claire Holt (The Vampire Diaries) and Tania Raymonde (Lost).

Miller never expected a film to arise from a book about his evangelical Baptist upbringing in Houston and his spiritual revival at the secular Reed College in Portland, Ore. "That was pretty hard to imagine," he says. "It's a series of essays."

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Evermyrtle

Miracle come only from GOD and I believe are special, always. This picture could bring many people to JESUS. Once in a while GOD really does something unusually wonderful above the average MIRACLE, or lets to speak more truthfully, we take notice of one of these unusually wonderful miracles, because HE does perform them every day, and we don't notice!!.

John 3:2 The same came to JESUS by night, an said to him, RABBI, we know that thou are a teacher, come from GOD for no man can do these miracles tht yo do, except GOD be with HIM
http://www.sargee5.blogspot.com The Watchman

The movie to go see is "October Baby". An excellent film, take a box of tissue, it is quite moving. Good for the entire family, even the kids. If you have teenage sons and daughters, this flick is a must see.