To Save a Life

"Some people are just dying to be heard."

2009 2h 0m EN

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6.3

MID

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38%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.8

IMDB

★6.3TMDB · 67🥫38%Rotten Tomatoes●19Metacritic★6.8IMDB · 5,908

Drama

Synopsis

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Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he's the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend of his commits suicide. Jake wonders what he could've done to save his friend's life. A youth minister tells him that Jake needs God. So Jake becomes a Christian. However, things begin to spin out of control. Jake is going to realize just what it means to be a Christian and how, to save a life.

“Some people are just dying to be heard.”

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Cast

Randy Wayne
Jake Taylor
Deja Kreutzberg
Amy Briggs
Joshua Weigel
Chris Vaughn
Robert Bailey Jr.
Roger Dawson
Bubba Lewis
Danny Rivers
Kimberly Daugherty
Andrea Stevens
Sean Michael Afable
Jonny Garcia
David Starzyk
George Taylor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Brian Baugh
Writers: Jim Britts
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 7.6× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Brian Baugh, shot by C. Clifford Jones. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tim Wynn. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Brian Baugh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Randy Wayne and Deja Kreutzberg and Joshua Weigel carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Some people are just dying to be heard.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Brian Baugh directs. C. Clifford Jones behind the camera. Tim Wynn scores. Brian Baugh cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 7.6× over at the box office.
3Released 17 years ago.
4Directed by Brian Baugh, shot by C. Clifford Jones. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Tim Wynn. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Brian Baugh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Randy Wayne and Deja Kreutzberg and Joshua Weigel carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Some people are just dying to be heard.".
9IMDB entry: tt1270286 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 67 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.