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Faith Like Potatoes | 
 enlarge | Director: Reghardt van den Bergh
Actors: Frank Rautenbach, Jeanne Wilhelm, Hamilton Dlamini, Sean Cameron Michael, Candice D'Arcy
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Sales Rank: 1305
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: COLD29254D
ISBN: 1435951425
UPC: 043396292543
EAN: 9781435951426
ASIN: B001QB5SS6
Theatrical Release Date: January 2006
Publication Date: September 22, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Ships same or next business day. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Case shows signs of use or wear. Includes cover artwork, inclusion(s) are missing. Disc(s) has some noticeable scratches and/or smudges, but is in otherwise good condition.
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Product Description
Scottish by heritage but earning his living as a farmer in Zambia, Angus Buchan (Frank Rautenbach) is forced to flee with his family when political tumult places them in danger. Angus' journey to KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, is filled with struggles that test his endurance and faith--tests he begins to fail despite his best efforts. Inspiring drama co-stars Jeanne Wilhelm, Hamilton Dhlamini. 116 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; documentary; featurettes. Filmed in English.
Amazon.com
The growing genre of Christian cinema adds to its flock Faith Like Potatoes, based on the book of the same name about a real-life South African farmer named Angus Buchan. Buchan accepted Jesus at a moment of crisis and began experiencing miracles, ranging from sudden rain putting out a wildfire to reviving a woman struck by lightning. The movie follows Buchan (played by Frank Rautenbach, star of a South African soap opera) from his failed farm in Zambia to his rise as a lay evangelist, delivering a sermon in a massive South African stadium. He begins as a sullen, short-tempered man, quick to lash out at his wife (the lovely Jeanne Wilhelm) and the native Zulu workers on his struggling farm. But as his life takes on the purpose of spreading the Word, Buchan finds personal peace (though he also faces personal tragedies). Faith Like Potatoes is squarely aimed at Christian viewers; its straightforward take on Christianity is unlikely to persuade skeptics. Despite the intriguing and (for an American audience) exotic locale, the problems Buchan faces (overwork, an emotionally remote marriage) feel bland and generic. Though Buchan clearly disapproves of a snide British farmer's colonialist contempt for the Zulus, the movie's own attitude towards them is paternalistic at best. Still, despite baldly expository dialogue, Faith Like Potatoes does have a steady forward momentum to its story, and there's little question that the right audience will find its message comforting and compelling. --Bret Fetzer
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