For Immediate Release

Sara Sgarlat, Publicity Director
434-296-2772, ext. 49
ssgarlat@hrpub.com

Are Spiritual Messages Hidden in Today’s Movies?
An insider’s view into the spiritual messages in films
 and the filmmaking process:

The Force Is With You
Movie Messages That Inspire Our Lives

     Everyone goes to the movies and people love to hear the inside story. Movies and spirituality are two topics that everyone talks about. They’re so hot right now that colleges have started offering Spirituality and Cinema courses. Box office grosses for films are breaking records.  Spirituality books are bestsellers. Is this a continuing trend for the world, or just a passing fad?  Who better to tell us what is really going on than Stephen Simon part of the Hollywood scene for twenty-five years and privy to inside information.

     Film executive and producer, Stephen Simon says Hollywood is finally seeing what the rest of the world has known for years.  Even television was ahead of Hollywood with such hits as Touched by an Angel and Crossing Over.  What’s taking Hollywood so long, and where is this trend heading? Let Stephen share with you what Force provides:

 Discussions of over 70 films
 A history of Spiritual Cinema
 An overview of the film making process
 Why the film industry has been reluctant to embrace Spiritual Cinema
 Daring predictions about the future of spiritual filmed entertainment

     He discusses movies such as The Matrix, Vanilla Sky, A Beautiful Mind, Lost Horizon and It’s a Wonderful Life.  Many of the movies he writes about have become perennial favorites or have achieved cult status. What is it that makes these films so compelling to people? Is it simple entertainment, something more?  Simon shares his insights and personal  stories.

ISBN 1-57174-349-9 • $14.95 • trade paper