Logline: A love letter to the resilience of the life force, \u201cElizabethtown\u201d is the story of an unexpected romance that develops against the backdrop of a Kentucky patriarch\u2019s hilariously elaborate memorial. It\u2019s a heartfelt journey that proves amazing things can happen when you least expect them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cThe resilience of the life force\u201d, eh? Twenty years ago \u2014 even ten \u2014 heck, even five \u2014 I would have thought that that sort of lingo among Christian film types would have been studiously avoided (and maybe even avoided by studios!). Too \u201cNew Age\u201d. But now it doesn\u2019t surprise me so much. Make of that what you will.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I haven\u2019t seen Elizabethtown yet, but I cannot help but note the interesting language used in a recent press release sent out by a firm that markets films to the Christian media: Logline: A love letter to the resilience of the life force, \u201cElizabethtown\u201d is the story of an unexpected romance that develops against the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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