faith hope and love is a faith-based
romantic comedy that's hitting select
theaters across the country this month
in fact 1 right here in Jacksonville
starting tonight it stars pay to
Murgatroid from Dancing with the Stars
Ed Asner you recommend not recognize him
from The Mary Tyler Moore Show and
Michael Richards from Seinfeld
among others writer and director also
Bob Krantz one of the stars of the movie
joining me right here in studio in the
morning show to talk about this new film
hey welcome good to have you nice to be
here so let's go back to the beginning
you sit back and you say you know what
when you look at some of the films that
are in the theaters today you don't get
the whole family together right and
that's my vision for this I want a
family-friendly faith-based film yeah
that really is it you know being a
Christian I wanted to make a film that
was that my whole family to go to my
wife and I have triplet boys and they're
19 now they're 20 now actually and we
want to do something that I can go to
with my wife my children and that
parents wouldn't be embarrassed to take
their their kids too but would also
enjoy the same time and that was kind of
the beginning of the the dream for us so
give me the Cliff Notes version of the
story it's a it's a start about two
brokenhearted people one is Peta
Murgatroyd plays faith and she is
somebody who's going through just have
gone through a divorce and she's trying
to save her dance studio and so she
needs money so she enters his pro and
Schmoe dance contest she's the pro she's
looking for Schmo that's me so I come in
and my wife has passed away a couple
years ago and I just been kind of
lumbering through life and my daughter's
coerced me and going into this dance
contest so it's PETA and I join up she's
the pro I'm the Schmoe and in the course
of going through the whole process we
discover faith hope and love and love so
you got some big names in there Ed Asner
yeah Corbin Bernsen Michael Richards I
think it guys like this to come to the
film good casting directors that's that
that really billion d were great and
then also to the the beginning of it is
the script if you have a good script
they will they'll be there they'll show
up if you don't have a good script they
kind of stay away from it unless you
have huge money to pay them or something
like that so we fortunately had a great
script and and that's what once you get
one person than somebody else hears hey
Michael Richards is doing it
Kramer's doing it then get as in there
and you kind of snowballs after them
yeah because you know when you have one
good actor and you know you're trying to
get others to sign on it almost kind of
snowballs yeah yeah it it and people
it's a small industry believe it or not
and people do hear about it and then
also your reputation goes in front of
you you know we try and make films that
you get a reputation of being somebody
who works quickly as a actor a friendly
director and so all that stuff kind of
makes people want to work with you after
a while so this has been screened in a
couple of communities already you get
your chance here in Jacksonville tonight
when people are leaving the theater
what's the buzz oh you know without
putting it out there too much hey I have
to say there's three things you hear and
when people leave it number one they say
it's great to feel good about life
coming out of a movie number one number
two they'll say thank you for making a
religious film that doesn't pound me
over the head with it and then three
thank you for a movie that I can go to
with my children and my grandparents are
not being barest and just more than
anything I think people say in these
times they love going to a movie where
they feel great about good yeah so it's
negative in the world I don't know why
you know it's it's kind of sad that the
people feel that there's so much
negativity out there but it's great that
they feel great coming out of the film
and the other thing which is it's kind
of a weird thing you you hear people
crying this here but it's kind of a
joyful tear you just can see it
afterwards and they come up to you and
they talk to there they give you a hug
and they they want to take a selfie and
it's just a great feeling that you've
made you've touched people and that's
that's an awesome feeling as well a few
seconds left but I want to point out
that you got some international acclaim
last week yeah thank you that's right we
we got nominated by the International
Christian Film Festival the awards are
in Orlando in May and we were nominated
for Best Picture Best Director Best
Actor Best sound Best Screenplay
I was shocked that was it I was very
surprised but very happy that we got
nominated luck that you'll have to keep
us posted oh yeah absolutely
so if you want to see faith hope and
love it's going to be at the Regal
avenues on Phillips Highway there's the
movie poster right there tell you what
there's gonna be more on this on News
for Jack's com go ahead and check it out
and take the whole family and you'll
walk away feeling good which is
something we all need these days Bob
thanks for stopping by