>> Neil: HAVE YOU SEEN THE
LATEST FOX POLL?
TALKING ABOUT "BLACK PANTHER."
>> I WANT YOU TO KNOW I PRAY FOR
YOU ALL THE TIME, AND I HOPE YOU
FIND WHATEVER IT IS YOU ARE
LOOKING FOR.
>> Neil: I CAN ONLY IMAGINE,
DENNIS QUAID TAKING THE NUMBER
THREE SPOT.
WHY DID THE FAITH-BASED MOVIES,
HERE TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL,
FATHER JONATHAN MOORE.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHY ARE THESE DOING SO WELL?
>> THIS IS THE STORY OF ALL
TIME.
WE ARE HUNGERING FOR TRUTH.
GOOD ENTERTAINMENT.
WHICH MEANS GOOD ART IN THE CASE
OF MOVIES AND WINDOWS TO COME
TOGETHER, TRUTH, RIGHT, TRUTH
AND GOOD ENTERTAINMENT, IT'S
GOING TO BE A HIT.
>> Neil: KIND OF A SCARY
PREMISE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT AWAY BUT
IT CONTINUES THE TREND GOD IS
NOT DEAD IN SOME OF THESE OTHERS
NOT DEAD IN SOME OF THESE OTHER
OTHERS.
SOME HAVE DONE BETTER THAN YOU
WOULD THINK.
>> THE MESSAGE HERE IS
FORGIVENESS.
THAT'S TRUE.
WE ALL KNOW WE NEED FORGIVENESS.
WE NEED TO GIVE IT AND RECEIVE
IT.
BUT THERE IS GREAT ART, GREAT
ENTERTAINMENT.
DENNIS QUAID, A GREAT ACTOR.
WE SEE THAT GOING BACK TO A LOT
OF MOVIES, THINK ABOUT "THE
PASSION OF CHRIST," MEL GIBSON.
WHY DID IT DO WELL?
THERE WAS A LOT OF TRUTH.
THEY WERE UNAFRAID TO DO IT
WELL.
IT WAS GREAT ART.
LET'S DO A RELIGIOUS FILM AND
TRY TO MAKE MONEY?
DOESN'T WORK.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A TRUTHFUL AND
YOU HAVE TO HAVE GREAT ART.
GREAT ACTORS, GREAT DIRECTORS,
GREAT SCRIPTS.
SPEAK TO YOU MENTIONED "THE
PASSION OF THE CHRIST."
LOOKING AT IT IN DOLLAR TERMS,
WE HAVE SEEN FILMS LIKE THESE
ENJOYING THE SUPPORT AND
ENTHUSIASM.
IT OCCURS WHEN WE WERE AT
POLITICAL LOGGERHEADS.
IT DOES SEEM WEIRD.
>> IT DOES BUT FOR EXAMPLE, "THE
PASSION OF THE CHRIST," I WAS AN
ADVISOR ON THAT FILM.
MADE OVER $600 MILLION.
THAT WOULD DO THE SAME THING
TODAY, EVEN AN HOUR POLITICAL
TIMES.
WHEN THERE IS GREAT ART AND A
GREAT MESSAGE, GREAT ART IS NOT
EASY TO DO.
GET GREAT ACTORS TO DO GREAT
FILMS, THAT'S NOT EASY.
MADE ALMOST $100 MILLION.
THIS OTHER TREND THAT MOVIE
STUDIOS TYPICALLY A SHOE THESE
FILMS.
THEY DON'T THINK THEY ARE GOING
TO DO WELL.
THAT BUYS STILL EXIST.
>> IT DOESN'T I THINK WHETHER
IT'S POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS
BIAS, ALL OF THAT, IF YOU CAN
GET REALLY AMAZING, AMAZING
TALENT, AND HOOK IT UP WITH
PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THE
MESSAGE, WRITE TO UNDERSTAND THE
THEOLOGICAL MESSAGE.
I REMEMBER AFTER "THE PASSION OF
THE CHRIST," SOMEONE TRIED TO DO
A FILM ABOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS
CALLED "THE NATIVITY."
LET'S TRY TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT
CHRISTMAS NOW.
IT WAS A DISASTER.
THE PEOPLE WHO DID IT COME I
DON'T KNOW THEM PERSONALLY, IT'S
NOT A JUDGMENT ON THEIR SOULS
BUT THEY DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE.
THEY BROUGHT IN A FEW GOOD
ARTISTS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE GREAT ARTISTS,
GREAT ACTORS THEN YOU HAVE TO
HAVE A THEOLOGICALLY SOUND
MESSAGE.
THEN IT WORKS.
WHY IS THE BIBLE STILL AROUND
AND VERY ACTIVE 2,000 YEARS
LATER?
BECAUSE THE MESSAGE IS TRUE AND
IT'S ALSO BEEN COMMUNICATED IN A
WAY WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT.
>> Neil: ARE YOU SURPRISED
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS SUCH A
GREAT AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM THE
RELIGIOUS RIGHT?
HIS OWN DALLIANCES AND ISSUES
NOTWITHSTANDING.
>> I THINK BECAUSE HE HAS TAPPED
INTO THE FACT THAT WE RECOGNIZE
POLITICIANS ARE NOT PERFECT.
WE DON'T ASK THEM TO BE PERFECT.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT
SOMEONE TO DEFEND WHAT WE
BELIEVE IN.
I WOULD NEVER HITCH MY OWN
BELIEFS OR THE BIBLE OR MY FAITH
ANYBODY, NOBODY.
BUT WHEN OTHER POLITICIANS IN
THE PAST HAVE BEEN SO ABUSIVE TO
CHRISTIANS AND, LIKE,
DISPARAGING.
>> Neil: WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE,