The Ride: A Christmas Eve Parable

Product Description It's Christmas Eve in the suburbs of Chicago and a bored, disengaged taxi driver reluctantly accepts one more pickup. The customer asks to be taken to a local bridge and the cabbie soon begins to suspect that his passenger is planning to commit suicide. In an uncharacteristic attempt to help, the cab driver makes excuses to prolong the ride while he attempts to connect with and help his distraught fare. As the night progresses, grace invades the hearts of both the complacent and the desolate. Winner of the TAFF 2013 Best Film Award, The Ride has brought audiences to their feet and impacted thousands. Review Engaging story, exceptional artistry, evangelistic potential. The Ride has it all - a powerful tool for use at home or church. --Greg Laurie, award-winning author, evangelist and pastor, Harvest Christian Fellowship. A fresh look at why people leave the church and the grace/forgiveness that brings them back. --Mark Driscoll, Pastor of Mars Hill Church. About the Actor Brad Heller is an actor and producer, known for Most (2003), Late One Night (2001) and End of the Harvest (1995). Kirk is a classically trained actor and has the distinction of being a true chameleon, with over 30 on-stage performances and more than 100 film & television credits, including star turns in the indie features Like Dandelion Dust (2009), Midnight Clear (2006), Hometown Legend (2002), Urban Justice (2007), The Lucky Ones (2008), and The Least of These (2008). His work in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) lead to a substantial offer by the man himself, Steven Spielberg, in his film Minority Report (2002). His other studio films include Swordfish (2001) opposite Don Cheadle, Flightplan (2005) opposite Sean Bean and Jodie Foster, Wolfgang Petersen's Poseidon (2006), Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers (2006), and Resident Evil: Extinction (2007). On television he's played recurring characters on The Unit (2006), E-Ring (2005), Over There (2005), Charmed (1998). Strong Medicine (2000), The X-Files (1993), and NYPD Blue (1993). And has guest starred on such hit shows as Bones (2005), 24 (2001), Criminal Minds (2005), NCIS (2003), ER (1994), CSI: Miami, Boston Legal (2004), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Ghost Whisperer (2005) and Prison Break (2005). About the Director Dallas Jenkins produced the independent feature Hometown Legend at the age of 25 and shepherded it to distribution by Warner Brothers. He made his directing debut with the short film Cliché, and his next short film, Midnight Clear, starring Stephen Baldwin, won a Crystal Heart Award from the Heartland Film Festival and was the opening night selection of the San Diego Film Festival. He is the co-executive producer of Though None Go With Me, a Hallmark Channel feature that aired in April 2006. In 2007 he directed and produced Midnight Clear, based on the short, which won awards in festivals all over the country, including the Cinequest Film Festival's Special Jury Prize for Best First Feature and the Audience Favorite award at the Kansas Int'l Film Festival. It's currently available on DVD from Lionsgate. His latest feature What If..., starring Kevin Sorbo, Kristy Swanson, Debby Ryan, and John Ratzenberger released in theaters in 2010 and is currently available on DVD. Dallas recently accepted the position of Director of Media at Harvest Bible Chapel, a mega-church in Chicago. His short film at Harvest, The Ride, recently won Best Film, Best Short, and Best Director awards at the Attic Film Festival in Austin.