Time to Run

a few years after making 'Time to Run", my wife and I were traveling in France on vacation and a young couple in Paris came up to us and said, When we saw your Billy Graham picture, it changed our entire life. Thank you, and God bless you, (which He has) I've made quite a few shows and that never happen before or since.Reverent Graham was at the preview held in Santa Barbara, California, Many stars were in attendance, The great Olympic athlete Jessie Owens, and Ethel Waters sang "His eye is on the sparrow," which brought the audience to smile through their tears. More people saw that picture in time then most other films in which I performed.

This movie was produced as a Billy Graham evangelistic tool, shown in theatres nationwide for free, followed by the typical altar calls and evangelistic follow-ups of Billy Graham's organization.

It was really well-made and featured a few decent actors and actresses. The plot wasn't just "Get Saved or Go to Hell"- it deals with youth issues, nuclear pollution and environmental issues and political activism, the ego's which some executives are prone toward and its effect on their often-neglected families, and young romance between two people of somewhat different backgrounds and views coming to terms with their well-enacted relationship.

It's a well-balanced movie, not just a stereotypical religious pitch so often associated with Billy Graham by the general public.

Also featured is music by Randy Stonehill, who later made a name for himself as a well-known Christian guitarist and musician and contemporary of Larry Norman, the originator of the "One Way" hand-sign which symbolized the early Jesus Movement.

Good for the whole family, and especially youths dealing with their identities and quest for spiritual meaning.

When I saw the credit for Charles Rosher as Director of Photography, I knew "Time to Run" had been treated as a quality production. Many well-intentioned Christian-oriented productions suffer, quite frankly, from poor acting and a lack of quality in technical fields. But this film is different. It transcends the 70's feel and speaks to any audience in any era and contains above-average performances by it's three leads. And, Rosher of course was the multi-Academy Award winning cinematographer of such masterpieces as "Sunrise" and "The Yearling." His use of light in "Time to Run" is exceptional, but there is another "light" altogether that is the central focus of this powerful and moving film.