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...scene works for audiences, it's because everyone involved - the director, Cameron, the rest of the cast, even the church ladies who served the tuna casserole at the craft services table - sincerely believes it. "Marriage has been attacked and watered down and called a piece of paper," says Alex Kendrick. "We wanted to say, Hey, marriage is a beautiful thing and it's worth fighting...
...Alex, 38, and Stephen, 35, grew up in metro Atlanta, the second and third sons of a minister. (Their older brother works at IBM). Both earned communication degrees at Georgia's Kennesaw State University, attended seminary and got ministerial jobs at Sherwood. After reading a study about the influence of movies on culture and the relative lack of influence of the church, the brothers decided to return to what had been an adolescent hobby, playing with a video camera. In 2003, they asked their church for $20,000 to form a production company, Sherwood Pictures, and make a movie, Flywheel...
...result was a movie that, in box office terms, held its own with A-list Hollywood stars and directors. "Hollywood is gifted at high production quality and acting," says Alex. "But their morals and life perspectives are so different from the rest of us. New York and California seem to have one type of culture and then there's the rest of America. We're trying to make movies that speak to what we believe the American family struggles with - communication, financing, intimacy...
...Since Fireproof's release the Kendrick brothers have fielded meeting invitations from two studios and one TV production company. But they say they're taking a little break from the biz. Says Alex, "We're going to focus on church ministries and our families for the next few months before we dive into our next script...
...desire of fans to find a new competitive arena to play in. "There are bragging rights involved," says Mike Meyer, a law school student from Cleveland who has already invested $1,000 in the OneSeason market, and, he quickly adds, has doubled his money (he picked LeBron James, Alex Rodriguez, and Tom Brady for his portfolio, or as it's known in OneSeason jargon, his "sportfolio"). "I was just showing my buddies how my stocks are going up. The big thing is the fun of it, and there's a chance to make some money...