{"id":5352,"date":"2014-07-25T14:55:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T18:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=5352"},"modified":"2014-07-25T14:55:41","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T18:55:41","slug":"return-to-the-hiding-place-to-open-nationwide-on-oct-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/07\/return-to-the-hiding-place-to-open-nationwide-on-oct-24.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Return to the Hiding Place&#8221; to open nationwide on Oct. 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Official Theatrical Trailer for Return to the Hiding Place\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Xl2H4jwVFo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7387\"><strong> A true tale of young heroes.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hide-movie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b><i>Return to the Hiding Place<\/i><\/b><\/a><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7386\"><\/span>, the multi award-winning World War II action drama <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/05\/return-to-the-hiding-place-tells-amazing-true-story-of-teen-heroes-battling-nazi-terror-a-talk-with-the-fatherdaughter-team-who-brought-the-story-to-the-screen.html\">I raved about<\/a> in May (when it opened in limited release), is now set to open <\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7386\">nationwide in theaters on Oct. 24, 2014.\u00a0 The simultaneously thrilling and thought-provoking film tells the true story of a ragtag group of teenagers who banded to form a <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7386\">Resistance Army<\/span> to fight the Nazis and rescue of Dutch Jews marked for death during the Holocaust. <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7382\" class=\"yiv1773156638MsoNoSpacing\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7372\" style=\"color: black\">Directed and produced by the father daughter team of Peter C. Spencer (<i id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_9899\">Heroes of the Titanic<\/i>, <i>Justice for the Wounded<\/i>) and Petra Spencer Pearce (<em>Heroes of the Faith<\/em>), the terrific cast includes <\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7381\">John Rhys-Davies (<i id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7391\">Indiana Jones<\/i>, <i>Lord of the Rings<\/i>), Craig Robert Young (<em>NCIS: LA, Hawaii Five-O<\/em>), David Thomas Jenkins (<em>CSI: Miami, Bold and the Beautiful<\/em>), Rachel Spencer Hewitt (<i>Fly by Night<\/i>, <i id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7392\">A Civil War Christmas<\/i>) and Mimi Sagadin (<i>The Dilemma<\/i>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7372\" style=\"color: black\"><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7380\"><\/span>With current headlines being what they are, it&#8217;s important to never forget just how evil unrestrained evil can be. It&#8217;s also important to remember the heroes who have had the courage to fight such evil.\u00a0 <em>Return to the Hiding Place<\/em> accomplishes both tasks wrapped in a story that is both cautionary and inspiring. It makes sense then that the film has been recognized by <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7374\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7373\" style=\"color: black\">Yad Vashem, Israel&#8217;s official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Other honors have included &#8220;<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7374\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7373\" style=\"color: black\">Best Feature Film&#8221; awards<\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7374\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7373\" style=\"color: black\"> at the Bel-Air Film Festival, Central Florida Film Festival, San Antonio Christian Film Festival and Life Fest Film Festival.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>It has also\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_12276\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_12278\" style=\"color: black\"> recently chosen as the \u201cOfficial Selection\u201d at both the Projecting Hope Film Festival and Mission Fest Vancouver Film Festival.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1406311816485_7374\"><\/span><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. A true tale of young heroes. Return to the Hiding Place, the multi award-winning World War II action drama I raved about in May (when it opened in limited release), is now set to open nationwide in theaters on Oct. 24, 2014.\u00a0 The simultaneously&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[619,9,13,1591,15,24,3586],"tags":[6801,7097,7098,6796,7095,6797,7094,7092,7100,6795,6802,7102,7091,7093,7101,6800,5572,7099,7096,6799],"class_list":["post-5352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-semitism","category-christianity","category-family-matters","category-good-works","category-history","category-movies","category-religious-liberty-2","tag-a-civil-war-christmas","tag-bel-air-film-festival","tag-central-florida-film-festival","tag-craig-robert-young-ncis-la","tag-david-thomas-jenkins-csi-miami","tag-hawaii-five-o","tag-john-rhys-davies-indiana-jones","tag-justice-for-the-wounded","tag-life-fest-film-festival","tag-lord-of-the-rings","tag-mimi-sagadin-the-dilemma","tag-mission-fest-vancouver-film-festival","tag-peter-c-spencer-heroes-of-the-titanic","tag-petra-spencer-pearce-heroes-of-the-faith","tag-projecting-hope-film-festival","tag-rachel-spencer-hewitt-fly-by-night","tag-return-to-the-hiding-place","tag-san-antonio-christian-film-festival","tag-yad-vashem","tag-bold-and-the-beautiful"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Return to the Hiding Place&quot; to open nationwide on Oct. 24<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2014\/07\/return-to-the-hiding-place-to-open-nationwide-on-oct-24.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Return to the Hiding Place&quot; to open nationwide on Oct. 24\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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