Once Hollywood produced very successful family friendly films with wholesome moral messages, many of which were faith based. Today’s movies have changed.
Moviemakers now stretch the envelope in every possible offensive direction without regard for societal consequences for ever-greater shock value in order to increase box office sales.
While some may find the idea of movie studio insiders voluntarily cleaning up their movies and responsibly returning the industry to a point of being morally acceptable by respecting biblical values as “far fetched” … It just may happen.
Seth Kleg is involved in ministry through the Media Fellowship and the Trinity Life Center in Las Vegas. He spent over six years at Centrum of Hollywood sharing the Gospel with thousands of young people.
Seth also was the casting Director and appeared in the 1970 highly acclaimed movie “ THE CROSS AND THE SWITCHBLADE”, which starred Pat Boone.
The movie was about Nicky Cruz, who was one of the most violent gang leaders in New York City. It was a story about how a gang leader and addicts were changed by the grace of God and a country preacher who eventually led him to Jesus Christ. This powerful movie has been spiritually influential for countless viewers.
Kleg contacted me regarding his work in the launching of a new movie studio where he would bring together, with the objective of both spiritual and commercial success, stories of faith and redemption. He would combine established Christian producers with investors to produce stories that can have a positive impact on our society for Christ.”
The end result would be a nonstop stream of excellent movies released with budgets ranging from $100,000 to $25,000,000.
MICHAEL WESTFALL: Kleg, I would like to welcome you to this interview. You have a illustrious and interesting background both in movies and in doing God’s work. You are setting out to create a very different kind of movie studio. Can you tell a little about yourself and your activities in the film industry? What inspired you and why do you feel compelled to start a new film studio and what are your objectives?
KLEG SETH: My motivation for The Christian Studio (TCS) has come out of the enormous need for truth to be conveyed through the entertainment industry in contrast with the constant flow of movies that come out of Hollywood which are corrupting our society. Although there have been several very good movies of faith produced recently like AMAZING GRACE and END OF THE SPEAR, the tragedy is that, for every movie of faith produced, there are hundreds of movies released that have no regard for decency or for God. My objective is to facilitate the continuous production of movies that will inspire and offer hope.
The Christian Studio would evaluate stories and screenplays for their potential for success and would then match investors with producers to make the movies. Unlike the Motion Picture Studios in Hollywood, we would not have a studio lot which would dramatically help to keep overhead at a minimum. The goal of The Christian Studio is to bring together investors with established producers who want to make a difference by producing movies that will have an impact for Christ on our society.
MW: Do mainstream studio decision makers really care about the values and morals of America? Are there other Hollywood voices speaking out and, if so, who are they?
KS: Years ago I went to see a story editor in Hollywood with a screenplay. I told him the story was a c
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