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Bram Hoover and Mark Hapka in 23 Blast (2014)

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23 Blast: What Happened to Jerry Baker? His True Story Explained
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Bram Hoover brings to life Jerry Baker in 23 Blast, a key figure in this tear-jerking true story. 

Originally released in 2013, 23 Blast is back in the public eye as the inspirational drama comes to Netflix in the U.S. for the first time. 

The film is set in the real-life world of Kentucky high school football, following a young man named Travis Freeman who is suddenly stricken with a rare bacterial infection, loses his sight, and (against all odds) returns to the football field despite his disability. 

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  • 8/29/2024
  • by Klein Felt
  • The Direct
23 Blast movie review: do they play football in Heaven?
The clunky script and amateurish performances are not unexpected in the faith-based genre, but its dubious “inspiration” gives even diehard-atheist me pause. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of “faith-based” films

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

If I was a faith-based sort of person, I’d be pretty annoyed at the sorts of movies I’m supposed to embrace simply because characters in them pray and stuff. And then 23 Blast would make me extra angry, because not only is it defined primarily by its clunky script and amateurish performances — which is, alas, not unexpected in the faith-based genre — but it also features some dubious instances of “inspiration” that gave even diehard-atheist me pause.

This is the true story of Kentucky high-school footballer Travis Freeman (Mark Hapka), who is struck blind literally overnight by an infection that destroys his...
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  • 10/23/2014
  • by MaryAnn Johanson
  • www.flickfilosopher.com
Actor Dylan Baker and ’24’ Co-Creator Joel Surnow Making Directorial Debuts
We all know Dylan Baker as one of this generation’s finest character actors — turns in Happiness, Spider-Man 2 and 3, Trick r’ Treat are the first things that come to mind for yours truly — and now he’s extending his talents to another department. According to Variety, Baker will make his first stab at directing with the indie drama 23 Blast, a film which will star himself, Justin Long, Stephen Lang, Mark Hapka (Days at Our Lives), and Max Adler (Glee).

Written by Toni and Bram Hoover, 23 Blast centers on “a high school football star (Hapka) who’s suddenly stricken with irreversible blindness and the choice he’s forced to make regarding whether he should return to the sport.” Adler, meanwhile, plays a fellow member of the team; the other roles have not been discussed, but that great lineup has me itching to learn more. Production kicks off next month.

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  • 3/14/2012
  • by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
  • The Film Stage
Syfy UK announce new web drama ‘Buried Alive’
Universal Networks International have announced the acquisition of a brand-new web series for the Syfy UK. Syfy.co.uk will stream the UK online premiere of Buried Alive, a 15 x 10 minute for-web drama distributed by Sony Pictures Television.

The suspense-filled series is set to unfold over a four week period, with new episodes posted every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 13:00 GMT. Followers will witness a race-against-time as brother and sister Travis (Jeff Blum) and Melanie (Brit Morgan) struggle to uncover the hidden location of five abducted students, buried alive with rapidly depleting air and no-one to hear their screams.

The series will be the UK’s first introduction to lead star Brit Morgan, who is set to become a familiar face after winning the role of ‘Debbie Pelt’ in the highly anticipated third season of True Blood. Her Buried Alive co-stars include Jeff Blum, Bram Hoover, Nikki McKenzie, Greyson Chadwick,...
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  • 5/25/2010
  • by Phil
  • Nerdly
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