The Moment After
| The Moment After | |
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| Directed by | Wes Llewellyn |
| Produced by |
Bobby Downes Kevin Downes David A. R. White |
| Written by |
Kevin Downes Amanda Llewellyn Wes Llewellyn |
| Music by | Marc Fantini |
| Cinematography | Philip Hurn |
| Edited by | Wes Llewellyn |
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Production
company |
Christiano Film Group
Signal Hill Pictures TMA Productions |
| Distributed by | ChristianCinema.com / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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Release date
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July 4, 1999 |
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Running time
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Moment After is a Christian film released through the Christiano Film Group in 1999. The film stars David A.R. White and Kevin Downes as FBI agents caught up in the world of the Rapture. Written and directed by Wes Llewelyn, the film was a popular success, becoming a bestseller among Christian film audiences warranting a sequel, The Moment After 2: The Awakening, seven years later. It was a Crown Award Winner for Best Evangelistic Film and Best Drama film made for less than $250,000.
The movie opens up at an empty house. A phone has been dropped, with the dial tone still going, a pot is still cooking on the stove, a television is still on, indicating a person was still watching it, and clothes are still on the seat. Outside the scene is chaotic with a panicked mother frantically looking for her daughter and a man looking for his wife after a car crash.
The movie switches to the house of Adam Riley (White), who is visited by his friend Charles Baker (Downes). They are FBI agents working at the same field office. At the FBI headquarters, agents are briefed and are given an assignment, a folder containing names, and told to interview the relatives of the missing people. These include Mr. Fulton, a live in nurse named Peggy, and Katherine, George’s wife (whose two kids Troy and Tanya are also among the missing). As they are leaving, Charles is called back to the emergency room when finds that his wife has miscarried.
A Jewish rabbi named Jacob Krause (Brad Heller) is at Synagogue performing a ritual, and picks up a Bible upon hearing the news report on the radio. Jacob suddenly takes up residence in an abandoned Christian homeless shelter (later this is closed down and he has continually run ins with the military).
Katherine at the hospital is told that four months have passed and she has shown improvement in her performance. While waiting outside on a bench, Krause comes and preaches the Word of God.
The President makes a State of the Union speech, addressing the recent events. He then declares a One World Currency and the installation of a B-chip, which is implanted through the palm and “acts as a credit card”. Just when Adam and Charles are close to finding answers to the puzzle, the President orders all FBI agents to be taken off the case. Adam and Charles are given the task to capture Krause, considered to be a “dangerous criminal”.
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