With this documentary, and his previous movie frisbee. Fallen angel includes interviews with several people who had worked with or been close to norman thirty years earlier, including his first wife and randy stonehill, who recorded the film s official soundtrack. The outlaw larry norman a bible story by david di sabatino. Sandi stonehill offers a unique perspective on dealing with larry norman as the wife of randy stonehill. Fallen angel tells the story of christian rock n roll icon larry norman from his early days as the lead singer of a popular san josebased band named people through his emergence as. Frame film festival steve taylor took the time to affirm the fallen angel film as an exemplary example of telling the truth despite the misunderstandings of the evangelical christian. The life and death of a hippie preacher filmmaker david di sabatino opens up the. Trailer for the new documentary entitled fallen angel. This is an outtake excerpt from the documentary fallen angel. Controversial new doc fallen angel profiles larry norman, the pioneering christian rocker who left a trail of mended souls and broken hearts. A bible story is a controversial 2008 documentary on norman s life by filmmaker david di sabatino.
Whilst larry norman was no saint which is surely part of his appeal. Larry norman might get the fame he wanted, but in the. The outlaw larry norman recounts the rise of the father of christian rock music as the rock n roll billy graham of the 1970s through to the height of success as the visionary behind solid rock records before a personal meltdown and subsequent fall from grace exiled him to the margins of the christian subculture he helped create. As a long time larry norman fan, it took me a while to watch this movie. Gallery soundtrack store jester media press press press. A response to rumors spread by the fallen angel film. Larry norman had passed away only the year before february 24th 2008 and here was a movie with a diabolic angle destroy the legacy of larry norman.
The outlaw larry norman a bible story by david di sabatino at the san jose film festival on march 1, 2009. Told mainly from the perspective of those who worked with him and loved him during the height of his success, feel the power of the music he created as refracted through the inconsistencies of the life he led. Ccm musician and filmmaker steve taylor affirms fallen. The outlaw larry norman a bible story by david di sabatino at the san jose film festival on march 1. Since the film has been released many parts of the film have been refuted by those interviewed and evidence has been put online to show how flimsy and biased much of the film is. Fallen angel recounts the rise and fall of larry norman, a rock n roll icon to the christian subculture.
Fallen angel trailer the outlaw larry norman youtube. The film included many interviews with figures close to. Fallen angel tells the story of christian rock n roll icon larry norman from his early days as the lead singer of a popular san josebased band named people through his emergence as a jesus. The outlaw larry norman recounts the rise of the father of christian rock music as the rock n roll billy graham of the. With the forthcoming release of fallen angel, a documentary on norman s life, things might get stranger and uglier. This is a film that both larry norman and his crazy family do not want you to see.
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