---
title: 'Machine Gun Preacher (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Marc Forster'
released: '2011-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 129
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/machine-gun-preacher-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1586752/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

2011 · 129 min · Drama, Action, War, History, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Machine Gun Preacher is a 2011 American biographical action drama film directed by Marc Forster and starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Shannon. It tells the story of Sam Childers, a former gang biker turned preacher, and his efforts to protect, in collaboration with the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the children of South Sudan from the atrocities of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The screenplay by Jason Keller was adapted from Childers' book Another Man's War and Ian Urbina's Vanity Fair article "Get Kony".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Marc Forster](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-forster)
- **Screenplay:** [Jason Keller](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-keller)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Chris Cornell](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-cornell)
- **Producer:** [Robbie Brenner](https://cinepixo.com/people/robbie-brenner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roberto Schaefer](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-schaefer)
- **Editor:** [Matt Chesse](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-chesse)

## Cast

- [Madeline Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeline-carroll)
- [Kathy Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathy-baker)
- [Fana Mokoena](https://cinepixo.com/people/fana-mokoena)
- [Michael Shannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-shannon)
- [Michelle Monaghan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michelle-monaghan)
- [Souléymane Sy Savané](https://cinepixo.com/people/souleymane-sy-savane)
- [Gerard Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-butler)

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Official site: http://www.machinegunpreacher.org/movie/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/machine-gun-preacher-2011
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