''The Genesis Code'' is a 2010 Christian American drama film directed by C. Thomas Howell and Patrick Read Johnson, and written by Michael W. Leighton.

Plot

Kerry Wells (Kelsey Sanders), a college student journalist and committed Christian, has been assigned to do a story on Blake Truman (Logan Bartholomew), the college's hockey superstar. Blake struggles with personal crisis but rejects Kerry's reliance on her faith. He is convinced that modern science has disproved the

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. Together they discover that the creation story and science may be in perfect accord. ''The Genesis Code'' takes on two current social and cultural issues:

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and

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. Although this becomes a romance story, it gives a look to the age-old question of how science and a book of the Bible,

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, may both be correct and told in a format that a normal layperson will understand.

Cast

* Logan Bartholomew as Blake Truman *

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as Kerry Wells *

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as Reverend Wells * C.R. Lewis as Shane Thomas *

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as Carl Taylor * Louise Fletcher as Ellen Taylor * Fred Dalton Thompson as Judge Hardin *

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as Dr. Hoffer * Rance Howard as Dr. Tolley * Ben Murphy as Professor Campbell * Catherine Hicks as Myra Allitt *

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as Beverly Truman * Rich Franklin as Coach Edwards * Adam Chambers as Marc Wells * Lauren Mae Shafer as Rita

Production

The first director, Patrick Read Johnson, was fired and C. Thomas Howell was brought in to finish the film. Director Guild of America rules required that Johnson be given a shared credit. The film was shot in

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and Lowell, Michigan.

Release

''The Genesis Code'' premiered in the United States on 25 August 2010 as part of the Grand Rapids Film Festival.“The Genesis Code” to premiere at Grand Rapids Film Festival
/ref> The film was released on home video on 6 March 2012 in North America.

References

External links

*
Official site
2010 films Films directed by C. Thomas Howell 2010 drama films American drama films Films directed by Patrick Read Johnson 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{2010s-drama-film-stub