The Cross Movie Can Now Be Purchased On DVD

The Cross Movie Can Now Be Purchased On DVD

by Allyson Burke

The Cross Movie is a film that was made in 2008 and released the next year. It was Matthew Crouch's debut as a documentary director. It follows the 38,000 miles Arthur Blessitt covered on foot. His efforts landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records. The goal of his journey was to take the gospel to every country and primary island group in the world.

Arthur Blessitt and Matthew Crouch had met twenty years prior to the film being released. The 2 men had another chance meeting in June of 2008, as Blessitt was on his way to Zanzibar, Africa. It was then that the idea came to Crouch to make a documentary that with highlight the entire story, including each facet of Blessitt's walk.

The story essentially began with what Arthur Blessitt calls a basic act of obedience to God: designing a large cross to hang on the wall of the Christian coffee house he started in the 1960s in Hollywood, California called "His Place." Several years later, in 1968, he started taking short walks with the cross to feed homeless people on Sunset Strip and share with them the gospel.

Blessitt soon began to feel that God was calling him to make similar walk, but across the entire country. Shortly after, he left Hollywood and began a journey that would take him all the way to Washington DC and New York City. It began on Christmas day in 1969.

The following year, Arthur carried his cross through then war-torn Northern Ireland. This was the trip that began what was soon to become a walk throughout the entire world. In 1988, he felt led by God to continue his journey until he had reached every country possible with the gospel. A decade later, he completed this mission, even gaining access to North Korea through a chain of extraordinary circumstances.

In summer of 2008, the aforementioned documentary film was completed. His wife assisted director Matthew Crouch, as she had been with her husband in over 290 of the countries he visited during the walk. To this day, the journey is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as "The longest walk in the world".

A personal glimpse of Blessitt's trip through three hundred and fifteen countries, island groups, and territories is chronicled in the documentary. The specific distance he covered was 38,102 miles, which is equivalent to walking the circumference of the earth at the equator level one and a half times. The film has been received well by both non-Christians and those who embrace the Christian faith, as it truly highlights the beliefs and dedication of Blessitt and his family.

Additionally, the film highlights numerous conversations with people to whom Blessitt spoke with during his walk. On various occasions, he journeyed in utter solitude, while on other days large groups of individuals gathered to greet him in specific areas. The journey took him to many war-torn, troubled parts of the globe. However, regardless of the circumstances he faced, he never considered abandoning his plans. <A href="http://www.blessitt.com">The Cross Movie</A> was released in select theaters, and can now be bought on DVD online or from various retailers.



Watch the cross movie showing how Arthur Blessitt carried the cross around the world by visiting his official website <a href="http://www.blessitt.com">www.blessitt.com</a>. Online visitors can also order his book directly from http://www.blessitt.com.

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Title: The Cross Movie Can Now Be Purchased On DVD
Author: Allyson Burke
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Keywords: movies, films, actors, entertainment
Word Count: 524
Category: Movies
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