Samson (2018 film)

Samson
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBruce Macdonald
Written by
  • Jason Baumgardner
  • Zach Smith
  • Timothy Ratajczak
  • Galen Gilbert
Produced by
  • Bruce Macdonald
  • David A. R. White
  • Vlokkie Gordon
  • Elizabeth Hatcher-Travis
  • Craig Jones
  • Michael Scott
  • Brittany Yost
  • Alysoun Wolfe
Starring
Cinematography
  • Trevor Michael Brown
  • Brian Shanley
Edited by
  • Vance Null
  • Tim Goodwin
  • Gabriel Sabloff
Music byWill Musser
Production
companies
Distributed byPure Flix Entertainment
Release date
  • February 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)
Running time
109 minutes[4]
Countries
  • United States
  • South Africa
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4.9 million[5][6]

Samson is a 2018 South African-American Biblical drama film directed by Bruce Macdonald and inspired by the story of Samson in the Book of Judges. The film stars Taylor James as Samson, along with Jackson Rathbone, Billy Zane, Caitlin Leahy, Rutger Hauer, and Lindsay Wagner. The film was released in the United States on February 16, 2018.[7] It was negatively reviewed by film critics and was a box office bomb.

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  3. ^ "Boomtown Films | Production Company | South Africa". boomtownfilms.co.za. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  4. ^ "Samson DTDC Ingest_Letter (Projectionist letter)" (PDF). Deluxe Technicolor Digital Cinema (DTDC). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
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  6. ^ "Samson (2018)". The Numbers. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  7. ^ "Pure Flix Announces 'Samson' Opening In Theaters February 16". Breathe Cast. Retrieved 14 November 2017.