To date, it has sold close to 3 million copies, he said. Left Behind features TV actor Kirk Cameron. Director Anne DeSalvo's The Amati Girls, which opens on area screens today, includes award-winners Cloris Leachman, Mercedes Ruehl and Paul Sorvino. While Left Behind portrays the apocalyptic prophecy of the Bible, The Amati Girls serves a more spiritual version of religion. The message is a bit subtler, but there is a message nonetheless.
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The search for that higher being is the common thread in these films, but not everyone believes that the movies are that altruistic. John Noe of Indianapolis, an evangelical scholar and author of the book Shattering the Left Behind Delusion, said money drives the interest in the Left Behind movie and novels. But Lalonde said expanding the kingdom isn't his ultimate goal. He prefers to make mainstream films that have a subtle Christian angle. Last year's intensely controversial Dogma proved to be a faith-affirming look at Catholicism.