Set within the 1860s, the movie takes viewers on a journey by the experiences of creator, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who leads an idyllic life – till the day his world is shattered by tragedy. With a nation divided by Civil War and his household torn aside, Longfellow places down his pen, silenced by grief. However, it is the sound of Christmas morning that reignites the poet’s misplaced voice as he discovers resounding hope and a rekindled religion. 

“While many recognize Longfellow as one of America’s most well-known poets, they often don’t realize how his words and faith in God had far reaching impact,” mentioned Josh Enck, I HEARD THE BELLS Director and Chief Story Officer of Sight & Sound. “The passion behind creating this film was not only to share the true story behind the Christmas carol, but to deliver a story of hope to a hope-hungry world.”

As the primary Sight & Sound movie ever produced, I HEARD THE BELLS far exceeded expectations, garnering a 98% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes. Initially debuting in December of 2022 as a three-day-only theatrical occasion, the movie’s run in film theaters nationwide prolonged to 2 months because of excessive demand, leading to $5.6 million in field workplace gross sales. The partnership between Pinnacle Peak Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Sight & Sound opens the door for the ministry to achieve audiences in a complete new approach. 

“We’re honored to collaborate with Pinnacle Peak Pictures and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment this holiday season to bring this powerful story to life for new and existing audiences,” explains Katie Miller, Director of Marketing & Communications. “We’re passionate about sharing true stories of individuals who changed the world because Christ first changed them with as many people as possible. We can’t wait to share what’s next for Sight & Sound Films.”

I HEARD THE BELLS can be accessible on Digital and DVD November 14, 2023, within the US and Canada, and is now accessible for presale by choose retailers. For extra data on I HEARD THE BELLS, go to iheardthebellsmovie.com.

BONUS FEATURES TO OWN ON DIGITAL & DVD:

• On The Set of I HEARD THE BELLS
• The Heart of the Story
• Snapshots: The Longfellows
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Fanny Longfellow
• Charley Longfellow
• Recording The Music
• Creating the Costumes
• Weathering Special Effects
• “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” carried out by Rachel Day Hughes

Film Website: https://www.iheardthebellsmovie.com/
Trailer: https://uni.pictures/IHeardTheBells_Trailer
Instagram: @sightandsoundfilms
Facebook: @Sight & Sound Films
#IHeardtheBellsFilm

About Sight & Sound: 

Sight & Sound is a storytelling firm obsessed with bringing true tales of redemption to life on stage and on display that reveal the facility of the Gospel. Since its starting as a touring multi-media present in 1976, Sight & Sound has impressed over 30 million individuals with tales from the pages of scripture and historical past. Today, Sight & Sound operates two live-theater venues, immersing over 1,000,000 individuals every year in state-of-the-art unique productions. In 2020, Sight & Sound launched a web-based streaming platform, welcoming a brand new international viewers from over 175 international locations all over the world. Most not too long ago, Sight & Sound expanded into function movies, debuting at #2 in film theaters throughout the nation. Sight & Sound is headquartered in Lancaster, PA with over 700 staff companywide. For extra data, go to www.sight-sound.com.

About Pinnacle Peak Pictures:

Pinnacle Peak Pictures is a number one religion and family-friendly movie manufacturing and distribution studio created in 2005 by Michael Scott and David A.R. White. The studio is chargeable for breakout theatrical movies together with God’s Not Dead, The Case for Christ, Do You Believe? and God’s Not Dead: We the People. The mission of Pinnacle Peak Pictures is to ascertain themselves as a full-service manufacturing and distribution firm specializing in theatrical movie and worldwide TV & video distribution within the household and inspirational market. It is their objective to inform tales that aren’t solely entertaining and compelling, however to take action in a approach that the entire household can take pleasure in.

About Universal Pictures Home Entertainment:

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE – www.uphe.com) is a unit of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG). UFEG produces, acquires, markets and distributes filmed leisure worldwide in varied media codecs for theatrical, dwelling leisure, tv and different distribution platforms, in addition to shopper merchandise, interactive gaming and reside leisure. The international division consists of Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Brand Development, Fandango, DreamWorks Animation Film and Television and Awesomeness. UFEG is a part of NBCUniversal, one of many world’s main media and leisure firms within the improvement, manufacturing and advertising of leisure, information and knowledge to a world viewers. NBCUniversal owns and operates a worthwhile portfolio of reports and leisure networks, a premier movement image firm, vital tv manufacturing operations, a number one tv stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a set of main Internet-based companies. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

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