In 2007, Outpost Worldwide had the pleasure of meeting and working with Richard and Gina Headrick of Laurel, Mississippi. The Headricks, sign makers and missionaries by trade, had developed a script with the expertise of Disney writer and director, Darrell Campbell. From this relationship was born, Last Ounce of Courage.
The Story begins with Christmas under attack. The true celebration of Christ’s birth has been lost in a sea of tolerance and apathy.
Bob Revere, a decorated veteran and mayor, reconnects with his past when his alienated grandson, Chris, moves back to town. Through the discovery of a series of video diaries found in a footlocker, Chris wrestles with understanding the supreme sacrifice that his father Thomas made fighting for their freedom. Even more poignantly, realizing that their own freedoms have been slipping away, Bob and Chris question that while Thomas died fighting for their freedom, what are they doing now? What can one grandpa do? What can one kid do?
As the story unfolds, we find out just how much difference one ordinary person can make. Bob, the grandpa who serves as mayor of his hometown as it is entering the holiday season, determines to bring back the “true” celebration of Christmas to Mount Columbus. Chris encounters his own challenges for freedom at school while Bob’s fight for freedom brings him face to face with the hard-hitting ACLO.
Find out what happens as Bob exclaims, “My fight isn’t about colored lights and a Christmas tree on the city square. It’s about freedom, and taking back what’s been stolen from us. One by one we have lost freedoms that our forefathers, our brothers in arms and my son died for. It’s time we stand up for what they died for…for what we believe in.
Last Ounce of Courage has a star studded cast including Marshall Teague (Armageddon), Jennifer O’Neill (Summer of 42’), Hunter Gomez (National Treasure), Jenna Boyd (Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants), Nikki Novak (The Bucket List), Rusty Joiner (Dodge ball) and Fred Williamson (Starsky and Hutch).
Outpost Worldwide provided all technical support, crew, and even some funding to help bring this passionate story together. Last Ounce of Courage is out to some heavy hitting distributors in hopes of a Christmas 2009 release. A private screening will take place in the community of Paola, Kansas on June 12, 2009, the community where used as the backdrop for the fictional town of Mount Columbus. Learn more about Last Ounce of Courage at lastounceofcourage.com.