Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham
2008, PG, 95 min.
Directed by Robby Benson, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Armie Hammer, Martin Landau, Lindsay Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha, Jennifer O’Neill, Josh Turner.

Not reviewed at press time. No advance screenings were held for this Depression-era story about the formative years of the influential Christian evangelist Billy Graham, during which time he chose his career path and broke away from the family dairy-farming business. Teen heartthrob Benson directs.

This article appears in October 10 • 2008.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.