Believe (2007 film)

Believe
Believe
	Film poster
Directed by	Loki Mulholland
Written by	Loki Mulholland
Produced by	Micah Merrill; Russ Kendall;
Starring	Adam Pendon; Lincoln Hoppe; K. Danor Gerald; Jeff Olson; Brian Clark; Britani Bateman; Steve Anderson; Ann Bosler; Craig Clyde; Jodi Russel; Vanessa DeHart; Graham Russell; Troy Dunn;
Distributed by	Kaleidoscope Pictures
Release date	April 20, 2007;

Believe is a 2007 mockumentary/comedy about the world of multi-level marketing (MLM). This is the first movie by director Loki Mulholland, who is also credited for the screenplay.

Believe was produced by Russ Kendall and Micah Merrill of Kaleidoscope Pictures.

Plot

Set in the town of Springfield, Believe tells the story of Adam Pendon (Larry Bagby), a struggling truck driver who was recently laid off from his job at the steel mill when it closed. Adam is approached by a salesman for a multi-level marketing company, Believe Industries. The salesman, Mark Fuller (Lincoln Hoppe), offers Adam a business opportunity.

Adam agrees to meet Mark at a local hotel for the business meeting. This meeting is filled with distributors for Believe Industries, such as Dan Bretenheirmer (Steve Anderson) and Sally Bretenheirmer (Ann Bosler) who are unable to succeed at Believe, even though they sincerely try to work the program. Tom (Brian Neal Clark) and Amy Hawks (Britani Bateman) are a focused couple who also meet Adam.

The owner of Believe is Howard Flash (Jeff Olson), who claims to have lived in a trailer park until the business of Believe saved his life and made him wealthy.

Adam decides to join Believe and succeeds unexpectedly. He is invited to be a speaker at a Believe convention. The crux of the plot is Adam at a crossroads of either enjoying wealth and fame from Believe or walking away because he believes he is misleading other people with his wealth and fame.^[1]

Cast

Larry Bagby : Adam Pendon
Lincoln Hoppe : Mark Fuller
Vanessa DeHart : Jean Pendon
Brian Clark : Tom Hawks
Britani Bateman : Amy Hawks
Steve Anderson : Dan Bretenheimer
Ann Bosler : Sally Bretenheimer
Jeff Olson : Howard Flash
Craig Clyde : Mitch Harris
Jodi Russell : Betty Fuller
J. Scott Bronson : Dr. Bronson
Curt Dousett : John Miller
K. Danor Gerald : Ray Sterago
Leilani Marshall : Lola
Dutch Whitlock : Chris Bretenheimer
Graham Russell : John Loch
Morgan Lund : Reverend Goldsmith
Jimmy Chunga : Himself

Background

For four years, Mulholland was a distributor for Amway,^[2] one of the most well-known MLM companies in the world.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Kaleidoscope Pictures
^ "New Film 'BELIEVE' Skewers Amway and other Multi-level Marketing Companies". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
^ Amway - The History of Amway Archived February 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Amway, Quixtar, Team of Destiny
^ Evangelical Resources on Multi-Level Marketing

External links

Believe at IMDb

[1] Kaleidoscope Pictures

[2] "New Film 'BELIEVE' Skewers Amway and other Multi-level Marketing Companies". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-05-16.

[3] Amway - The History of Amway Archived February 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Amway, Quixtar, Team of Destiny

[5] Evangelical Resources on Multi-Level Marketing

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