OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — In a stellar narrative described as the based-on-fact “story of an unlikely friendship between the Reverend George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin that resulted in one of the most defining moments in American history,” the motion picture ‘A Great Awakening‘ will leave most movie theaters this week, to head into the online streaming process.
Whitefield, portrayed by Jonathan Blair, and Franklin, portrayed by John Paul Sneed, get roughly equal screen time.
After a four-week run gaining around $9 million in box-office revenue for the movie, each of these performers deserves consideration for best actor in the varied annual awards for the year, including the Academy of Motion Pictures (the Oscars).
The 18th Century decades-long ties of business deals and growing friendship between the professed Deist (Franklin) and the born-again Oxford graduate (Whitefield) are portrayed with audacity (particularly in the case of Blair) and authenticity (in both cases)…