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- We felt at one stage,

we just had a mountain to climb,

but each day it's just been phenomenal

and a real pleasure andsuch a great experience.

- Once he kneels down,then we start moving in.

We just have had such afantastic Irish cast, Irish crew.

It's so exciting to seeeverything coming together

right now in front of my eyes.

- A lot of the scenes that we're recording

are very visually rich.

You know there's afantastic cinematographer

workin' on this called Colm Hogan.

Himself and Jarrod aremanaging to create images

that also help tell a story.

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- I am really, really impressed

with the attention to detail,

from the costumes, youknow they're all hand made

out of authentic materials.

- Period productions likethis take so much more effort

because, you know, long hair,beards, makeup, bruises.

You know, and then the costume.

We've got some beautiful costumes,

and we're really lucky to have

some great people workin' on it.

- He's a very famous actor.

- (laughing) He is.

- Many of the cast thathave wrapped their parts

have sent emails or phone calls or texts

to say it was one of the nicest film sets

they've ever worked on inthe sense of collaboration.

- There's no givin' out or anything,

even if somethin' goes wrong.

We always get back on track.

- [Dara] And it's very professional like--

- [James] Yeah very.

- [Dara] Just seeing howthey approach lighting

and everything like that.

- Yeah.

- It's the farm.

- The farm.

- Yeah.

- The farm is massive here.

- There's always smiles and laughter,

and that's what gets youthrough the cold days

and the colder nights.

Always a joy, always a joy.

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- Well for more inside information,

we've got Jarrod Anderson.

He's the writer, theproducer, and director

of I Am Patrick.

And here you are.

We just saw you in Ireland,and now you're here today.

- I'm here.

- What was it like doing the shoot?

- Gosh, it was an incredible experience.

Being in Ireland and allthese amazing landscapes

with, y'know, John Rhys-Davies,

I mean you couldn't hope for better.

It was just an incredible experience

We had an incredible all-Irishcrew and all-Irish cast.

Couldn't hope for better.

- [Gordon] All right,

well tell me how you got John Rhys-Davies

to star in this film,

to take on the roll of the elder Patrick.

- So John Rhys-Davieswas only supposed to do

the voice-over narration,and we were gonna do that

early before the shoot.

So when I flew over, we didthe voice-over narration.

We sat down, we got coffee afterwards.

I kept looking at him and I kept thinking,

"He looks a lot like, he'sgot the same color eyes

"as our middle-age Patrick."

And I remember myco-producer just tellin' me,

"You should just ask him.

"Just see if he'll just play the part."

And I'm like, there's no way.

And he ended up taking me to the airport

- [Gordon] So he was your chauffer?

- He was my chauffer.- He was your driver?

- Yes, he drove me.

- He runs Uber in Isle of Man?

- Yeah, not a lot of people there.

And he, y'know I just lookedover at him and I said,

I said, "I'm just gonna gofor this, I'm just gonna ask."

And I just said, "Would you consider,

"I know it would be beneath you,

"but would you play therole of old Patrick for us?"

And he just looked over atme and he was just like,

"That wouldn't be beneath me at all."

And it just, I knew at thatmoment this is gonna happen.

And it all worked out.

He made his schedule workaround us so he could be there.

It was really cool.

- Great!

What did you learn during the film?

What did you learn about Patrick?

- Gosh.

Well I mean I think probablythe biggest thing for me

that I learned was Patrick was incredibly

relatable, vulnerable, human.

I think most people know aboutthe myths and the legends.

But for me, reading hisConfessio and reading his letter

to the soldiers of Coroticus,

I was so impacted by a man offaith from the fifth century,

that I'm reading and going,

"Wow, here's somebody that I understand

"and I even can kind of relate to."

And you don't always find thatwith historical documents.

- Well, you can, if you're looking for it.

And one of the great things I like

about historicaldocuments and I like about

St. Patrick's confession,is he shows you his heart.

And you actually get a glimpse

of the life experience he had.

And one of the thingsfor me reading it was,

I wish we had a St. Patrickwalking around the earth today.

And then that always gets you

to start looking in the mirror,

"Well, what about you?"

You know, if he coulddo it, and he is a man

just like you, well Godcan speak to you too.

- Absolutely.

- What do you want viewersto take away from the film?

- I want viewers to be inspired to do

what God's called them to do.

And it may not be this huge thing,

this huge calling like Patrick,

to go back to Irelandand bring the Gospel.

But I just am so inspired and I feel like

other people will be but,

by just how Patrick did what he felt

like God called him to do.

He felt, he had thatvision, that experience.

He felt called to go back.

And he just stepped outand did it even though

other people advised him not to.

He felt like that's whatGod was calling him to do.

- Why did he feel that?

'Cause I think that's oneof the untold stories.

You get lost in theshamrocks and the snakes

and all of that, but why did he go?

And I think a lot of people don't know,

number one, he's not Irish.

He was a Briton and hewas taken as a young boy

as a slave to Ireland,that's how he learned Gaelic.

And he comes back and then says,

"Well I can't live the lifeI used to live any more.

"I'll go into the priesthood."

And then 18 years later,what happens to him?

- Eighteen years later he,

a lot of scholars believe he actually

sold his inheritance as seed funding

for him to go back.

And then he told his parents,

and the church actuallywas willing to let him go

and become a missionary bishop to Ireland.

And that's when he went back.

But I think the bigger thing is,

he had that, he had a dream.

He had a visionary experiencein which he heard voices

calling back to him from Ireland,

"Oh holy boy, won't you comeagain and walk among us."

And that cut him to the heart,

that's what he says in his writings.

And he never, that was what called him.

That's what inspired him to do that.

- What started him gettingrevelation from God.

What was he doing at that time?

- Well I mean, we know hegrew up in a Christian,

you know, his family were Christians.

His father was a deacon andhis grandfather was a priest.

But he didn't really findand return to that faith

on that personal level untilhe was a slave in Ireland,

in which he had anothervisionary experience

showing him how to get back.

Where this boat was for him to escape.

And that's when his faith tooka radically different turn.

- And that was, that was, yougot to the revelation part,

but there was six yearsbefore that revelation.

- There was.

- Where he's a slave.

They turn him into a shepherd.

And so instead of complaining about that,

saying, "Oh, God, whyhave you taken everything

"away from me?

"You've taken my family,you've taken my position.

"Here I am a slave."

He uses all of that deprivation to say,

"I'm going to do this for Him.

"I'm gonna live for Him."

And in that develops a conversation,

if you will, with God.

- Yeah.

Rather than just going, oh, woe is me,

he did, he fasted and he turned to God

in that time of despair.

- Yeah, and I think that'sa lesson for us right now.

We've got a lot of thingshappening in the world today

where you can say, wellthere's a good reason

to have a lot of despair.

There's a lot of problems,we're looking at viruses,

we're looking at all kindsof natural disasters.

And whether it's the recenttornadoes in Nashville,

all of these things can we,

instead of looking at itand saying, oh woe is me,

can we look at it as an opportunity,

God, what do you wantme to do in the middle

of this situation?

Here's St. Patrick, and there's a reason

we call him St. Patrick,he's a saint by acclimation.

Every single church,every single denomination

recognizes Patrick as a saint.

Patrick heard from God, he acted on that,

and he did some remarkable things.

And in our day we haveplenty of opportunity

to do remarkable things if we just realize

well God's with us.

God wants to see us through.

So if you want to go seethis wonderful movie,

it's only available two nights.

We have March 17th, St. Patrick's Day.

So you can celebrate St. Patrick's Day

by hearing the story of St.Patrick in his own words.

It's all based on his confession,the letter to Coroticus.

You can go on March 17th or 18th.

And if you are immune compromised,

if you're in this groupthat probably shouldn't go

to any kind of public gathering,

I encourage you, please don't go.

We're going to be able tomake it available for you

where you can see it at home.

But if you are near a theater

and you're not in that category,

there isn't an outbreak near you,

I encourage you to go.

There's a way you can get tickets.

Just go to iampatrick.com,type in your zip code

in the link that says find a theater.

We're in over a thousand theaters.

On Wednesday I talkedto the theater groups.

They're all gonna be openTuesday and Wednesday.

So if you want to go see it,

go to iampatrick.com.

It'll tell you all theinformation you need,

and you can see morebehind the scenes videos

of the amazing production,what Jarrod did on the script,

and the direction.

It's all there for youalong with a free download

of St. Patrick's Confession,his letter to Coroticus,

so you can read itbefore you see the movie.

Either way, do it now.

Go to iampatrick.com.