The Lazarus Project

The Lazarus Project formerly known as The Heaven Project is a 2008 American dramathriller film directed and written by John Patrick Glenn. It stars Paul Walker as Ben, a former criminal who gets a second chance at life and mysteriously ends up working at a psychiatric hospital. Piper Perabo, Linda Cardellini, Malcolm Goodwin, Tony Curran and Bob Gunton also star in the film, which was released on DVD on October 21, 2008.

The title refers to the New Testament character Lazarus in chapterof the Gospel of St.John, Lazarus is raised from the dead by Jesus after having been entombed for four days. Otherwise, nothing in the films plot parallels the New Testament story in fact, the films protagonist rebels against those who raised him from the dead, something inconceivable for the character Lazarus.Written and directed by John Patrick Glenn in his directorial debut, production was originally slated for September 2005 with Mandeville Films but was ultimately delayed. Production finally began in March 2007 with filming beginning on April 27, 2007 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. The film script refers to several small Oregon towns, Mount Angel, Silverton, and Dundee. Only Mount Angel and Silverton are close enough for the lead character to walk between them atmiles apart. Dundee, Oregon is not close to either Mount Angel, or Silverton. While these towns are referred to in the movie none of the filming was done there. ........

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