The John-Henry Westen Show - June 23, 2021


98-year-old Jewish World War II vet produces Christian movie on miracles

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The Girl Who Believes in Miracles is a new film based on the true story of a young girl named Sarah Hopkins, who was diagnosed with terminal heart disease and was given three months to live. Her family prayed that God would miraculously save her, and God did. Larry Jaffe, a World War II veteran and 98-year-old producer talks about the making of the film, and why he believes in miracles.

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00:00:00.000 In development of the film, have you shown it to any young people yourself, and what was their reaction?
00:00:05.040 We've had very good reactions from young people, and for older mothers with young children.
00:00:12.240 Mothers love to bring children to see this movie, and they get a very positive reaction.
00:00:17.740 Children love the movie.
00:00:21.320 Finding films to watch these days can be extremely difficult, and now with most of us at home,
00:00:26.380 that's one of the things we look forward to, finding a good film, especially for the kids as they're wanting to watch something.
00:00:32.040 Doing that is extremely difficult, but we have been given a gift.
00:00:36.180 There's a gift, in fact you might say a miracle, in a new film that's out by a producer who, believe it or not,
00:00:44.000 is a World War II veteran and 98 years of age.
00:00:48.500 You're going to want to stay tuned for this one.
00:00:56.380 Larry Jaffe, welcome to the program.
00:01:11.940 Hi John, pleased to meet you.
00:01:14.200 Let's begin as we always do with the sign of the cross.
00:01:16.860 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
00:01:21.360 Let's get this straight. You are 98 years of age.
00:01:25.220 That is correct.
00:01:26.900 That's amazing. Okay, so, what is your film, and what's the inspiration behind the film?
00:01:33.960 The original script was written by the grandfather of a young lady who had a terrible heart condition
00:01:40.560 that the doctor said was not curable, and she only had her three months to live.
00:01:46.760 Family prayed. My partner, who's a script writer, prayed.
00:01:51.240 And miracle of all miracles, she recovered without any medical help.
00:01:58.760 And my partner promised God that if God saved her life, which he did, that he would write a movie about it.
00:02:08.200 And so he did, and we took it, and then we had Rich Corral, who was a marvelous writer, director, and producer,
00:02:19.520 actually took a good plot and brought it alive.
00:02:24.140 And we ended up with this movie called The Girl Who Believes in Miracles.
00:02:29.840 Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. So, this is sort of partially based on a true story, is it, then?
00:02:36.100 It's all fiction, actually. A fulfillment of a promise. That was a true story.
00:02:42.940 But the actual plot itself is fiction.
00:02:46.580 Beautiful. We're just going to play a little clip,
00:02:49.020 which basically demonstrates the power of this film in inculcating,
00:02:57.480 or in terms of inspiring faith in people, young people as well.
00:03:02.520 Let's have a look.
00:03:06.360 Is Sarah Hopkins a miracle worker?
00:03:09.040 It's about to turn her world upside down.
00:03:12.760 I don't think I can take this much excitement.
00:03:15.000 Yeah, and hold on to your hat. There's going to be a lot more of it.
00:03:19.020 Dad, I think these people want to see Sarah.
00:03:32.100 Thank you.
00:03:32.960 I know that I was seeing God.
00:03:34.940 Everything Sarah told us was true.
00:03:36.920 I'm just a lucky girl who God decided to build.
00:03:42.020 The truth is, all you have to do is believe in God and pray to Him.
00:03:46.740 He's listening.
00:03:47.320 This one is just sweeter than chocolate.
00:03:58.000 Truly beautiful, what you've done with this film, Larry.
00:04:02.280 Now, it's very, very moving.
00:04:05.820 Let me ask you a little bit about your own faith life,
00:04:08.920 because obviously this kind of film comes from a place of faith.
00:04:12.740 If you would, tell us a little bit about your own journey.
00:04:16.200 I'm a person of faith.
00:04:18.160 Surprisingly, I'm Jewish, and I got involved with a Christian-oriented film,
00:04:23.480 because there is so much in the Christian religion that comes from the Jewish religion.
00:04:30.820 Let me tell you about the various messages that this film delivers and show you how it's Christian and Jewish at the same time.
00:04:40.040 It delivers a message about miracles.
00:04:43.600 Christians, and we Jews believe in the miracle of the creation of this world in six days with a seventh day for rest.
00:04:54.620 Christians, you know, Christians, you know, Christians believe in the miracle of Jesus Christ and his restoration.
00:05:00.440 It's about redemption.
00:05:04.980 Redemption is so critical for many, many religions.
00:05:09.180 You know, people do wander from the path, and they're coming back to the path.
00:05:14.580 It's so, so critical, and we find that in this film, we set up an individual who we all hate initially.
00:05:25.360 He's an antagonist.
00:05:26.900 He cheats in a soccer game. 1.00
00:05:29.240 He is a bully. 0.97
00:05:31.000 And then a wonderful thing happens. 0.92
00:05:35.620 His life is saved after bullying the individual who saves him.
00:05:41.180 And the person who saves him is Danny, that's Sarah.
00:05:46.180 Sarah is a girl who believes in miracles.
00:05:49.800 He's Sarah's brother.
00:05:52.300 And without hesitation, even after this soccer cheat just bullied him minutes before, 0.98
00:06:00.720 Danny sees a vehicle heading to kill his bully.
00:06:05.500 And without hesitating, he risks his own life, goes in front of the vehicles, and pushes the bully out of the way.
00:06:15.060 That's a beautiful presentation of showing the other cheek, which is such a famous Jesus saying.
00:06:24.800 And it is so critical, from my point of view, even the fact that little Sarah brings the dog back to life.
00:06:39.220 This is a dog who she met when he growled at her and scared her.
00:06:44.220 But that didn't stop her from doing something very positive with that dog.
00:06:48.140 This is all showing the other cheek.
00:06:51.940 And it's so very important for all of us to recognize that there's the spark of God in every one of us,
00:07:01.400 even people who come to us across as being not so good.
00:07:07.760 And it pays for us to recognize that and to help them as well as others.
00:07:14.240 A beautiful portrayal of a faithful little girl, which has so often been used.
00:07:21.200 In fact, there's some allusion, seems to me anyway, in the film of Fatima and what happened there with Miracles.
00:07:30.320 Just beautiful stuff to inspire with a lot of different vignettes, like you said, promoting different virtues,
00:07:37.060 which is just really great, especially for young people.
00:07:39.640 I found this one particularly good for young people.
00:07:45.300 In development of the film, have you shown it to any young people yourself?
00:07:49.400 And what was their reaction?
00:07:50.980 We've had very good reaction from young people.
00:07:53.820 And for older mothers with young children, mothers love to bring children to see this movie.
00:08:00.900 And they get a very positive reaction.
00:08:03.640 Children love the movie.
00:08:04.860 Absolutely.
00:08:05.800 And this is, it's not only family friendly, but it's friendly for your little ones.
00:08:11.240 It's really good.
00:08:12.540 It has these life lessons in it.
00:08:14.220 Anything else, Larry, that you'd like to tell us about the film or about your journey to it?
00:08:19.580 I frankly would not be talking to you today for a miracle that occurred in my life.
00:08:25.220 I was in the Marine Corps, World War II.
00:08:28.460 And when I was in Olsen's training in Quantico, Virginia, which is a suburb of Washington,
00:08:35.880 President Roosevelt died.
00:08:37.860 I was in the senior class and they pulled us out and we participated in the ceremony that
00:08:43.520 occurred in Washington, D.C.
00:08:46.040 When that was over, our master sergeant said, okay, guys, you're going in this train, we're
00:08:51.080 going up.
00:08:52.780 President Roosevelt is going to be buried in his estate.
00:08:56.600 We had to try to sleep in a passenger train, sitting up.
00:09:02.700 And the following morning, that same sergeant said, okay, we're in this station.
00:09:08.320 You can go out and wash up.
00:09:10.260 Now, I hardly slept that night in my sleepy state.
00:09:14.660 I got out on the wrong side and I was walking up the track when something came along and
00:09:20.540 lifted me up, put me on the station platform.
00:09:24.040 Seconds later, the express train came zooming through that train track that I was walking
00:09:29.600 on.
00:09:30.180 My father, a very kind, gentle man, died just a few months before.
00:09:35.620 I feel he was the angel that saved my life.
00:09:38.060 And he actually did some very, very interesting things during my career in the Marine Corps that
00:09:46.220 helped me a lot.
00:09:47.800 I now have facts behind my faith.
00:09:52.820 Up to the point of that miracle, I believed in God, but it was based on faith.
00:09:58.860 Now it's based on a fact.
00:10:00.680 It happened to me.
00:10:01.700 It's an incredible thing when you're touched by God.
00:10:04.320 And it's portrayed very, very well here.
00:10:09.040 So just awesome work.
00:10:11.260 And thank you for making something that for many of us is a breath of fresh air.
00:10:15.520 We can still go to the theater or at least watch it from home for those of us who can't
00:10:20.180 get there and enjoy something for the whole family.
00:10:23.780 Larry, thank you for what you've done and for your service to the country.
00:10:26.800 Thank you.
00:10:27.340 I'd like to just make one more point.
00:10:28.980 You know what Rotten Tomatoes does, you know, it questions people after they see a movie.
00:10:34.180 We have a 93% Rotten Tomatoes rating and a 4.6 out of 5 score, average score.
00:10:44.420 People love this movie.
00:10:46.340 Absolutely, they would.
00:10:47.640 It's great.
00:10:49.140 Thank you very much, Larry.
00:10:50.440 God bless you.
00:10:51.880 God bless you, John.
00:10:53.220 Good work.
00:10:54.120 Thank you.
00:10:54.800 And God bless all of you.
00:10:56.220 We'll see you next time.
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