From nctimes.com

It began with a simple observation of a complex problem: Many teens out there are hurting.

From that came an idea for a film. Jim Britts, the youth pastor at New Song Community Church in Oceanside and a former film student at Biola University, began taking the stories that he and his wife, Rachel ---- an English teacher at Oceanside High School ---- heard from teens, and converting them into a screenplay.

The result is the full-length feature film "To Save A Life," opening Friday on 430 theater screens nationwide, including ones in Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos and Escondido.

The film's official world premiere and red-carpet event happens Thursday night at the Regal Oceanside 16 in downtown Oceanside, and the city has designated Jan. 22 through 24 "To Save A Life" weekend.

"Every day my wife and I talk to teens who are in some kind of pain," Britts said last week. "I wanted to make a film that would bring hope to hurting and lonely students.

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