<P> Ron Hall and Denver Moore became best friends through Ron's wife Deborah . When she was dying of cancer, Denver helped Deborah carry on the ministry she had started . The story goes into the developing personal friendship between two men of different upbringings as well as the struggle required to make and maintain a friendship across a wide cultural canyon . </P> <P> The book was #11 on the January 9th, 2009 New York Times Best Seller list for paperback non-fiction . It has shipped a total of at least 300,000 copies . </P> <P> In 2014, Paramount Pictures announced a film adaptation . The cast consists of Renée Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou, Olivia Holt, Jon Voight and Greg Kinnear . Paramount pushed its release from April 29, 2016 to February 2, 2017 before dropping the film . Pure Flix Entertainment, a Christian faith film and TV distributor, picked up the film, announcing release on October 20, 2017 . </P>

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