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CR activitiesLegal challenge fails to stop distribution of Fallen Angel: The Outlaw Larry Norman
THE FAMILY of Jesus rock pioneer the late Larry Norman have failed in their legal
challenge to block the distribution of the controversial documentary
Fallen Angel: The Outlaw Larry Norman. After their action had stopped
the exhibition of the film in Nashville during GMA week, the film
makers have been cleared of the charge of
copyright
infringement based upon "fair use" law. DVDs of the film are now being
sold on www.fallenangeldoc.com. 
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This movie is a shame and I`m sad that some of my all time favourite artists (Randy Stonehill and Michael Roe) are involved in it. I don't like the idea of making controversial movies about christian artist. If you look for it you can find a lot of mistakes, pain and broken marriages. The list of artists where you could make controversial movies about is very long. As a christian, when you have sinned you go to Jesus and to your brothers and sisters and repend. But it says nowhere in the bible that you should make a controversial movie about your brother sisters. If you point one finger at your brother three fingers are pointing at yourself. Movies like this cause pain and confusion and what this world needs is hope and encouragement.
I've been a fan of Larry Norman since 1976. Along with the amazing music, there was always controversey and confusion surrounding him. For people of my generation who like Larry, this film brought clarity, and in another way, great encouragement, as we recognize that God can use all of us in spite of our faults, beacuse of His grace.
Brokethru, I'm happy that you find this movie encouraging. Still I'm wondering if this is a fair and good movie why his family wanted to block the distribution of this documentary. They know Larry Norman much better then you and me and David di Sabatino. The problem with storytelling and documentaries like this, where you point at the dark side of a person, is, if someone seeks forgiveness of Jesus and of his brothers and sisters and is forgiven.
his sins are put by God forever in the deepest sea and nobody has the right to bring them back to light again. And you don't know if Larry Norman seeked forgiveness for where he made mistakes and is forgiven. So with a movie like this you make the mistakes of someone somehow timeless and bring them up again and again even if God has forgiven them and put them into the deepest sea. So in my opinion with this movie David di Sabatino didn't destroy the reputation of Larry Norman but his own reputation as a real lover of Jesus Music. If you read interviews with David di Sabatino about this movie you can see that it is kind of a personal revenge against Larry Norman that he brings these things to light. I hope my english is not to bad and you understand what I mean. Wolfgang