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Views: 86,152
Related Values: Overcoming  Loyalty  Commitment 

About This Video

During the making of "Truck Stop," the FBL team and the actors enjoyed a wonderful combination of casting. The actors seemed at home in the scene, which was filmed in a real truck stop restaurant. Minimal redecorating was involved.

The flashback scene of the truck driver arguing with his wife was also shot in the truck stop restaurant, in the next room. The crew was able to hang homelike curtains and put other household items in the room to make it look like a living room.

One challenge was that the actor who plays the truck driver in the spot did not have experience driving an eighteen-wheeler. In the scene where he drives out of the parking lot, a real truck driver is crouching down next to him, out of sight of the camera, operating the gears and pedals so that the truck moves properly.

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Video Transcript

Music: “Now he drives a diesel out of Dallas…
Music: “hauling cars out to the coast…
Music: “it ain’t the dream that he remembered, just a few short years ago…
Music: “But tonight at a truckstop, while drinking a cup…
Music: “the waitress grins and winks at him, and says “My shift’s almost up”…
Music: “With so much riding on the choice at hand…
Music: “the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man…
Music: “With so much riding on the choice at hand…
Music: “the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man.”
Anncr: Right choices…pass them on. A message from The Foundation for a Better Life.
Super: Right choices…pass them on. The Foundation for a Better Life

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Alvaro 3 months ago from Bogota, Colombia
Maritza, Richard, Norman, and Maria did.
Skyla 3 months ago from Castle Rock, Co
The right choices make a big difference.
Austin Davies 4 months ago from medford Wi
Made me cry.
Antonio 8 months ago from Portugal
Eu vi os vídeos pena é que não seja tudo seguido,pois de segundo a segundo está sempre a parar não o pude bem compreender. Obrigado na mesma
Andrew over 1 year ago from PA
This video really keeps me going when things get rough between my wife and me.
Ernest over 1 year ago from ATL
I am so glad I found this on a google search. I found it so inspiring years ago, but now almost a year after treatment for a serious illness that I know I would never have made it through were it not for my loving caring wife, Kathy, who also happens to be an RN. She and God above have gotten me through this - I made the right choice.
David S. almost 2 years ago from Baltimore, Maryland
I love this ad, it helps me so much in my travels. I had planned on just dismissing this website when it was sent to me by a friend but once I watched it, I truly learned that there is a key difference between the spirit of a boy and the wisdom of the man. Keep up the good work!
Sally about 2 years ago from US
I love this video. My dad made the wrong choice but things are okay now and I know he would make the right choice if he had another chance. This is how things should have been for my family.
Cindy Parkinson Faya about 2 years ago from Stevensville MD
I watch these messages and wish they could be played on billboards on all major roads. Wonderful messages, restores some of my faith in mankind.
Sally P. over 2 years ago from Penn Valley, CA
I stop whatever I'm doing when I see one of your messages. Some of them bring tears to my eyes. The TV spots are incredibly well done and the values are just what our country needs. Thank you for these wonderful messages!
Anne R. over 2 years ago from NY
Amazing organization, amazing work, amazing charity. I'm an Art Director, and I'd give anything to work for such a cause, being able to promote GOOD!!!! Thank you so much for giving me hope and faith in people -- knowing there is someone who gives so much for no other reason than to try to make the world a better place.

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