to me AND my country and its people. surely there has to be more people with brains than not?
New Charles Darwin film is 'too controversial' for religious American audiences
By Daily Mail Reporter
A new British film about Charles Darwin has failed to land a distribution deal in the States because his theories on human evolution are too controversial for religious American audiences, according to the film's producer.
Creation follows the British naturalist's 'struggle between faith and reason' as he wrote his 1859 book, On The Origin Of The Species.
The film, directed by Jon Amielm was chosen to open the Toronto Film Festival and has now been sold to almost every territory in the world.
But US distributors have turned down the film that could cause uproar in a country that, on the whole, dismisses scientific theories of the way we evolved.
Christian film review website Movieguide.org described Darwin as 'a racist, a bigot and a 1800s naturalist whose legacy is mass murder.'
The site also stated that his 'half-baked theory' influenced Adolf Hitler and led to 'atrocities, crimes against humanity, cloning and generic engineering.'......
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Wait, isn't this movie produced by Icon Films (Mel Gibson's company)? I'm not sure the argument of the film comes down on the Evolutionist side, but maybe that's just how they cut the trailer. Judge for yourselves, here's the trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1794703897/
looks like there is way more than one icon film distribution company
i have a feeling mel gibson is NOT associated with this. although i've been known to be wrong
Okay, but if it's another Icon Films, they've boosted his company's logo as well as its name...
This is going to be interesting :-)
Clarification: After some digging -- yes, it is that Icon, but they didn't produce it, they're only distributing it in the UK and Australia. Which is to say, apparently, disseminating heresy. Woot!
wow, thanks for the research. i wonder.....
what would jesus think? (about the movie distribution NOT about YOUR research of course)
Jesus would think "Can we just go ahead and rapture these people so I can watch the goddamn movie?"
holy (so to speak) shite stray, that is EXACTLY what jesus (pronounced hey-zeus of course) would say!
Ask and ye shall receive:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009136.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
thanks stray. and man, they also distributed the passion of the christ (which i didn't see). so you're also right about the mel gibson tie-in
all i can say is, i'm waiting for the release of where the wild things are. can't wait to see THAT
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