The article says that "It has been sold in almost every territory around the world, from Australia to Scandinavia." I assume that would include Canada since it is not the 51st state.
I find it difficult to believe that a film would not be picked up by a US distributor because of its attack on religious belief. I doubt it would be more controversial than Religulous or Dogma or even the DaVinci Code. Controversy is generally seen as a ticket seller. What it takes for a film to be picked up by a distributor in the US is a reasonable chance of making money. I have to agree with one of the comments on the site: "The producer hasn't managed to sell his film to the distributors as they don't think it will make them enough money (nothing to do with theology!), so aims to play the religion card and generate publicity to get his film distributed in the valuable US market.Or am I cynical?" The picture on the Telegraph site may say it best: A scientist writing a book doesn't seem promising to translate into theatrical box office. His daughter dies. It doesn't promise a "love story" (by definition since the couple involved is already married). It's not a rom-com. It is not targeted at adolescent males. There is little action in it. It could well appear on the History Channel or some other TV network here but I don't think it will see the inside of many theaters. Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.edu ________________________________________ From: sbl...@ubishops.ca [sbl...@ubishops.ca] Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 9:14 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Creation I've been waiting for Chris Green to post this here, as he did on the History of Psychology list, but as he doesn't seem to be going to, allow me. The "Creation" referred to is the new film about Darwin which just premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. It seems that Americans aren't going to get to see it any time soon. The reason is astounding and disturbing. I just hope that it doesn't extend to Canada as well. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6173399/Charles-Darwin-film- too-controversial-for-religious-America.html http://tinyurl.com/pe7pzu Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
