Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Darwin Too Controversial for Hollywood?
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_13-2009_09_19.shtml#1252893265
[1]This report is surprising and, if true, quite depressing.
Creation, starring Paul Bettany, details Darwin's "struggle between
faith and reason" as he wrote On The Origin of Species. It depicts
him as a man who loses faith in God following the death of his
beloved 10-year-old daughter, Annie.
The film was chosen to open the Toronto Film Festival and has its
British premiere on Sunday. It has been sold in almost every
territory around the world, from Australia to Scandinavia.
However, US distributors have resolutely passed on a film which
will prove hugely divisive in a country where, according to a
Gallup poll conducted in February, only 39 per cent of Americans
believe in the theory of evolution.
What good is Hollywood's liberal bias if film distributors won't carry
a film about Charles Darwin? Personally, I think a film starring
Jennifer Connelly is a great way to improve scientific literacy.
References
1.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6173399/Charles-Darwin-film-too-controversial-for-religious-America.html
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