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Posted on 05/30/2012 4:30:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
This looks to be an exceptionally good film....and it couldn’t come at a better time in history.
¡Viva Cristo Rey indeed!
An inside look at the new motion picture “For Greater Glory.” This special chronicles the history of the Cristero War with interviews from leading historians, several cast members, and Catholic leaders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnPi5cXlVHo
It does look like a good movie to see. I will probably see it this weekend
I had not heard anything about it until a couple weeks ago when I saw the previews. I think in a summer of big budget movies, this could be one of the biggest movies. Expect a collective yawn from Hollywood because of it’s content. I think it will make plenty of money and rack up no award nominations...
I saw it last week. Very well done. It’s obviously not a big budget Hollywood action flick, but it is quality with a great cast.
It’s coming here on Friday
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I’m really looking forward to seeing it. There’s a big push on by the Knights of Columbus to publicize it’s release. Nine of the martyrs were Caballeros de Colon.
...as well as many of those fighting for their right to practise the Faith.
A high school classmate of mine had an Uncle who was a priest that was martryed in this attack on the Church in Mexico. He was canonized as a Saint in 1988 by JP II. I do not recall his first name, but he was known as Father Flores.
I fully intend to see this movie.
Eva Longoria is a certifiable Grade-A left-wing whack job.
I am amazed she took this gig.
I’d need to evidence of that. Eva Longoria has called out Sean Penn and the other Hollywood commies who fall down at the feet of the Castros and Hugo Chavez. She has no compunctions about denouncing communism and Hollywood phonies.
I am taking my 82 year old mother to see this movie. She is very anxious to see the film. I seem to remember that the first international visit Pope John Paul II made was to Mexico. It would be interesting to know if these events influenced his decision to go.
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I think you might be referring to María Conchita Alonso.
you're absolutely right! My apologies to Mr. McFrog. longoria is an obama co-chair! Ewww. My apologies to Ms. Alonso as well and especially!
I hope to see it FRI nite. I hope that it is shown in a theater near me, and not in one of the “Art” theatres that have no parking nearby and require long walks in dark neighborhoods. If I can’t see it FRI nite, I will definiitely go in CA the following week.
Right now, I am re-reading a 1945 novel about the Viva Cristo Rey! period and the strife by Alice Tisdale Hobart that I happen to own. I was in the process of giving the book to my daughter when I decided to flip through the pages. I decided that I had to re-read it before giving it away. My daughter will have to wait until I finish the book. The title is “The Peacock Sheds its Tail.” I think that Mrs. Hobart spent time in Mexico as a result of her husband’s employment. She condenses incidents and dates, but there is the ring of truth in her portrayal. I figure that it will be a good into to Friday’s movie.
Maybe Eva learned a few things making this picture—there is hope for every sinner! I do not see a lot of films but I will see this one.
From National Catholic Register ...
When a young French graduate student named Jean Meyer arrived in Mexico in 1965 to write his doctoral thesis on the religious war known as the Cristiada, the topic was virtually unknown to historians. A conflict between Catholics and the government that had claimed the lives of approximately 250,000 people between 1926 and 1929 remained cloaked in official silence, and the archives of Church and state related to the struggle were closed to investigators.The work done by Meyer would ultimately help to provide the general framework for the new movie For Greater Glory, although the movie deviates substantially from the documented facts of the war’s history. After five years of research and interviews with hundreds of eyewitnesses, Meyer completed his work: La Cristiada, a three-volume account of the war and its historical antecedents.
To his surprise, a Mexican publishing house of a decidedly Marxist bent, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, agreed to publish the work, beginning in 1972, and it has been in print ever since, having passed through more than 20 editions. Meyer eventually became a Mexican citizen, and today he lives in Mexico City, working as a professor and researcher at the Economic and Teaching Research Center.
With La Cristiada, Meyer established himself as the principal academic historian of Mexico’s epic war to save the Catholic religion. Meyer, 70, spoke with Register correspondent Matthew Cullinan Hoffman to discuss the Cristiada, its historical ramifications and his own personal odyssey.
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