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Movie Reveals 'Terrible Truth' of Abortion
NewsMax ^ | 2/1/06 | AP

Posted on 02/01/2006 8:15:21 AM PST by wagglebee

An award-winning new movie seeks to convey the "terrible truth” behind partial-birth abortion.

"A Distant Thunder,” now available on DVD, was written and directed by Jonathan Flora, a producer for Disney. His wife Deborah plays the lead role of Ann Brown.

Brown is a pro-choice attorney serving as the prosecutor in a murder case involving an unborn child. While preparing for the trial, she feels threatened by mysterious men and suffers from repeated nightmares.

At the trial, the main witness is a woman who had undergone a partial-birth abortion.

"The story is resolved in a surprise ending that makes a powerful pro-life case,” according to World magazine.

Partial-birth abortion is a procedure in which a doctor partially delivers a baby, then punctures its skull and removes its brain before completing the delivery.

"We created this film in what many of those in the pro-life movement consider the belly of the beast – Hollywood,” Deborah Flora said in a statement.

"God knows it wasn’t made to further our careers or make money. We made it so that through our craft, a terrible truth could be told so lives could be saved.”

The idea for the 35-minute movie came when the Floras has difficulty conceiving a child. Research into infertility led Jonathan to the issue of partial-birth abortion.

"My wife and I were praying so hard to have children, and yet we’re aborting 40,000 children a year,” he told World.

"I’m amazed at the number of people who have no idea what partial-birth abortion is.”

Since its release, "A Distant Thunder” has appeared at several film festivals, including the International Family Film Festival, where it won finalist for best short film.

Congress passed and President Bush signed into law a ban on partial-birth abortions in 2003, but it has been overturned in court and awaits possible review by the Supreme Court.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: abortion; adistantthunder; deborahflora; infanticide; jonathanflora; moviereview; partialbirthabortion; prolife; prolifemovie
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To: Ohioan from Florida
I'm a little reluctant to watch it.

Me, too. Saw Silent Scream several years ago and it changed my life. I don't need to see it again in more detail. I may not be able to contain my anger at the deliberate shedding of innocent, defenseless human blood. The Party of Abortion needs to be out of power permanently.

21 posted on 02/01/2006 3:05:14 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Fester Chugabrew

I hear ya!


22 posted on 02/01/2006 3:12:32 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: cpforlife.org

Thanks!! Just ordered 5 copies.


23 posted on 02/01/2006 5:19:17 PM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch (Thank goodness "Terayza" is not first lady.)
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To: wagglebee
My wife and I were praying so hard to have children, and yet we’re aborting 40,000 children a year,” he told World.

I hate to break it to him, but it's WAY more than that.

24 posted on 02/01/2006 5:21:26 PM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch (Thank goodness "Terayza" is not first lady.)
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

I didn't notice that until you pointed it out. I think the number is more like 40,000 a month (possibly more).


25 posted on 02/01/2006 5:24:47 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

True, but whatever it takes...perhaps their movie will wake up others to reality.

Is that maybe 40,000 second or third trimester abortions a year? Or maybe "just" California's numbers? I really don't know, but I am glad that a number spurred someone in Hollywood to do something.


26 posted on 02/02/2006 3:39:53 AM PST by Rubber_Duckie_27
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To: Rubber_Duckie_27; wagglebee
After I ordered the dvd's online, the company called me this morning and said they had been on backorder, which sounds like maybe lots of people are buying them. Hopefully, anyway.
27 posted on 02/02/2006 5:44:07 PM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
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To: Rabid Dog

Thanks. Sounds like they're backordered.


28 posted on 02/03/2006 8:00:54 PM PST by Snapping Turtle (Slow down and get a grip!)
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To: wagglebee

Got my copies of this film today - it is really good - a little fast-moving - but gets the point across.


29 posted on 03/16/2006 5:24:21 PM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch

I have an order in but it was backordered, I think I will be getting it next month.


30 posted on 03/16/2006 5:29:39 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee
I watched it this afternoon and then watched it again with my husband -- and it's even more powerful the second time.

I called the company on Monday and inquired about my order. They checked the warehouse and said it was in, and it arrived today.

31 posted on 03/16/2006 7:46:00 PM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
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