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Donahue said in his statement: "John Calley, a co-producer of ‘The Da Vinci Code,’ has admitted that the film is anti-Catholic.

Ron Howard used to be one of the directors that I respected, but no more.

1 posted on 05/12/2006 2:12:04 PM PDT by wagglebee
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Ping.


2 posted on 05/12/2006 2:12:39 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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They actually did a disclaimer for the 'The Merchant of Venice'? How pathetic.


3 posted on 05/12/2006 2:14:13 PM PDT by Borges
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I was channel surfing and came upon an E! True Hollywood Story about the show "Happy Days" and they had a clip from where the cast was going to a softball game and Ron Howard opined about the only solution is a "one world government".

He grew up in Hollywood and probably raised in the anti Judeo-Christian leanings of Hollywood.

6 posted on 05/12/2006 2:16:00 PM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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it's fiction


7 posted on 05/12/2006 2:16:58 PM PDT by kinoxi
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Let's see a show of hands for all who are surprised....


8 posted on 05/12/2006 2:17:43 PM PDT by Jaded (does it really need a sarcasm tag?)
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I have no problem with his stance.

The book is fiction,the movie is fiction .

A disclaimer is not needed.


10 posted on 05/12/2006 2:18:04 PM PDT by Mears
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Ron Howard: "Hey Fonz, F-you you stinking papist! Go worship the pedophile whore of babylon!"
12 posted on 05/12/2006 2:18:29 PM PDT by Antoninus (I will not vote for a liberal, regardless of party.)
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fiction is fiction, anyone who does not understand this will not be helped by a disclaimer.

half the country believes in ufo's and ghosts.
14 posted on 05/12/2006 2:19:41 PM PDT by mmercier (nothing is new under the sun)
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Damn!

Now I wish Opie HAD gotten his ass kicked in episode #37 on the old Andy Griffith Show.


16 posted on 05/12/2006 2:20:28 PM PDT by EyeGuy
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You mean... Opie Howard?


18 posted on 05/12/2006 2:21:58 PM PDT by johnny7 (“Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.”)
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Ron Howard is,and always will be,Opie.I've never been,and never will be,interested in anything he's done since then.
19 posted on 05/12/2006 2:22:07 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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You mean... Opie Howard?


22 posted on 05/12/2006 2:22:59 PM PDT by johnny7 (“Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.”)
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It is a badly written book involving a tabloid theology that is simply silly. It has no merit and has less substance than the author's first book "Angels and Demons" which itself was really an awful but fanciful story that followed a similar story line. You have to have a pretty fragile faith, as a Christian, if you take offense at the lame plot of this script.
24 posted on 05/12/2006 2:23:14 PM PDT by spatso
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Even the Soviets got a disclaimer before 'Hunt for Red October.'


25 posted on 05/12/2006 2:23:19 PM PDT by Deut28 (Cursed be he who perverts the justice)
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Was there a disclaimer before "Independence Day" or "X-Men"?


26 posted on 05/12/2006 2:23:27 PM PDT by rattrap
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Whine, whine, whine, whine, whine!

All this publicity is the greatest thing that ever happened to a director and his movie.

Kind of reminds me of "The Passion"...it didn't even need an advertising budget.

Ron Howard's movie won't either, at this rate.

Way to go, Ron!

27 posted on 05/12/2006 2:24:24 PM PDT by Logic n' Reason (Don't piss down my back and tell me it's rainin')
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I'm not Catholic so maybe I don't understand the personal aspect of being offended by the book or the movie. There was a lot that I didn't agree with in the book - but I thought it was a really fun book to read.

Just before reading it , I had read Unveiling Mary Magdalene
By: Liz Curtis Higgs, right before the Da Vinci code. The first part which is a novel was fairly lame - but her indepth study of Mary Magdalene was just amazing. So it was with eyes wide open that I enjoyed DaVinci code - it should take much more than a fictional (plagiarized) book to shake our faith.

And as mentioned on other threads and articles - can you imagine what would happe if it were the muslims that felt their faith was shown in a poor light.
28 posted on 05/12/2006 2:24:26 PM PDT by justche ("Art, like morality, consists of drawing a line somewhere." G. K. Chesterton)
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Kinda reminds me of "The Teachings of Don Juan" by Carlos Casteneda.


35 posted on 05/12/2006 2:28:52 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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It needs a South Park disclaimer -
37 posted on 05/12/2006 2:31:47 PM PDT by Spyder
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38 posted on 05/12/2006 2:32:05 PM PDT by heights
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