Posted on 06/21/2006 2:42:56 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
A low-budget, inspirational football movie made by Baptist pastors in Georgia has triggered a flood of attacks by Christian groups that accuse Hollywood's main trade association of penalizing the film by giving it a PG rating.
In the last week alone, the Motion Picture Assn. of America, which oversees the rating board, has been swamped with more than 15,000 e-mails arguing that "Facing the Giants" deserves a more family-friendly G rating. The complaints — the number of which may be 10 times the previous record for reaction to a ratings decision — say the movie is being unfairly targeted for its religious themes.
The filmmakers say they were told that those themes had prompted the PG rating. MPAA officials deny that was the reason.
Across the Internet and on talk radio, religious groups and conservative commentators have seized on the rating flap as evidence that Hollywood is anti-Christian. And the third-ranking House Republican has written to MPAA Chief Executive Dan Glickman demanding answers.
"This incident raises the disquieting possibility that MPAA considers exposure to Christian themes more dangerous for children than exposure to gratuitous sex and mindless violence," said Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.).
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Waliszewski screened "Facing the Giants" and contends the PG rating isn't warranted. But, he said, "it's a case where unfairness will probably be a blessing in disguise."
How true. A film with a $100,000 budget and volunteer actors is getting millions in free publicity and the kind of exposure even a Steven Spielberg would love to have. I love it when Hollywood's religious bigots get their comeuppance.
I would think that if there is a movie rated PG but people whom you trust say it should be rated G, then you and your kids should probably go see it if you want to see it.
O'Reilly had these guys on his show. O'Reilly agreed that it deserved a PG rating. He said people should be warned of the "accepting Christ as your personal savior" aspect of the film. Didn't want young children of non Christian religions to be confused or even brainwashed into thinking that they had to accept Christ in place of their own religion.
This movie hasn't been released yet has it? I would like to go and see it.
Yup. To really get people to it, get an R rating, tell people NOT to go see it, and picket it!!LOL!!
There is no such thing has "bad" publicity. The more publicity the better --it’s all good.
Bump.
So O'Reilly is enough of a RINO that he finds a movie with a Christian theme objectionable?
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