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Fundies get IMAX theater to pull film on volcanos
« on: March 23, 2005, 09:36:00 AM »
What the hell is wrong with these people? :roll:  :roll:


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Some IMAX theaters not screening volcanoes flick

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The IMAX theater in Charleston and several others in the South have passed on showing a science film on volcanoes because of concerns it might offend those with fundamental religious beliefs.

"We've got to pick a film that's going to sell in our area. If it's not going to sell, we're not going to take it," said Lisa Buzzelli, director of the local IMAX theater. "Many people here believe in creationism, not evolution."

Buzzelli said while the Charleston theater doesn't rule out showing "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea" in the future, she considers people's religious views when showing films.

The film makes a connection between human DNA and microbes inside undersea volcanoes. Buzzelli said the handling of evolution was considered in her decision.
 
IMAX theaters in Texas, Georgia and the Carolinas have declined to show the film, said Pietro Serapiglia who handles distribution for Stephen Low, the film's director and producer who is from Montreal.

"I find it's only in the South," Serapiglia said.

Some people worry screening out such films will discourage filmmakers from making others in the future.

"It's going to restrain the creative approach by directors who refer to evolution," said Joe DeAmicis, vice president for marketing at the California Science Center in Los Angeles and a former director of an IMAX theater. "References to evolution will be dropped."

The IMAX Theatre in Myrtle Beach also decided against showing the film. The theater's director, Jerry Lennard, would not comment.

Some IMAX theaters are connected to science centers. Charleston's is next to the South Carolina Aquarium but has no formal relationship with the aquarium.

Whit McMillan, the aquarium's director of education, said while evolution is taught there, he didn't see a problem with the IMAX decision.

"They're a for-profit theater," he said. "It's basically none of my business."
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Fundies get IMAX theater to pull film on volcanos
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2005, 01:02:00 PM »
Ok, now this is getting serious. Who wants to take odds on which fundie group is first to start lobbing bomb laden virgins at us?

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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2005, 01:08:00 PM »
What kind of odds are on the Morons, er Mormons? :lol:

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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2005, 01:17:00 PM »
Welp, Texas, Georgia, Carolinas.... my money goes on the baptists.
I passed it on to some pretty rabid activists... we'll see how long it takes to get into Tx theatres.
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