Apparently all the crocodile tears have paid off for the Charles Darwin docu/drama producer. After several weeks of public whining about how American Christians had Hollywood film distributors trembling in fear over marketing, Creation: the True Story of Charles Darwin, an ‘independent’ film distributor has signed on: Newmarket Films.
It’s not unexpected. If you generate controversy, they will come!
The Irish Times article below is a gushing piece of PR propaganda that now moves into stage two of hyping what is a boring film. Watch as the reviews getting increasing positive about the cinematic and directing greatness of this docu/drama. (Without the drama!) As indicated in a previous post, the parallels between the promotion and marketing of “Inherit the Wind” and “Creation” are striking…
Perfect timing for the November 24 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life celebrations.
Pretty soon PZ Myers will be calling for an Academy Award for the film!
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Natural selection
by Donald Clarke
Irish Times, The Ticket (Ireland), p. 8-9
September 25, 2009
GIVEN THE recent efforts by evangelical slope-brows to portray Charles Darwin as a combination of Adolf Hitler and the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, it was, perhaps, important that the makers of Creation find a likeable fellow to play the old naturalist.
Hello, Paul Bettany. A few years back, Richard Loncraine, who directed Paul in the ropey Wimbledon, told me that the legendarily amiable Michael Palin was the only actor who could compare with Bettany for all-round niceness.
Sure enough, after finishing work on Creation, a study of Darwin’s lengthy procrastination before publication of On the Origin of Species, Mr Bettany did the decent think and visited the creationist heartland.
“Yes, after making the movie I went to Kentucky and spent a day at the Creation Museum,” he confirms. “Look, if I spent a day there, I think it’s fair to ask creationists to spend an hour and 45 minutes watching this film. Is that reasonable?”
