Comments on: Lessons in Public Relations - Part II http://christianmovienews.com/lessons-in-public-relations-part-ii/ An ongoing dialogue about faith and film. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:34:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Lessons in Public Relations - Part III » Christians in Cinema BLOG http://christianmovienews.com/lessons-in-public-relations-part-ii/#comment-5673 Lessons in Public Relations - Part III » Christians in Cinema BLOG Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:15:00 +0000 http://christianmovienews.com/lessons-in-public-relations-part-ii/#comment-5673 [...] a follow-up to Part II, here’s proof that the folks at Premise Media and Motive Entertainment are excellent students [...] […] a follow-up to Part II, here’s proof that the folks at Premise Media and Motive Entertainment are excellent students […]

]]> By: Kevin J waldroup http://christianmovienews.com/lessons-in-public-relations-part-ii/#comment-4879 Kevin J waldroup Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:14:15 +0000 http://christianmovienews.com/lessons-in-public-relations-part-ii/#comment-4879 Richard Dawkins crashes the party at a screening of “Expelled” By JEFFREY OVERSTREET Published: March 20, 2008 I just received this email report from Looking Closer reader Stuart Blessman. He thought I’d find it interesting, and I certainly do. He also gave me permission to share it with you. So, here’s Stuart’s account: My name is Stuart Blessman and I’m a student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities involved with a campus outreach ministry that’s associated with an on campus church, Maranatha Christian Fellowship. Our head pastor was recently offered two pairs of tickets to go see an advanced screening of Ben Stein’s “Expelled”, but had to instead pass the tickets to an associate pastor, who then offered one of them to me. So at 7:00 pm on Thursday my friend Grant and I got to go see the movie. Right away, let me just say that this is the Best Documentary of 2008…if it will get played. The basic premise of the movie is that Intelligent Design should be allowed equal footing as a teachable theory within academia. This movie is not an apology for Creation; pains are taken to distinguish Creation from Intelligent Design. This is also not a movie that bashes Evolutional Theory, although many rational arguments are brought up as to the validity of Evolutionary thought as well as the long-term consequences of an Evolutionary Worldview. The Associate Producer of the film, Mark Mathis, introduced the film as well as moderated for the quick Q&A following the film. The movie we saw was a rough Director’s Cut; at several moments things appeared to be out of sync, and occasionally archival historical footage appeared to “jump” on the screen. Mathis also mentioned that several music cues might change before the final cut, which is understandable since several high profile songs and artists are used in the film. The film can best be described as subtly clever and occasionally funny. Emotions are stirred up especially built around the movies overall theme*, and many scenes especially later in the movie might be difficult to watch based on one’s ethnic and religious background. But enough about the film – the real highlight of the evening occurred after the showing, during the Q&A. Mathis led this discussion, and the second question was asked by a surprise member of the audience: Richard Dawkins, author of “The God Delusion,” and arguably the biggest name in the movie other than Mr. Ben Stein himself. As this screening was by invitation only, Dawkins appearance was quite a surprise to both the audience and Mathis. http://www.expelledthemovie.com/chronicle.php?article=11 Richard Dawkins crashes the party at a screening of “Expelled”
By JEFFREY OVERSTREET
Published: March 20, 2008
I just received this email report from Looking Closer reader Stuart Blessman. He thought I’d find it interesting, and I certainly do. He also gave me permission to share it with you. So, here’s Stuart’s account:

My name is Stuart Blessman and I’m a student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities involved with a campus outreach ministry that’s associated with an on campus church, Maranatha Christian Fellowship. Our head pastor was recently offered two pairs of tickets to go see an advanced screening of Ben Stein’s “Expelled”, but had to instead pass the tickets to an associate pastor, who then offered one of them to me. So at 7:00 pm on Thursday my friend Grant and I got to go see the movie. Right away, let me just say that this is the Best Documentary of 2008…if it will get played. The basic premise of the movie is that Intelligent Design should be allowed equal footing as a teachable theory within academia. This movie is not an apology for Creation; pains are taken to distinguish Creation from Intelligent Design. This is also not a movie that bashes Evolutional Theory, although many rational arguments are brought up as to the validity of Evolutionary thought as well as the long-term consequences of an Evolutionary Worldview.
The Associate Producer of the film, Mark Mathis, introduced the film as well as moderated for the quick Q&A following the film. The movie we saw was a rough Director’s Cut; at several moments things appeared to be out of sync, and occasionally archival historical footage appeared to “jump” on the screen. Mathis also mentioned that several music cues might change before the final cut, which is understandable since several high profile songs and artists are used in the film.

The film can best be described as subtly clever and occasionally funny. Emotions are stirred up especially built around the movies overall theme*, and many scenes especially later in the movie might be difficult to watch based on one’s ethnic and religious background.

But enough about the film – the real highlight of the evening occurred after the showing, during the Q&A. Mathis led this discussion, and the second question was asked by a surprise member of the audience: Richard Dawkins, author of “The God Delusion,” and arguably the biggest name in the movie other than Mr. Ben Stein himself. As this screening was by invitation only, Dawkins appearance was quite a surprise to both the audience and Mathis.
http://www.expelledthemovie.com/chronicle.php?article=11

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