Charles Darwin Bio Pic Film Opens TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL (TIFF) What A Line Up....

[Ben]

'Creation' to open Toronto fest --

Jon Amiel's biopic on Darwin kicks off event.

Produced by Jeremy Thomas


A movie about “The Origin of Species,” that will become an iconic peice of cinema and WILL be forced to be played in every high school around the world.

John Collee’s screenplay is adapted from “Annie’s Box,” a biography about Darwin’s private life written by his great-great-grandson ...

The Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept. 10-19.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/sto...-creation.html

Cheers,
Benjamin Ray
brscreenwriter@gmail.com
www.hollywoodtoronto.com

[stuy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BREvUKpZTeU

[Signal30]

Originally Posted by Ben

A movie about “The Origin of Species,” that will become an iconic peice of cinema and WILL be forced to be played in every high school around the world.

*blinks*

Forced to be played sorta makes me uneasy. And I'm no Creationist.

That, and the flick looks tedious.

[Typewriter]

Originally Posted by Signal30

*blinks*

Forced to be played sorta makes me uneasy. And I'm no Creationist.

That, and the flick looks tedious.

Whaddya know, Ben said something stupid.

[Signal30]

Well, there's that, too.

[hscope]

From the trailer this movie looks entirely predictable, but I like the look of it, the people in it, the subject matter and I'm a big fan of Darwin, so I will be there.

It will be interesting to see how Darwin's character evolves during the movie.

[Geoff Alexander]

It's a story that is very filmic, a fascinating and brilliant man who struggled with his own beliefs.

I went to the Galapagos last year and, man, you really can see how amazing an isolated world like that can be.

Originally Posted by Ben

'Creation' to open Toronto fest --

Jon Amiel's biopic on Darwin kicks off event.

Produced by Jeremy Thomas


A movie about “The Origin of Species,” that will become an iconic peice of cinema and WILL be forced to be played in every high school around the world.

John Collee’s screenplay is adapted from “Annie’s Box,” a biography about Darwin’s private life written by his great-great-grandson ...

The Toronto International Film Festival runs Sept. 10-19.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/sto...-creation.html

Cheers,
Benjamin Ray
brscreenwriter@gmail.com
www.hollywoodtoronto.com

[bioprofessor]

As someone who champions Darwin and his work nearly every chance I get in my courses, I look forward to reading and seeing this project. He certainly was a strong personality with many internal and external conflicts.

Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution. - Theodosius Dobzhansky, 1973

[Geoff Alexander]

Originally Posted by bioprofessor

As someone who champions Darwin and his work nearly every chance I get in my courses, I look forward to reading and seeing this project. He certainly was a strong personality with many internal and external conflicts.

Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution. - Theodosius Dobzhansky, 1973

A friend of mine is an evolutionary biologist. He did his doctoral work in Kentucky and was asked to go on t.v. to debate some creationist. When he did so, they t.v. station ran a banner under him that said "Spokesman for the atheist faith."

[bioprofessor]

Originally Posted by SBScript

A friend of mine is an evolutionary biologist. He did his doctoral work in Kentucky and was asked to go on t.v. to debate some creationist. When he did so, they t.v. station ran a banner under him that said "Spokesman for the atheist faith."

Kentucky, being in the heart of the bible belt, is a tough gig for an evolutionary biologist. I've been asked to sit on such panels several times. The last coming from the pastor of a church who's a proponent of Intelligent Design. I delcined. I.D. proponents and the ilk use such debates for PR and to establish some modicum of legitimacy. Thankfully, they've failed miserably in the courts.

But you know them theories, germ theory, atomic theory, cell theory...they's just someone's faith, just like a religion.