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PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:38 pm 
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So, if they take out religion, the Magdalene, the sacred feminine, Opus Dei, the sex ritual, the Priory of Sion... then, I guess they'll be left with a great car chase movie...

The film version of The Da Vinci Code is attempting to reduce the offence that the best-selling book caused to Roman Catholics.


Sony Pictures, the studio behind the film starring Tom Hanks and Sir Ian McKellen, is reported to have been so concerned that it has consulted Catholic and other Christian specialists on how it might alter the plot of the novel to avoid offending the devout.


Film officials have held talks with Catholic groups and other organisations despite Dan Brown, the author, insisting that “it’s only a novel and therefore a work of fiction”, The New York Times reported yesterday.


The Catholic League is calling for Ron Howard, the film’s Oscar-winning director, to include a disclaimer acknowledging that the movie is fiction.


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If the book was such an enormous bestseller even though it included all of the aforesaid controversial scenes, I don't understand why the directors don't think the movie would be an enormous bestseller with all of the aforesaid controversial scenes.

The worst movies are always the ones that veer strongly from the written material on which they were based.

Better for Howard to scrap the project entirely than to homogenize everything that makes the story unique :)

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are they gorna make an Angels and Demons movie too?

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:22 am 
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allegro54 wrote:
Better for Howard to scrap the project entirely than to homogenize everything that makes the story unique :)


Exactly.......quit while he's ahead! :wink:


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