Weird Story of the Day, Part Deaux

Weird Story of the Day, Part Deaux

jonathan.hasson June 7, 2006

Okay, I thought the previous post was weird enough, but this is a little too far.  Freakin’ Hollywood libs are out of control!  The truth hurts, don’t it?

Narrow focus draws PG rating for Baptist-backed film – Scripps Howard News Service

The Christian moviemakers behind a low-budget film called “Facing the Giants” were stunned when the MPAA pinned a PG rating on their gentle movie about a burned-out, depressed football coach whose life _ on and off the field _ takes a miraculous turn for the better. “What the MPAA said is that the movie contained strong ‘thematic elements’ that might disturb some parents,” said Kris Fuhr, vice president for marketing at Provident Films, which is owned by Sony Pictures. Provident plans to open the film next fall in 380 theaters nationwide with the help of Samuel Goldwyn Films, which has worked with indie movies like “The Squid and the Whale.” Which “thematic elements” earned this squeaky-clean movie its PG? “Facing the Giants” is too evangelistic.

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