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realthogYou may recall a few months ago there was a bit of a flap regarding the movie Creation, which concerns itself with Charles Darwin's dilemma over the implications of his discovery of the principle of evolution by natural selection.
Despite respected leads Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly, despite picking up accolades at various festivals, and despite the obvious topicality of its subject matter, the movie had significant difficulties finding a US distributor. Could this be because potential distributors were worried (justifiably or not) about the possibility of a major kerfuffle from religious extremists? Or could it be, as the faux-Xtian right maintained, because no one in their right minds in this country would want to go see a boring biopic about a long-dead scientist?
Well, this morning, just after 9.00, I received from the NYC branch of the Center for Inquiry an RSVP e-mail invite to a preview screening of the movie on Monday evening. It took me a few minutes to consult with Pam as to whether we'd both like to go, but I wrote back fairly quickly with my response: yes, we'd like a couple of tickets, oh yes, pretty please, yes we definitely would, you bet.
We were too late: already, after a matter of minutes on a Saturday morning, all the tickets had been snaffled.
Some lack of interest, eh?
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Date: 2010-01-10 11:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-11 04:44 am (UTC)Does this mean that an opening date is nigh? One can only hope.
Ah, so you're another of that tiny minority of people who might be interested in the movie, hm?
I had a quick look at the IMDB to see if I could find a US release date, but couldn't. Mind you, I was in a heck of a hurry at the time so may have missed it. I'll have another look later when I'm less rushed.
Although there's a chance that somewhere like the Kinellon complex on Rte 23 might run it, my guess is that the best bet locally is going to be the cinemas down in Montclair.
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Date: 2010-01-11 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-11 10:52 pm (UTC)Today they're listing January 22 as the opening date.
Oo, thanks for this info!
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Date: 2010-01-12 04:15 pm (UTC)Maddeningly, it seems as if there's going to be nowhere nearer than NYC that shows it -- although I'll check back at the online schedules site later just in case it's too early for screenings to have registered.
I came across ref to the (putative) fact that the movie's already out on DVD in the UK. I've not checked yet but, if desperate, I suppose there's that option.
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Date: 2010-01-22 02:56 pm (UTC)As earlier suspected, the nearest showings are in NYC, and in only two NYC cinemas at that: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974014/cinemashowtimes?date=2010-01-22 Seems the movie-industry establishment is really keen to make sure as few people as possible see the thing.
We're still trying to work out if we can afford a day off work plus a small fortune in parking fees to go see it, or if we should just try to organize importing the UK DVD.