by beksbks 10 Replies latest social entertainment
Wow. I'm only 15 minutes in, but I'm already feeling smothered. The marching matrons of the town singing "That old time religion" sends chills up my spine.
Has anyone seen this?
Here are notes on the film
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/SCO_INHE.HTM
Yes, I've seen it. It's a classic, and still is as relevant as ever.
still is as relevant as ever.
I kept thinking that very thing.
A great movie! Black and white - and black and white. And that's sometimes very entertaining.
Ok, I think you guys may have to put up with some quotes over the next week
Aw, Henry! Why don't you wake up? Darwin was wrong. Man's still an ape. His creed's still a totem pole. When he first achieved the upright position, he took a look at the stars - thought the were something to eat. When he couldn't reach them, he decided they were groceries belonging to a bigger creature; that's how Jehovah was born.
Ok, last one. For tonight.
Because fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy, and needs feeding. And soon, your Honor, with banners flying and with drums beating we'll be marching backward, BACKWARD, through the glorious ages of that Sixteenth Century when bigots burned the man who dared bring enlightenment and intelligence to the human mind!
Are you watching the old black and white one or the newer- made for TV movies (Jason Robards? and I cant remember)
Great quotes.
It was one of my favorite movies as a Witness too. Amazing that when you are "in" you cant see how the movie is about you too.
Amazing that when you are "in" you cant see how the movie is about you too.
So true, and brings up a question I've been trying to answer to myself. It's been so long since I left, I can't remember. What was the explanation for dinosaurs? And how old is their earth? I grew up in the '70's with this stuff, is there new light on the subject? I do remember as a kid thinking of dinosaurs like space aliens, just a story. Very confusing by the time I got to high school. I even remember trying to argue the earth's age with friends after I left. Oddly enough I came up with the exact same explanation that Drummond did in the movie. How long were those "days" in Genesis, could they have been millions of years?
Oh lrkr it was the old one, with Spencer Tracy and Frederic March.
Geez, what would Ozzie and Harriet have thought of such a movie with quotes like that? Sounds like an interesting drama about Scopes.
Another relevant movie is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
