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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    3/4/2003 4:49 pm  
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'GODS AND GENERALS'

Predictably, critics are screaming about the overt Christianity in the new film Gods and Generals. Here are a few of their comments: 

"Filled with so much religious righteousness ... that the film feels more like a recruitment tool for Soldiers for Christ than a look at the bloody four-year conflict that tore this nation apart." --Jean Oppenheimer, Dallas Observer

"The film-maker's relentless even-handedness removes whatever drama the story might have had by making every one of the characters endlessly honorable, devoted to God, home, and family, good to the slaves, and able to spout poetry or the Bible." --Nell Minow, Movie Mom

"It's like an old history cyclorama 'brought to life' with a mixture of wax, starch, and pulped hymnals." --David Elliott, San Diego Union-Tribune

"Lang acts him as like a bearded church pew." --David Elliott, San Diego Union-Tribune

"Boring and bloated, this sanctimonious work will appeal only to warmongers and the religious right." --Boo Allen, Denton Record Chronicle (Texas)

"Pompous, ponderous, and Bible-thumping." --Larry Ratliff, San Antonio Express-News 


CHRISTIANS RESPOND to 'GODS AND GENERALS' 

Our Gods and Generals review generated the second most readership responses in the history of this newsletter. Christians speak out about the new film. Read these and more comments: 

"Gods and Generals was the greatest Christian movie I've ever seen, surpassing even Ben Hur and others." --William B.

"I was going to write to tell you that I had taken my wife on a date to see Gods and Generals this weekend -- and that it was now my number one favorite movie replacing my own boyhood favorite Chariots of Fire. Then to see you make that same connection was surprising! The movie likely should have been called 'Stonewall' for it made him into a hero for the Lord's sake. My mind and heart have shifted toward the South after seeing this movie." --Daniel C.

"I would like to thank you for your review of Gods and Generals. While I know a great deal about Jackson and his faith I also know a great deal about Hollywood and their lack of it. Your review encouraged my wife and I to attend the opening here in Annapolis, Maryland last night. This was the first movie my wife and I have attended or even had the desire to attend in over seven years. We were blessed." --Rich L.

"It was because of your review that our family went to see Gods and Generals on Friday. (We hadn't been to a movie in about fifteen years.) THANKS! We really enjoyed it! We were surprised to see how Christ-centered it was." --The H. Family 




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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    3/4/2003 4:54 pm  
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I'm going to see this movie in the next day or two depending on my schedule. Ive heard that it is an excellent movie, I can hardly wait to see it.

God Bless you,
David



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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    3/5/2003 7:29 am  
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   "Gods and Generals" Presents Reality History

Mar. 5, 2003    by:  Phyllis Schlafly

"Gods and Generals" can remedy a glaring gap in the teaching of
American history. It's a must-see. 
"Gods and Generals" opened in movie theaters this past weekend,
and at last we have a movie that presents truthful history rather than
fiction or politically-correct revisionism. This epic recounts the
gripping history of the Civil War prior to Gettysburg, and there isn't a
dull moment in its awesome four hours. 

The movie faithfully shows the sincere motives of the valiant men of
principle on both sides. The movie shows that the northerners fought
to preserve the Union, and Virginians fought to defend their homeland
against federal troops sent into their state (southerners certainly did
not die to defend slavery, since few southern soldiers owned any
slaves). 

Defending one's homeland evokes powerful passions. It's no accident
that the Bush Administration chose the words "Homeland Security"
to get Americans to accept the biggest expansion of government
since the New Deal. 

"Gods and Generals" doesn't take sides in the War between the
States. Script writer and director Ron Maxwell presents a balanced
picture of a time long ago, when religious faith defined a man's duty
and when leaders, such as General Stonewall Jackson, were devout
and outspoken Christians. 

President Bush has asked Congress for $25 million to spread
knowledge of American history, especially among young people, and
to sponsor an annual National History Bee. But will the schools
teach history as it really happened, or as the political correctness
revisionists wish it had happened? 

When the Federal Government financed a 271-page book in 1994 to
prescribe "National Standards for United States History," it was a
public relations disaster. The U.S. Senate repudiated it by a vote of
99 to 1, and Al Shanker said it was the first time a government tried
to teach children to "feel negative about their own country." 

The UCLA professors responsible for "Standards" then made
cosmetic changes, but copies of the original book had already
flooded schools and publishers and were easily available when the
Goals 2000 law mandated the adoption of standards. 

"Standards" has a 14-page section on the Civil War and
Reconstruction, mostly revisionist history. It's hard to see how any
historian could write 14 pages about the Civil War and never mention
General Robert E. Lee or General Ulysses S. Grant, but "Standards"
accomplished that feat. 

On the other hand, "Standards" mentions Harriet Tubman six times,
the Ku Klux Klan 17 times, and Senator Joseph McCarthy 19 times.
The Gettysburg Address is mentioned once, but it doesn't rank as
high as the 1948 feminist Declaration at Seneca Falls which is
mentioned six times. 

"Standards" instructs students to read Civil War fiction, suggesting at
least a dozen novels. Conspicuously missing from the list is the
greatest American novel about the Civil War period, "Gone With the
Wind." 

The most amazing example of feminist political correctness in the
Civil War section is this question posed for high school students:
"Why is the word `male' used for the first time in the Constitution in
the 15th Amendment? Why were women excluded in the
amendment?" 

In fact, the word "male" does not appear in the 15th Amendment! The
Constitution is and always has been a sex-neutral document, using
only neutral words such as citizen, person, inhabitant, resident,
President, Senator and Representative. 

The appalling ignorance of American history by students must extend
to their professors, too. According to the National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the nation's report card,
less than half of high school seniors have even a basic grasp of
American history. 

A Boston newspaper editorial entitled "The Disappearing History
Term Paper" noted that the prize-winning essays for Prentice Hall's
nationwide history competition prove that students are expected to
write compositions based on feelings and impressions, not on
research and evidence. 

When I went to college, a student couldn't graduate without taking
courses in both American and European history. Learning the basic
facts of history was considered necessary to become an educated
citizen, to appreciate our heritage, and to avoid repeating mistakes in
the future. 

Today, 55 colleges and universities, including the most prestigious,
have no American history requirement and only a fifth of colleges
require any course in history. On the other hand, some colleges do
require courses in "non-Eurocentric culture or society," a requirement
that can be met by courses in human development, sociology,
theater, dance, or film. 

Why have colleges and public schools stopped teaching American
history? One reason is the fact that more than half of senior and
junior high school teachers didn't major or minor in history in college. 

Another reason is the current fad for teaching multiculturalism, the
code word for teaching that all other cultures are superior to Western
civilization. A third reason is the passion for falsely indoctrinating
students that America is a land of oppression. 

"Gods and Generals" can remedy a glaring gap in the teaching of
American history. It's a must-see. 

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  From:  WendyJM1    3/7/2003 7:34 am  
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Hi David - We have the first installment of this movie - it came out in the early 90's - also put out by Ted Turner - called "Gettysburg"... and it is EXCELLENT. I've watched it a lot of times, and still appreciate it.  The only possible down side of the first movie - "Gettysburg" is that Martin Sheen is General Lee - and I just can't STAND him, especially nowadays :-(   Anyway - the new movie does NOT have Martin Sheen continuing that portrayal - but instead Robert Duvall - which I also look forward to seeing.

Thanks for the 'heads-up'!

wendy

 

 

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  From:  LR43   4/28/2003 8:52 am  
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Wendy, 
My wife and saw G & G.We liked it. 
  
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   From:  David (DavidABrown)    6/23/2003 8:26 pm  
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An Upcoming Event
F R O M   D O U G   P H I L L I P S
A N D   V I S I O N   F O R U M   M I N I S T R I E S

J U N E   2 3 ,   2 0 0 3 

Gods and Generals Director
to Keynote Witherspoon
Ron Maxwell Joins Chief Justice Roy Moore
in an All-Star Line-up for 2003 Conference
 
Dear Friends:

The Witherspoon School of Law and Public Policy is pleased to announce that Ron Maxwell, director of the film Gods and Generals, will be a featured keynote speaker at this years July 22-24 conference.

Mr. Maxwell will address the real significance of his groundbreaking film and the problem with anti-Christian bigotry among film critics.

For a special treat, he will perform some of his favorite and most inspiring Civil War poetry. To read my review of Gods and Generals.
 




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