{"id":14412,"date":"2006-02-03T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-03T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/2006\/02\/03\/more-specials-rabbi-paul-the-movie-focus-on-the-family-and-spear-in-ny-times-more-pullman-poop-peet-joins-perry-and-sorkin\/"},"modified":"2012-11-11T13:35:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-11T20:35:46","slug":"more-specials-rabbi-paul-the-movie-focus-on-the-family-and-spear-in-ny-times-more-pullman-poop-peet-joins-perry-and-sorkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2006\/02\/more-specials-rabbi-paul-the-movie-focus-on-the-family-and-spear-in-ny-times-more-pullman-poop-peet-joins-perry-and-sorkin\/","title":{"rendered":"More specials: "Rabbi Paul" – the movie! Focus on the Family and "Spear" in NY Times. More Pullman poop. Peet joins Perry and Sorkin."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

RABBI PAUL \u2013 THE MOVIE
\nThis just popped up at DoneDeal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Title: Rabbi Paul<\/p>\n

Log line: The life story of Saul of Tarsus who, due to divine intervention, turns his life around and becomes the founder of Christianity and the Apostle Paul.<\/p>\n

Writer: Bruce Chilton (author)<\/p>\n

Agent: n\/a<\/p>\n

Buyer: Mandalay and Prelude Pictures<\/p>\n

Price: n\/a<\/p>\n

Genre: Bio-Drama<\/p>\n

Logged: 2\/2\/06<\/p>\n

More: Biography. Alan Riche, Peter Riche, Mandalay Integrated Media Entertainment\u2019s Christian Tureaud, and Prelude\u2019s Mark Koch, Daniel de Liege & David Salzberg will produce.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I assume this writer is the same Bruce Chilton who is a professor of religion at Bard College and an Episcopal priest, who authored and has penned Rabbi Paul: An Intellectual Biography, Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography, and Mary Magdalene: A Biography.<\/p>\n

Here are summaries and reviews<\/a> of Rabbi Paul at Amazon.<\/p>\n

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY DODGES SPEARS
\nFocus on the Family is dealing with angry Christians over the hiring of a gay actor for End of the Spear role. And The New York Times reports it.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHas Focus on the Family made a strong statement against homosexuality? Absolutely,\u201d [Bob Waliszewski] said. \u201cBut what is the message of the product? And do we at Focus feel compelled to check on the sexual history of everyone in a movie? Did they have a D.U.I.? Did they pay their taxes?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

APPARENTLY, CHRISTIANS ARE SOUL-KILLING SEX-HATERS
\nA sharp summation<\/a> of the heart of Phillip Pullman\u2019s His Dark Materials trilogy, and its distortion of Christianity. Thanks.<\/a><\/p>\n

SORKIN\u2019S NEW SERIES
\nThe new series from the mind behind Sports Night and The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip now boasts Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet in the cast<\/a> according to AICN.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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