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The Ten Commandments - Movies, Music, Fashion, Sports - Posted: 18th Oct, 2007 - 12:06pm
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Disney Animated Movie
The Ten Commandments
This movie has not been released yet and is already causing controversy. It is obviously a movie about The Ten Commandments given by God to Moses but guess what? Disney is trying very hard to remove its radio advertisement of the phrase "Chosen by God". If you read the script, you will know why the decision.
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| It's a movie about the Bible, but family-friendly Disney Co. is moving heaven and earth to make sure the word "God" is stricken from some advertisements promoting an upcoming animated film on Moses and the Ten Commandments. Radio Disney was to broadcast a radio spot for Promenade Pictures, makers of the film "The Ten Commandments," but the company sent an e-mail earlier this month instructing that the phrase "chosen by God" be stripped from the script. "Our BS&P [Broadcast Standards and Procedures] said Both scripts need to include the studio mention and omit the following line: CHOSEN BY GOD.... Please let me know if you have any questions," reads the e-mail, sent Oct. 2 to Promenade media buyer Casey Baker by Radio Disney Network sales associate Jason Atkinson. Calls to Atkinson and other Disney representatives were not immediately returned. "In connection with the Ten Commandments, I did find it offensive," said Promenade president and Chief Operating Officer Cindy Bond. "God in our movie is the main character. You rip the whole guts out of the piece." Bond said that because Disney has just the target audience the film seeks - children and 'tweens - she complied with Disney's request and had the ad redone without mention of God. "To walk away from a place that has our exact core audience ... I ordered the spot to be recut and re-edited," Bond said. "If you get them into the theater, they'll hear plenty about God." The voices for the animated characters in "The Ten Commandments" are done by actors Elliott Gould (God), Christian Slater (Moses), Sir Ben Kingsley (narrator) and Alfred Molina (Ramses). The script for the original 30-second radio spot reads: Narrator: One of the greatest stories of all time is now an animated movie event for the entire family ... "The Ten Commandments." God: Moses, give them my message and they will follow you out of Egypt. Narrator: An ordinary man, an extraordinary calling. Moses: Let my people go! Narrator: With Ben Kingsley, Christian Slater, Alfred Molina and Elliott Gould. ... chosen by God. Moses: On to the promised land! Narrator: 'The Ten Commandments,' Rated G. Now in theaters. Check your local listings. The edited version replaces "chosen by God" with "from Promenade Pictures." |
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| The edited version replaces "chosen by God" with "from Promenade Pictures."[/b][/QUOTE] |
This pretty much sums it up for me!
The arrogance of the company is just so apparent, and so wrong that it's unbelievable!
I can understand the company wanting the credit for making the film, but the clever wording now omits that the 10 commandments came from God, (of which the whole film is about) and the picture company have cleverly taken the credit for that too!
Totally disgusting in my mind.It's another case of greed over sanity, and I wouldn't take my kids to see it on principle.
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Actually, I think this is another Media move to make things look in a certain way. Let's analyze the script and the explanation Disney gave:
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| Narrator: With Ben Kingsley, Christian Slater, Alfred Molina and Elliott Gould. ... chosen by God. Moses: On to the promised land! |
The script makes it look like are the actors "chosen by God" and not Moses.
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| Radio Disney has said in other media reports that it made the request because its policies require mention of the studio in its commercials and it decided to replace the "chosen by God" phrase with "from Promenade Pictures" because the original script made it sound as though the actors were chosen by God, not Moses, as was the intended meaning. Mention of God isn't prohibited in the company's standards and procedures, according to Radio Disney. |
When I first read the news, I interpreted it as most people do but then when I read the script and Disney's explanation it seems to make perfect sense to me.
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