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Writer:
Bill Maher (written by)
Release Date:
3 October 2008 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Do you smell something burning? more
Plot:
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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(111 articles)
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User Comments:
Contemplative Religiosity For The Masses more (230 total)
Cast
(Credited cast)| Bill Maher | ... | Himself | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Steve Burg | ... | Himself | |
| Francis Collins | ... | Himself | |
| George Coyne | ... | Himself | |
| Jeremiah Cummings | ... | Himself | |
| Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda | ... | Himself | |
| Reginald Foster | ... | Himself | |
| Ted Haggard | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Dean Hamer | ... | Himself (as Dr. Dean Hamer) | |
| Ken Ham | ... | Himself | |
| Julie Maher | ... | Herself | |
| Kathy Maher | ... | Herself | |
| Aki Nawaz | ... | Himself (as Propa-Gandhi) | |
| Andrew Newberg | ... | Himself | |
| Fred Phelps | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Mark Pryor | ... | Himself | |
| Ray Suarez | ... | Himself | |
| Yisroel Dovid Weiss | ... | Himself | |
| John Westcott | ... | Himself | |
| Geert Wilders | ... | Himself | |
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Also Known As:
A Spiritual Journey (USA) (fake working title)
Untitled Larry Charles Project (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for some language and sexual material.
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101 min
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USA:R (certificate #44539) | UK:15 | Australia:M | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | South Africa:18 | New Zealand:M | Ireland:15A | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Mexico:B15 | Hong Kong:IIB
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Originally scheduled for release in March 2008 to coincide with the Easter holiday. But the 2007 Writers Guild strike caused delays in post-production. The release date was pushed back to July 11, 2008 and finally, October 3, 2008. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: The truck stop chapel is not actually located in Raleigh, NC, as claimed in the film, but is near Charlotte, NC. Raleigh and Charlotte are further from each other than LA and San Diego. Charlotte is an extremely conservative town compared with Raleigh. more
Quotes:
Bill Maher:
The standard doctrine that I was taught as a kid...
Reginald Foster:
Yeah, that's all gone. That's all finished.
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Features "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) more
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Road To Nowhere more
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Saw the world premier of this at the Traverse City Film Festival. I am a big Bill Maher fan and this was definitely the movie/documentary I was most looking forward to at the festival.
I was not disappointed, though I think it could have been developed a bit more. It seemed to play to the lowest common denominator in that a lot of issues were touched on, sometimes in rapid fashion, but none was examined closely for any length of time. Any astute viewer of Real Time already knows what Maher thinks about religion and many of his arguments with regard to the same. I was hoping for a more in depth analysis of some of the primary aspects of how religion can negatively affect our world in ways that people might not intend. The documentary did that only on the surface. I suppose that shouldn't be surprising as the need to draw people into contemplative thought in this area is probably more of a priority than retaining those that already are there (not to mention selling more tickets).
Subsequent to the showing, director Larry Charles had a discussion on stage with Michael Moore, with questions from the audience. Larry pointed out that he had many many more hours of footage that didn't make it into the final cut, and that he thought maybe a series could be released on cable of this material. I would very much like to see that happen as I think it would quell the thirst I had for more substance with less of the fluff.
However, kudos for Maher and Charles for doing this. If it is successful in getting people to think about religion in real world terms, then it has accomplished its goal.