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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Kevin Miller (written by) and
Ben Stein (written by)
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Release Date:
18 April 2008 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom...What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel!
Plot:
Ben Stein examines the issue of academic freedom and decides that there is none when it comes to the debate over intelligent design. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
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(9 articles)
10 Lovable Missing Links on Film
 (From Spout. 20 May 2009, 1:28 PM, PDT)

Av Club's Ten Worst Films of 2008
 (From Get The Big Picture. 18 December 2008, 5:21 AM, PST)

User Comments:
A Global Conspiracy? more (299 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Ben Stein ... Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Lili Asvar ... Sara
Peter Atkins ... Himself
Hector Avalos ... Himself
Doug Axe ... Himself
Adam Behr ... Animation Voices (voice)
David Berlinski ... Himself
Walter Bradley ... Himself
Bruce Chapman ... Himself

Antonio Christina ... Student
Anderson Cooper ... Himself (archive footage)
Caroline Crocker ... Herself
Richard Dawkins ... Himself
William Dembski ... Himself (as William Albert Dembski)
Daniel C. Dennett ... Himself (as Daniel Dennett)
Michael Egnor ... Himself
Steve Fuller ... Himself
Uta George ... Herself
Marciej Giertych ... Himself
Guillermo Gonzalez ... Himself
John Hauptman ... Himself
Adolf Hitler ... Himself (archive footage)
Benjamin Kelley ... Himself (as Ben Kelley)
John Lennox ... Himself
Robert J. Marks II ... Himself
Alister McGrath ... Himself
Stephen C. Meyer ... Himself
Paul Zachary Myers ... Himself (as P. Z. Myers)
Paul Nelson ... Himself
John Polkinghorne ... Himself
William Provine ... Himself (as Will Provine)
Laura Ruloff ... (voice)
Walt Ruloff ... (voice)
Michael Ruse ... Himself
Margaret Sanger ... Herself (archive footage)
Gerald Schroeder ... Himself
Jeffrey Schwartz ... Himself
Eugenie C. Scott ... Herself (as Eugenie Scott)
Michael Shermer ... Himself
Mark Souder ... Himself
Richard Sternberg ... Himself
Deano Sutter ... Himself - Introductory Speaker
Witold 'Vic' Walczak ... Himself (archive footage)
Daniel Walsch ... Himself
Richard Weikart ... Himself
Jonathan Wells ... Himself
Pamela Winnick ... Herself
Larry Witham ... Himself
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Crossroads (USA) (fake working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic material, some disturbing images and brief smoking.
Runtime:
USA:90 min | Germany:97 min (European Film Market)
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Color (Technicolor) | Color
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario)

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Preview screenings for the movie were held for churches and other Christian groups months in advance, and by invitation only. After a movie critic was inadvertently allowed to view the film early, resulting in a negative review, a policy of requiring viewers to sign nondisclosure agreements was implemented at these screenings. Closer to release, an "RSVP" site was set up to allow members of the public to view the movie in a near-finished state. One of these was evolutionary biologist and Expelled interviewee PZ Myers. Although ejected from the screening, his anonymous guests - including fellow interviewee, biologist Richard Dawkins - were able to view the movie. more
Quotes:
Ben Stein: We are losing our freedom in one of the most important sectors of society: science. I have always assumed that scientists were free to ask any question, to pursue any line of inquiry, without fear of reprisal. But recently I've been alarmed to discover that this is not the case. more
Movie Connections:
Features "Larry King Live" (1985) more
Soundtrack:
Evolution more

FAQ

What is Intelligent Design?
Is "Intelligent Design" the same as "Creationism"?
What is evolution?
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240 out of 437 people found the following comment useful.
A Global Conspiracy?, 25 April 2008
Author: egelman from Charlottesville, VA

For those who have found positive things to say about this film, I would ask you how the greatest conspiracy in human history might have been perpetrated. Virtually every major scientific society in the world has come out with the strongest support for evolution, a theory that has more factual underpinnings than the atomic theory of matter or quantum mechanics. The conspiracy to silence the dissent against evolution must include most people working in geology, biochemistry, paleontology, ecology, molecular genetics, etc., all fields where overwhelming amounts of evidence provide the basis for our understanding of how life on earth diverged from a common origin. When I am told that "leading" scientists have questioned evolution, it reminds me of the National Enquirer headline that stated that a space scientist had an encounter with aliens. Reading the article made it clear that this person was a draftsman at some NASA facility. Let us be clear that there is no scientific debate about whether evolution took place (that debate was finished more than 100 years ago), rather, it is religious fundamentalism that refuses to accept that humans evolved from other life forms (yet most Americans do not accept this fact). Ben Stein's agenda appears to be to drive America back to some fundamentalist time, while the rest of the world advances.

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