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Jeff Lebowski · 11-04-2007, 06:41 PM

I watched this DVD last night:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053946/

It is based on the Scopes Monkey Trial. Fascinating movie. I kept thinking that they must have taking some real liberties telling the story. But I did some research after watching the movie and was amazed at how much of the dialog and how many of the details of the trial were true to history. That was a fascinating event.

With all of the recent discussion here on evolution, you may find this interesting. Excellent script and acting.

TripletDaddy · 11-04-2007, 09:42 PM

This is a great movie. I loved it.

il Padrino Ute · 11-04-2007, 10:09 PM

I happened across this movie late one night on TCM and couldn't stop watching it. It was a great movie.

Which begs the question: Has Spencer Tracey ever been in a lousy film?

8ballrollin · 11-05-2007, 03:07 AM

This is not meant as a smart-ass comment, but didn't you have to watch this in HS? I remember watching it in like 10th grade English. We didn't watch the film for the creationism/evolution debate, but as a discussion on allegory – the movie/play having something to do with McCarthyism (I think). Maybe this was just a commie-California public education thing.

This also brings up another book I had to read in HS – The Jungle. The in-class discussions were all about muckraking, the plight of immigrants, unions and the creation of the FDA, etc. Sinclair was hailed as the great muckraker. Then I do some out-of-class research and find Sinclair never cared about creating safe foods for consumers – he wanted his novel to be an indictment of capitalism and marketplace. He later ran for congress and governor of CA as socialist.

Sorry, I digress...The reason I was bringing up The Jungle is because Inherit seems to be about creationism/evolution, but was intended to be a criticism of anti-communism.

FMCoug · 11-05-2007, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by 8ballrollin

This is not meant as a smart-ass comment, but didn't you have to watch this in HS?

Not sure, but I think BYU71 had to attend the trial during HS.

TripletDaddy · 11-05-2007, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by 8ballrollin

This is not meant as a smart-ass comment, but didn't you have to watch this in HS? I remember watching it in like 10th grade English. We didn't watch the film for the creationism/evolution debate, but as a discussion on allegory – the movie/play having something to do with McCarthyism (I think). Maybe this was just a commie-California public education thing.

This also brings up another book I had to read in HS – The Jungle. The in-class discussions were all about muckraking, the plight of immigrants, unions and the creation of the FDA, etc. Sinclair was hailed as the great muckraker. Then I do some out-of-class research and find Sinclair never cared about creating safe foods for consumers – he wanted his novel to be an indictment of capitalism and marketplace. He later ran for congress and governor of CA as socialist.

Sorry, I digress...The reason I was bringing up The Jungle is because Inherit seems to be about creationism/evolution, but was intended to be a criticism of anti-communism.

This is when I first saw it, too.

Other movies I remember from HS:

12 Angry Men
Lord of the Flies
Citizen Cane
Red Asphalt 1 (Auto Safety class in 9th grade with parent permission slip required)

8ballrollin · 11-05-2007, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

Red Asphalt 1 (Auto Safety class in 9th grade with parent permission slip required)

Moving thread into hijack mode...

When I was in 8th grade I was able to take hunters safety as a PE class. I didn't hunt, but liked the fact you didn't have to dress out. I only remember this now, as you bring up Red Asphalt, because we had to watch some queer movie where a kid gets shot. I can't imagine you can take hunters safety in a Jr High PE class anymore, well not in CA anyway.

woot · 11-05-2007, 04:04 AM

re-hijack!

Did anyone else have to watch driver-safety videos at zone conference? There's nothing like seeing someone describe in gory detail his companion dying in his arms after running a stop sign to prepare for spiritual edification. When I got to the office I refused to allow any of them to be shown.

TripletDaddy · 11-05-2007, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by woot

re-hijack!

Did anyone else have to watch driver-safety videos at zone conference? There's nothing like seeing someone describe in gory detail his companion dying in his arms after running a stop sign to prepare for spiritual edification. When I got to the office I refused to allow any of them to be shown.

No, but nice "I worked in the office" bomb, Mr travel secretary.

*rimshot*

PS How many people did you baptize?

woot · 11-05-2007, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

No, but nice "I worked in the office" bomb, Mr travel secretary.

*rimshot*

PS How many people did you baptize?

At one point I looked to see who had baptized the most people in the whole mission, and factoring out the foreign-language guys, every one of the top 10 were worthless idiots that required baby sitting, and who were therefore always put with the best missionaries.

But to answer your question, I was well above average. My only consolation is that they probably all stopped going to church before I did.

But seriously, some of those safety videos were horrific.

11-04-2007, 06:41 PM	#1
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	Inherit the Wind I watched this DVD last night: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053946/ It is based on the Scopes Monkey Trial. Fascinating movie. I kept thinking that they must have taking some real liberties telling the story. But I did some research after watching the movie and was amazed at how much of the dialog and how many of the details of the trial were true to history. That was a fascinating event. With all of the recent discussion here on evolution, you may find this interesting. Excellent script and acting. __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

11-04-2007, 09:42 PM	#2
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	This is a great movie. I loved it. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

11-04-2007, 10:09 PM	#3
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I happened across this movie late one night on TCM and couldn't stop watching it. It was a great movie. Which begs the question: Has Spencer Tracey ever been in a lousy film? __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

11-05-2007, 03:07 AM	#4
8ballrollin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: WA Posts: 1,287	This is not meant as a smart-ass comment, but didn't you have to watch this in HS? I remember watching it in like 10th grade English. We didn't watch the film for the creationism/evolution debate, but as a discussion on allegory – the movie/play having something to do with McCarthyism (I think). Maybe this was just a commie-California public education thing. This also brings up another book I had to read in HS – The Jungle. The in-class discussions were all about muckraking, the plight of immigrants, unions and the creation of the FDA, etc. Sinclair was hailed as the great muckraker. Then I do some out-of-class research and find Sinclair never cared about creating safe foods for consumers – he wanted his novel to be an indictment of capitalism and marketplace. He later ran for congress and governor of CA as socialist. Sorry, I digress...The reason I was bringing up The Jungle is because Inherit seems to be about creationism/evolution, but was intended to be a criticism of anti-communism. Last edited by 8ballrollin; 11-05-2007 at 03:15 AM.

11-05-2007, 04:04 AM	#8
woot Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Denver Posts: 1,502	re-hijack! Did anyone else have to watch driver-safety videos at zone conference? There's nothing like seeing someone describe in gory detail his companion dying in his arms after running a stop sign to prepare for spiritual edification. When I got to the office I refused to allow any of them to be shown.