| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.78:1, for 16X9 televisions. |
| Performer |
Bill Maher; Interviewees include Kathy Maher, Julie Maher, Francis Collins, Jeremiah Cummings, John Westcott, Dean Hamer, Steve Burg, Ray Suarez, Mark Pryor, Ken Ham, George Coyne, Reginal Foster, Cathie Boulden, Loretta Hager, Toney Dellinger, Sandra King, Jonathan Boulden, Tal Bachman, Bill Gardiner, Andrew Newberg, Dovid Weiss, Shmuel Strauss, Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda, Ferre van Beveren, Fatima Elatik, Propa-Gandhi, Geert Wilders, Mohamed Junas Gaffar, Muhammad Hourani, Yehuda Etzion. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Anthony Hardwick ; edited by Jeffrey M. Werner, Jeff Groth, Christian Kinnard. |
| Note |
Originally released as an American motion picture in 2008. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated R for some language and sexual material. |
| Summary |
Though fashioned as popular entertainment with laughs, light moments, and mostly humorous segments, Maher and the filmmakers are serious in castigating the body of literature whose influence on human history has been overwhelmingly negative. A globe-hopping Maher interviews various representatives of the Western religious faiths of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Mormonism. If, as Maher states, 16% of the U.S. population identifies as secular humanists who don't believe in God, then that's a large cross section of the country whose voices are muffled by the status quo. It is to them, not believers, Maher speaks--preaching the gospel of doubt. |
| Contents |
Self-fulfilling prophecy -- Gospel of I don't know -- In the green -- Wicked ways -- Miracles -- God and country -- Scripture as science -- Vatican -- Holy Land -- New kids on the block -- Neurological disorder? -- Second coming -- Dissenting opinions -- Under new management -- End times -- Credits. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary with Bill Maher and director Larry Charles [optional audio feature]; Monologues from around the world [featurette] (19 min.); Deleted scenes [featurette] (21 min.); Also from Lionsgate [trailers] (12 min.). |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Belief and doubt.
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Religion.
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Faith.
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God.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Charles, Larry, 1956-
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Maher, Bill.
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West, Palmer.
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Smith, Jonah.
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Hardwick, Anthony.
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Warner, Jeff.
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Groth, Jeffrey G.
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Kinnard, Christian.
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Thousand Words (Firm)
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Lionsgate (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
031398105404 80 |
| Music No. |
24862 Lionsgate |
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24862.1 Lionsgate |
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