Исполнитель: Andy Hunter & Robbie Bronnimann
Альбом: Expelled No Intelligence Allowed
Дата выпуска: 2008
Жанр: Soundtrack / Ambient /
Формат | Качество: mp3 / 128kb
Размер файла: 50.5 MB
Track list:
01. The Beginning 1:45
02. Washington 3:27
03. Investigation 4:29
04. Eerie 1:16
05. Wonder 3:06
06. Information 4:36
07. Sombre 1:12
08. Academy 2:00
09. Waltzer 1:07
10. Theory 1:38
11. War 2:41
12. Consequences 6:30
13. Concentration 9:08
14. Darwin 4:46
15. Take Action 3:31
16. Car Ride 1:13
17. The End 8:32
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a controversial 2008 independent documentary film, directed by Nathan Frankowski and hosted by Ben Stein. The film contends that the mainstream science establishment suppresses academics who see evidence of intelligent design in nature and who criticise evidence supporting evolution and the modern evolutionary synthesis, the theory explaining this evidence. This scientific theory is portrayed by the film as contributing to fascism, the Nazi Holocaust, communism, atheism, abortion and eugenics. It presents people described as American educators and scientists who believe that there might be evidence of intelligent design in nature, and alleges that they are being persecuted for their beliefs. The film portrays intelligent design as motivated by science, rather than religion, though it does not give a detailed definition of the phrase or attempt to explain it on a scientific level. Other than briefly addressing issues of irreducible complexity, Expelled examines it as a political issue.
Expelled opened in 1,052 theaters, more than any other documentary before it, and grossed over $2,900,000 in its first weekend, the third biggest opening for a documentary. As of May 13, 2008 it had earned over $7 million, making it the twelfth-highest-grossing documentary film in the United States in nominal dollars, from 1982 to that date. In July, the movie was re-released allowing groups of 300 to book private screenings in theaters.
The general media response to the film has been largely unfavorable. It received an 8% meta-score from Rotten Tomatoes. Multiple reviews, including those of USA Today and Scientific American, have described the film as propaganda. The Chicago Tribune's rating was "1 star (poor),"while the New York Times described it as "a conspiracy-theory rant masquerading as investigative inquiry" and "an unprincipled propaganda piece that insults believers and nonbelievers alike." One of the few positive reviews appeared in Christianity Today.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science describes the film as dishonest and divisive propaganda, aimed at introducing religious ideas into public school science classrooms, and the film is being used in private screenings to legislators as part of the Discovery Institute intelligent design campaign for Academic Freedom bills (bills designed to introduce criticism of evolution into school science classes