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Great article about the movie. So many good points in here that I hesitate to choose a few, but here goes:

I was kind of struck by the fact that we rarely look at that story from a character standpoint. When we put out our little Nativity sets, they're kind of inanimate objects. ~Screenwriter Mike Rich

There are faith-based movies being made, but usually for micro-budgets, and usually designed to reach a very specific niche market. Our argument to New Line was: Well, if 200 million Americans who consider themselves Christians are a niche, then that's a niche that maybe you should consider working with. ~Producer Bowen

There's a line in the script, "the greatest of kings born in the most humble of places." That's revolutionary. It's saying the power is not a physical power. It's not riches, it's not money, it's not control of governments and nations. It's a deeper power, spirituality... It's revolutionary even now. We can't even grasp that now. We think we need all the trappings and physical things to be happy, but that's not necessarily the case. ~ Director Catherine Hardwicke

posted by Libby @ 1:59 PM