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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

  • 2008
  • PG
  • 1h 30m
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3.7/10
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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
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Ben Stein examines the issue of academic freedom and decides that there is none when it comes to the debate over intelligent design.Ben Stein examines the issue of academic freedom and decides that there is none when it comes to the debate over intelligent design.Ben Stein examines the issue of academic freedom and decides that there is none when it comes to the debate over intelligent design.

  • Director
    • Nathan Frankowski
  • Writers
    • Kevin Miller
    • Ben Stein
  • Stars
    • Ben Stein
    • Lili Asvar
    • Peter Atkins
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.7/10
    12K
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    • Director
      • Nathan Frankowski
    • Writers
      • Kevin Miller
      • Ben Stein
    • Stars
      • Ben Stein
      • Lili Asvar
      • Peter Atkins
    • 400User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
    • 20Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins

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    Lili Asvar
    • Sara
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    • Self
    Hector Avalos
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    Doug Axe
    • Self
    Adam Behr
    • Multiple animation voices
    • (voice)
    David Berlinski
    • Self
    Walter Bradley
    • Self
    Bruce Chapman
    • Self
    Anderson Cooper
    Anderson Cooper
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Caroline Crocker
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    Richard Dawkins
    Richard Dawkins
    • Self
    William Dembski
    • Self
    • (as William Albert Dembski)
    Daniel C. Dennett
    Daniel C. Dennett
    • Self
    • (as Daniel Dennett)
    Michael Egnor
    • Self
    Steve Fuller
    Steve Fuller
    • Self
    Bill Gaede
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      • Nathan Frankowski
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      • Kevin Miller
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    • Trivia
      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 Paul Zachary Myers. Although ejected from the screening, his anonymous guests - including fellow interviewee, biologist Richard Dawkins - were able to view the movie.
    • Goofs
      The film presents Darwin's writing as a driving force behind the Nazi ideologies. In fact, the Nazis denounced and banned most of Darwin's work.
    • Quotes

      Stephen C. Meyer: We don't know what caused life to arise. Did it arise by purely undirected process? Or did it arise by some kind of intelligent guidance or design? And the rules of science are being applied to actually foreclose one of the two possible answers that very basic, and fundamental, and important question.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Creation Today Show: The Origin of Life, Part 2 (2013)
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      All Along the Watchtower
      Written by Bob Dylan

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    2/10
    Silly me for thinking this might actually be good...
    Since reviews of this film are pretty much split right down the political divide, I suppose I should stress that I'm neither a Christian nor an atheist (although you might call me a curious agnostic who usually votes Republican), and have no emotional stake in ID or evolution. I WANTED this film to be interesting, enlightening and thought provoking. Sadly, it wasn't. I hoped that there would be intelligent arguments presented from both sides. There weren't ANY from either side. People keep mentioning that the main point of the film is a defense of academic freedom, not to prove ID or disprove Darwinism. But its 'defense' of academic freedom was every bit as contemptuous towards evolutionary science as is the behavior of the current scientific community towards ID. Are we really to believe that if the roles were flipped and intelligent design were the predominant ideology taught in classrooms, that ID supporters would allow Darwinists equal time? Just look at the reactions given by the comments being posted on this forum by people who, miraculously, found this film to be praiseworthy. ID supporters, like all ideologues, want equal time only until they achieve power. Perhaps evolutionists are the same way, though one of the examples of 'discrimination' given in this film has already been proved false. A waste of a fascinating topic, a waste of time, a waste of money. If this kind of film making is the fruit of Michael Moore's legacy, then he and Stein both should be shot for crimes against cinema.
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    • What is Intelligent Design?
    • What is creationism?
    • Is "Intelligent Design" the same as "Creationism"?

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    • Release date
      • April 18, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Crossroads
    • Filming locations
      • Down House, Biggin Hill, Kent, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Premise Media Corporation
      • Rampant Films
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    • Budget
      • $3,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,720,487
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,970,848
      • Apr 20, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,720,487
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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