Posted on 03/04/2006 6:46:59 AM PST by truthandlife
Disney and Walden Media's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, WB's 7th Heaven, ABC TV's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and PAX TV's Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye won the three biggest honors at the 14th Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry, held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel Thursday night (March 2).
The glittering event, also dubbed "The Christian Oscars," was held just days before the 78th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood and attracted more than 150 celebrities, Hollywood executives, producers, writers, and directors and their guests. The evening began with red carpet media interviews with many of the stars, including Pat Boone and Stephen Collins, as well as many other actors and actresses who were attending the event and who openly shared their faith in Jesus Christ.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the "X-Mas" episode of 7th Heaven took home the two $50,000 John Templeton Foundation Epiphany Prizes for "Most Inspiring Movie" and "Most Inspiring TV Program" of 2005. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye tied for the First Annual $50,000 Ware Foundation Libertas Prize for Promoting Positive American Values.
Crystal Teddy Bear Awards were flying out the door at the special event. Every winning movie and TV program received one for each producer, executive producer, writer, director, and top studio executive responsible for producing it.
In addition, a couple of special Crystal Teddies were handed out. Pat Boone, legendary singing star and actor, received a "Special Lifetime Faith & Values" Crystal Teddy Bear Award for Dedication to Redeeming the Values of the Mass Media of Entertainment. The Crystal Teddy was given to Boone for his "tireless and superior efforts over many years to redeem the values of the mass media and to present the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the mass media."
Deanne Bray of Sue Thomas not only won the Grace Prize for "Most Inspiring TV Performance," she also won a special Crystal Teddy for her "winsome, faithful, gracious, and wise efforts to help audiences and entertainers understand God's love for the physically challenged."
A first-time screenwriter, David M. Anthony, won the First Bi-Annual $25,000 John Templeton Foundation Kairos Prize for "Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays," for his script entitled "John, The Revelator." Heather Hughes took the $15,000 prize for second place for her script "Coincidental Miracles." Finally, Harrison Graham Moes won $10,000 for third place for his script "Men of Iron."
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was also chosen "Best Family Movie of 2005," followed by Madagascar, Dreamer, March of the Penguins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and five other movies. Pride & Prejudice was picked "Best Film for Mature Audiences of 2005," followed by Batman Begins, Millions, The Interpreter, The Great Raid, and five other movies. A list of all the major winners and nominees for the 14th Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry is available at the MOVIEGUIDE® website.
"Batman Begins" is a good film for Christians? Color me skeptical.
Batman's like Jesus in that he delivers sinners... just you know kinda different.
Have you seen it?
Yes, I have. Bored me to tears, as it happens. You would think that eastern mysticism and wanton violence wouldn't be grounds for Christian praise.
It BORED you?
Well, there's no accounting for taste, I guess...
I only like inspiring movies anyway, but a Crystal Teddy is a bit much.
The 30 minutes of fan-wanking Bat Technology in the middle was too much. I dozed off.
While " Pride & Prejudice" is a pretty good movie, it is yet another movie portraying Christianity in a bad light. The only self described Christians are the bad guy who runs off with the 15 year old and a cousin who both boring and prone to dishonest compliments.
People Magazine got a sneak peek at the dress J. Lo will be wearing to the Christian Oscars.
http://www.hannahlise.com/detail.aspx?ID=249
It seems like an insurmountable challenge to find mainstream movies that would deserve this kind of award--Narnia being a very notable exception.
Very funny!
I thought those sequences were pretty funny.
The best Christian movie, according to a poll of ministers, is "Groundhog Day," a sleeper, but one that makes one think of the consequences of one's actions during his or her lifetime. Another oldie, but goodie (unavailable on tape or DVD, however, except for major $$), is "Between Two Worlds" It is sometimes seen on TV, so look for it. It gets down to the final judgement of our actions and is equally thought-provoking.
These are the movies that should have gotten the actual Oscars, if Hollywood hadn't gone completely insane.
There's nothing notably Christian about most of them, except for "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." But they are basically compatible with traditional moral thought, both classical and Christian.
I'll say a good word for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Many Christians might think, well this is an odd movie to win such an award. But in point of fact it is a basically moral film. Especially admirable is its emphasis on family love and caring. I didn't notice a single openly Christian word in it, but it is basically compatible with Christian ideas of morality and justice, whereas I can't think of a single film nominated for the Oscars this year about which that could be said. Not one. They are all twisted, and they all advocate basically immoral behavior.
Was "the Gospel" nominated for anything? Fantastic movie---a dual "prodigal son" plotline with amazing music.
Believe it or not, the Woody Allen film "Crimes and Misdemeanors" is a great film ... even Chuck Colson praised it.
I thought Cinderella Man was a good family movie. Although not a "Christian" movie per se, Christian values were a strong component of the movie. The scene where Crowe makes his son take back the meat he stole from the Butcher (because the family was literally starving) and when he paid back the welfare office for the assistance they had given him, were very pro Christian. Good flick. Although I'm not impressed with what I read about Russell Crowe in real life, he is one of Hollywood's best actors right now.
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