Posted on 03/27/2012 2:47:04 PM PDT by topher
The Hunger Games” wasn’t the only film to hit box office paydirt this past weekend. Although it only opened in 390 theaters, the anti-abortion drama “October Baby,” starring John Schneider,earned the second-highest-per-screen average, bringing in almost $2 million in ticket sales.
“I was shattered when I first learned about the story. I was moved and mesmerized. I wasn’t an activist, I was just someone who was shattered by the truth,” director Jon Erwin told FOX411’s Pop Tarts. “Here is our little film, small budget, in the top ten (at the box office). We are thrilled, blown away.”
“October Baby” follows the emotional journey of a young woman who learns that she was almost aborted, but at the last minute was instead given up for adoption. The film almost didn’t see the light of day.
“This film couldn’t find a home, no studio wanted to touch it. It was considered too controversial,” Erwin continued. “There was a real moment of despair at one point, the film wasn’t finished and nobody would take a look at it. But every time we screened it, it attracted such intense emotional reactions. So we had to raise the money ourselves, and the release process took much longer than we wanted.”
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I've looked at the ratings for some “controversial” leftist movies, to see if they got a higher rating with a similar distribution of votes. They got higher ratings — but, the votes were a bit more evenly distributed. (Say 25% 10s, rather than O.B.’s 52% 10s.) IMDB’s weighting algorithm clearly heavily discounts 10’s and 1’s. Anyone who wishes to boost the score should vote “7” or “8”. If the score stays low, even when the votes are less bimodal (more widely distributed), then the only remaining explanation is bias on the part of IMDB staff.
Go to the link:
Dove Foundation Movie Review of October Baby
Some people were asking about reviews of this movie.
Many new theaters will be added on April 13, including in Virginia: Bristol, Norfolk and Roanoke.
The previews before this movie showed what trash is polluting the minds of children.
There was a preview for a very violent movie called Snow White and the Huntsman.
This was a product of Disney Studios (Touchstone Pictures).
The Theater chain that showed the movie only committed after a crisis pregnancy clinic committed to purchase 750 tickets in case that many were not sold.
Then the theater chain moved the theater from one location in my city to another.
But another theater chain is also showing this movie in our area.
Local churches are promoting the movie...
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