What he’s trying to say is that this whole thing is a ruse. As he said to Zahn, “We have 25 accounts in the Gospels, and 40 in the New Testament talking about the divinity of Jesus Christ. And I don’t like it when they’re playing fast and loose with my church, making up lies about the Catholic Church.”ĭonohue’s biggest objection is the book’s questioning of the divinity of Jesus. I didn’t like it with Oliver Stone, I didn’t like it with Alex Haley. It’s either a documentary or it’s a drama. When he was interviewed by Paula Zahn on CNN, Donohue outlined his concerns: “I don’t like the genre of docudrama. You’re going to incur the wrath of the Catholic League.” This is why Donohue said, “You want to play it both ways and tell us this is an admixture of fact and fiction. Though the book was marketed as a novel, author Dan Brown maintained in interviews that it is based on historical truth.
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In his August 10 appearance on NBC’s “Today” show, Donohue mentioned that he wrote to the movie’s director, Ron Howard, back in March requesting that a disclaimer be put in the beginning of the movie saying it is a work of fiction.
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No matter, major media outlets are already tapping Bill Donohue to jump into the fray he did so with interviews on the “Today” show and on “Paula Zahn Now.” The movie, which is based on the best-selling book, is not scheduled to be released until May 2006.
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England’s famous Westminster Abbey has refused to allow Columbia pictures the right to use its cathedral, saying it would be “inappropriate” to allow filming. Not a single frame has been shot in the film version of “The Da Vinci Code” and already it is the source of controversy.