Customer Reviews
Which side on you on? The Bible or the Periodic Table?
This 1999 TV reproduction is not as funny as the 1960 movie version with the same title, but it is still very good. The content is almost identical to the earlier movie version, but the actors are less funny. The whole thing is based on the 1925 Monkey Trial in Tennessee where a high-school teacher called Scope was arrested for having once taught evolution in class. The ensuing trial attracted international attention. Though Scope was convicted and fined $100, the fundamentalist Christians who interpret the Bible literally are depicted as clowns in the movie.
WHY still not on DVD? Great movie!
Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott steal the movie!. It is a real pity we don't have the wonderful Jack Lemmon still around with us to bring us fine pieces of work like this. We'll miss you, Jack. :(
What I find a real shame is that MGM/UA has still NOT released this movie in DVD format, and that both editions of this movie (the 1960 original and this remake) are "out of stock" even in vhs format.
What are the movie studios up to?. I want to buy the movie and I can't. Maybe they are cornering us into piracy?.
Invaluable
As a high school science teacher I deal with common myths and misconceptions involving evolution on a daily basis. This movie does a nice job of helping kids understand the passion of the issue. Evolution is the cornerstone of modern day biology and it is important kids understand why it needs to be taught. The amazing thing about science is that if evidence comes along to disprove a current school of thought, the discipline may change. When religion is questioned the only response is to lash out with hostility and anger. Why can't we question the way Man believes in God?
