Ron Howard ‘Delusional’, Says Catholic Leader
April 22nd, 2009
Poor Ron Howard can’t cop a break when it comes to Catholic groups and his film Angels & Demons based on the Dan Brown book of the same title. Howard recently implored Catholic League President, Bill Donohue, to see the film before denouncing it as anti-Catholic, however, Donohue says the director is “delusional” and “hates Catholicism”.
“Catholics, including most in the hierarchy of the Church, will enjoy the movie for what it is: an exciting mystery, set in the awe-inspiring beauty of Rome,” Howard said.
However, Donohue has responded to Howard’s remarks saying, “Howard must be delusional if he thinks Vatican officials are going to like this propaganda – they denied him the right to film on their grounds. Moreover, we know from a Canadian priest who hung out with Howard’s crew last summer in Rome (dressed in civilian clothes) just how much they hate Catholicism.”
It seems that Howard is not the only one Donohue is targeting, with the CL president saying, “Dan Brown says in his book that the Illuminati are ‘factual’ and that they were ‘hunted ruthlessly by the Catholic Church.’ All of this is a lie…But this hasn’t stopped Brown from asserting that ‘It is a historical fact that the Illuminati vowed vengeance against the Vatican in the 1600.’”
I am sure this won’t be the last war of words about the controversial film; Angels & Demons is due to hit cinemas May 15.
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May 6th, 2009 at 12:45 am
I’m never going to spend another dollar on anything Ron Howard has touched.