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More options Feb 20 2004, 12:59 pm

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From: groo <g...@groo.org>

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:58:14 GMT

Local: Fri, Feb 20 2004 12:58 pm

Subject: Re: The Passion of Mel

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"Kim" <flhnospa...@adelphia.net> opined in
news:g9adnRSM6a8eEqjdRVn-gQ@adelphia.com:

> kay w wrote:
>> Has he deliberately created a brilliant marketing scheme for this
>> movie, or is it really happening due to the movie's merits and
>> newsworthiness?

>> They're predicting he'll more than make his $25 million investment
>> back the first weekend it's released.

> I think that when the star got struck by lightning while filming the
> scene on the cross, well...I would have packed it all up and went home
> right then.

> What more non-endorsement do you need?

> I won't go to any theater that's *playing* the movie, let alone sit in
> the audience to watch it. My momma didn't raise no fools.

That was only _one_ of the times he was struck by lightning while filming
the movie. He got zotted twice.

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"He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays." - Ian Anderson

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