Letters Of Lamech
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Thursday, September 18, 2003
Wow!

http://www.lutherthemovie.com/flash/luther.html

http://www.startribune.com/stories/614/4092213.html

There's a movie about to open that tells the story of a man who upheld the rights of peasants and risked his life for his beliefs. Robin Hood? No, Luther. Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk who stood the Catholic Church on its ear and gave the world what is today Protestantism.

"Luther," a $30 million production, condenses about 30 years in Luther's life to an hour and 56 minutes. It stars Joseph Fiennes ("Shakespeare in Love") as Luther and two-time Oscar winner Peter Ustinov as Frederick the Wise. It was filmed in Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic by the German film studio, NFP.

Why all the interest in Luther now?

He's always been a riveting character, said Rich Melheim, whose Faith Inkubators organization in Stillwater is helping to promote "Luther," due for release nationwide on Sept. 26.

"Great guy, lousy publicist," said Melheim, an ordained Lutheran minister in a specialized ministry call from the St. Paul Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, focusing on family ministry systems.

"People are interested in Luther because he was an unusual, courageous and thoughtful personality who significantly affected the history of Western civilization," said Mary Jane Haemig, associate professor of church history at Luther Seminary in St. Paul. "But more than that," she said, "people are interested in him because he addressed questions that interest people today, like: 'What is God doing among us now?' 'In what can we trust amidst the ... joys, problems, and pains of life?'

"Luther reminds us that God in Christ never ceases to reach out to us and to give us all that belongs to Christ," Haemig added.
Written at 9/18/2003 06:27:00 PM by Lamech.
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