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October
21,
2010
"Lords of
Glory"
– A screenplay by a priest of the Eastern American
Diocese makes it to the voting stage of a film competition
"Lords of
Glory" is an Orthodox screenplay written by an American convert to
Orthodoxy, Fr. Maximos McIntyre, who is also a cleric of the Eastern
American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. This
screenplay has successfully made it to the voting stage of a
screenplay and film competition on moviehatch.com. Diocesan Media
Office correspondent Rdr. Peter Lukianov spoke to Fr. Maximos about
this exciting endeavor.
Please
tell us Father, why did you write this screenplay?
I wrote this after
my surprise that few in the West really seemed to know of the
persecution and millions of lives lost to the cruelty of godless
atheism, greed, foreign policy and inhumane barbarism that permeated
the 20th century. Although the screenplay reflects the perspective of
a Russian Orthodox priest and his adversary in the communist era, I
was influenced from the testimony of the travesty of the persecution
of Greeks under Turkish yoke, the Armenian genocide, the Serbian
holocaust, Russian, Chinese and Romanian new martyr’s and those who
struggled in Bulgaria in compiling this work.
I did not
necessarily want to focus on just morality, history or to tell a mere
story. I wanted the story to reflect true spiritual struggle tested
under the cruelest of circumstances, true repentance and selfless love
laced with patristic teaching in opposition to the worldly.
I truly feel there
is a battle which resonates in each and every human being and this is
what I tried to emphasize within this fictional work. We either become
servants of the Almighty God or serve the world, the flesh and the
evil one. We must freely choose.
How
did your screenplay make it to this stage of the competition?
After writing the
screenplay and consulting with a respected insider in the film
industry I traveled to the Los Angeles, CA area in late June 2010 to
pitch my idea and completed screenplay to various executives and
others who worked for a variety of production companies. I was met
with some enthusiasm by a few, but mostly outright rejection, very few
companies even wanted to read the script. One of the interested
companies was MovieHatch who read the screenplay and suggested I
participate. They are known in the industry for breaking down barriers
between writers and producers. I was quite surprised that with all the
participants and the possibility of rejection that it was passed
through to the voting stage after being read by various readers. Last
year I was told, this competition had over 100,000 voters and this
year 25 of the top Hollywood production companies are participating,
looking for the next great movie concept based on public reaction.
Where
can people go to read more or vote for the screenplay?
A logline, full
synopsis and visual are available on the voting website.
Those interested in
voting for the project and its hopeful development can go to
moviehatch.com and search for “Lords of Glory” by scrolling
through the entries or follow the link from my blog.
Competition
website:
http://www.moviehatch.com
Direct link to
voting page:
http://www.moviehatch.com/index.php?option=com_moviehatch&task=detail&movie=524
Blog:
www.frmaximosmcintyre.blogspot.com
Voters can only
vote once. After clicking on one to five stars to rate the project
they are prompted for their name and e-mail. A confirmation e-mail is
then sent to the voter and must be clicked and confirmed for the vote
to count. This is to ensure there is no ballot box stuffing and that
each vote is therefore unique.
Contact:
Fr. Maximos McIntyre
Tel.: 508-641-5672
Email: frmaximosmcintyre@gmail.com
Blog: www.frmaximosmcintyre.blogspot.com
Media Office of the Eastern American
Diocese
See
Also
October 21, 2010
"I am convinced that
the fullness of Grace is only in Orthodoxy."
An Interview with Priest Maximos McIntyre
