Originally Posted By Rebekah This topic is for discussion of the 1/25/2002 news item <b><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31662-2002Jan24.html" target="_blank">WashPost: Sam: Beyond Disney's Grasp</a></b> A January 25th <I>Washington Post</I> column explores the notion that the Disney Company is the wrong choice for a film like <I>I Am Sam</I> that deals with the sensitive issue of living with reduced mental capacity.
Originally Posted By tonyanton I find it amazing that this critic was so quick to criticize Disney for this movie, meanwhile the film wasn't even made or distributed by Disney. You would expect a film reviewer for the Washington Post would get his facts straight.
Originally Posted By JeffG If you go to the above link, there is now a correction box noting that the film was actually distributed by New Line Cinema. That seems like too little, too late to me, though. I find it rather amazing that a publication of the stature of the Washington Post would run this kind of editorial without doing the kind of basic factchecking that should have caught the inaccuracy of the the central fact that formed the basis for the writer's premise. The correction indicated that their original review of the article had listed the incorrect studio, but that hardly excuses this error. At the very least, couldn't they have taken a glance at the ads for the movie that probably ran in that very paper? -Jeff
Originally Posted By tmonee11 That is a joke that the author would make a mistake like that. Oh well, maybe soon we can read in the Washington Post about Disney's big summer release: "Star Wars-Episode 2"
Originally Posted By electra Okay, i did a double take when i saw that headline. I could have sworn it wasnt a Disney release. Dumb.
