Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

"Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom...What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel!"

2008 1h 30m EN

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3.9

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11%

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3.7

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★3.9TMDB · 70🥫11%Rotten Tomatoes●20Metacritic★3.7IMDB · 12,217

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Synopsis

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Pro-intelligent design scholars and scientists are often chastised, fired or denied tenured positions by those who believe in Darwin's theory of evolution.

“Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom...What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel!”

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Cast

Ben Stein
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Richard Dawkins
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William Dembski
Self
Paul Zachary Myers
Self

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nathan Frankowski
Writers: Kevin Miller, Ben Stein
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Ben Stein and Richard Dawkins and William Dembski carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom...What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel!".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1091617 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 70 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Nathan Frankowski directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 18 years ago.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Ben Stein and Richard Dawkins and William Dembski carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom...What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel!".
7IMDB entry: tt1091617 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 70 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.