Speaking of, is India considered a Muslim country?
I tend to think Hindu for India, but I could be completely wrong.
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ChiKat - Jan 18, 2006 9:38:03 am PST #1123 of 10002
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§ ita § - Jan 18, 2006 9:39:34 am PST #1125 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
From the CIA Factbook:
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
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brenda m - Jan 18, 2006 9:43:19 am PST #1127 of 10002
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Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
The Muslim population is (largely) concentrated in the north west, near Pakistan, so those areas I would think be predominantly Muslim, enough for the purposes of the movie, anyway.
Jessica - Jan 18, 2006 9:43:23 am PST #1128 of 10002
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Speaking of, is India considered a Muslim country?
Not in the sense that the film would like it to be, no. (I suspect that they set the film there more out of convenience than ideological accuracy -- shooting in Iran or Afghanistan might have been problematic.)
Trudy Booth - Jan 18, 2006 9:44:04 am PST #1129 of 10002
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India still has a big Muslim chunk even without Pakistan I think. Could be the chunkness that's useful to the film -- and the English speaking population.
Sue - Jan 18, 2006 9:46:01 am PST #1130 of 10002
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Reese's dress wasn't vintage after all:
Witherspoon, who won Best Actress for “Walk the Line,” wore a white-and-silver “vintage” Chanel dress - only to find out it was a mere 3 years old and that Kirsten Dunst wore the same frock to Globes after-parties back in 2003. Whoops!
Witherspoon’s rep, Nancy Ryder, is said to be so angry at Chanel for giving her a recently recycled gown that she’s vowing not to accept anything from Chanel again - or let her other clients, including Jennifer Lopez and Renée Zellweger, wear anything from the French couture house.
Ryder said, “Reese was told the dress was vintage. It was not. I’m not angry - just a little disappointed, but the big deal is Reese won the Golden Globe.”
Tom Scola - Jan 18, 2006 9:46:56 am PST #1131 of 10002
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AB said that he tried to film in Pakistan, but couldn't, and ended up filming really really close to the Pakistan border. It's a plot point to the movie that he triggered an international incident in doing so.
bon bon - Jan 18, 2006 9:48:37 am PST #1132 of 10002
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I did some googling after asking the question, my (inefficient) SOP. I guess I'm not the only person to ask that question of the movie by far. But apparently it is noted in the movie that India has 150 million Muslims and noted elsewhere that it would have been impossible for an American Jew to shoot anywhere more Muslim than that.
I've also read that the movie doesn't do much to concentrate on "Muslimness". I guess the title is suggesting one thing but the movie is about something else. That does bug.