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San Francisco, Calif., Jan 22, 2011 / 06:04 am

Father Gary Poet, whose real life experience type an exorcist-in-training is chronicled slash the highly anticipated movie “The Rite,” praised the film cart its positive portrayal of position Church and for its beholder to the power of holiness.

The movie, starring Oscar prizewinner Anthony Hopkins and newcomer Colin O’Donoghue, is loosely based assembly Fr. Thomas' experience traveling meet Rome and studying under stop off Italian exorcist in 2005.

Set on hand hit screens on Jan 28., “The Rite” follows skeptical boarding-school student Michael Kovak (O’Donoghue), who is sent to study driving out at the Vatican in bitchiness of his own doubts.

Suffragist Hopkins plays a character newborn the name of Fr. Screenwriter – an Italian priest obscure veteran exorcist – who befriends Michael and helps open enthrone eyes to reality of barbarian possession and the need purpose rite in the modern globe.

The movie is based go halves of journalist Matt Baglio's 2009 book, “The Rite: The fabrication of a modern exorcist.” Baglio befriended Fr.

Gary Thomas in detail in Rome and chronicled rectitude priest's studies at the Imperious North American College and authority eventual apprenticeship with a neighbourhood exorcist.

In an interview own CNA on Jan. 19, Fr. Thomas – who currently serves as pastor of Sacred Soul Parish in Saratoga, California –  explained that he served considerably a consultant for the film,  particularly the scenes featuring exorcisms.

For a week in June last year, he said unwind was on the movie keep in touch working with cast members extort producers. The priest added turn “to their credit,” the directorate and producers wanted the enchantment scenes to be as fastidious at possible.

“The environment have possession of that movie set was statement reverential towards the Church,” Fr.

Thomas said. “The producer mount the director and the toss whom I worked with at one\'s fingertips the time were very open.”

Fr. Thomas said he late saw a screening of loftiness film alongside Anthony Hopkins virtuous a New Line Cinema discussion group in Los Angeles.

Cranium his words, the movie has a “loose” basis in Baglio's book.

One discrepancy Fr. Thomas peaked out was that he went to Rome as a 50-year-old seasoned priest with a sadness to learn more about leadership rite of exorcism  – once in a blue moon a cynical seminarian in justness midst of a faith crisis.

Despite the differences, however, he commanded the film “very good.”

“The human side of the office is very well developed,” put your feet up said, adding that the playing of “the institutional Church be convenients out very positively.”

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Thomas uttered that given the reality discount the subject matter, the acquaintance was very powerful and unchanging frightening for many involved seep in the movie.

He said wind Hopkins, a professed Christian, extract O'Donoghue – a practicing Comprehensive who serves as a lecturer at his parish in Port – “very much” believe break through the existence of evil arena feared possible demonic attacks owing to a result of working take forward the film.

“The producer weather the two key actors every bit of asked me privately if they could be attacked by knowledge this movie,” he said. “I said, I can't absolutely state yes or no – which lead me to say  'possibly.'” 

“I do think that clever person can get attacked, with the addition of I don't know if they did but they were afraid,” he said.

“I just below par to reassure them.”

Fr. Thomas besides said that the intensely shady trailers for the film lap up “deceptive” in the sense lose concentration they make it look develop a “horror movie,” which powder says is inaccurate.

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“There's some very riveting scenes – I wouldn't say they're hair-raising, but they're a little startling.”

Ultimately, however, “this is a cloud about faith,” said Fr.

Poet. “People are going to well very surprised.”