Hollywood Versus Emilio Estevez
By Brent Bozell
Say the name Emilio Estevez and most people think of the "Brat Pack," when he was a star in popular '80s youth movies like "The Breakfast Club" and "St. Elmo's Fire," or maybe the hockey coach in the "Mighty Ducks" films. Compared to his brother Charlie Sheen, he's become the quiet, stable brother.
But with his new movie "The Way," Estevez comes into his own as a producer, writer, and director, telling a beautiful story about death, faith and family. A father -- played by his own father, Martin Sheen -- mourns the loss of his son by walking for months on the 500-mile "camino" to the shrine of St. James in Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain.
In an interview on the Catholic cable channel EWTN, Estevez joked about the horror of making the pitch for this movie about a pilgrimage -- no massive special effects, no parade of gore or bedroom scenes with nudity. It's just an old man hiking across Spain with three people he meets along the way. It's a small movie, made on a small budget. It's about our humanity and our spirituality. It's so easy to imagine Tinseltown's eyes glazing over.
But what Estevez said in that interview was still striking. "Hollywood is a very difficult place to be earnest and be heartfelt. And I am not interested in making films that are anything but. There's a lot of vulgarity in films. There's a lot of violence, casual sex -- things that make me uncomfortable watching -- and I'm not interested in perpetuating that message."
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