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This paragraph: In the documentary segments of the film, a few scientific experts in quantum physics, biology, medicine, psychiatry, and theology and some spiritual commentators discuss the roots and meaning of Amanda's experiences. The comments of the scientific experts focus primarily on a single theme: "We all create our own reality."

[edit] Material from official website

http://www.whatthebleep.com/synopsis/

fourteen top scientists and mystics interviewed in documentary style serve as a modern day Greek Chorus. In an artful filmic dance, their ideas are woven together as a tapestry of truth. The thoughts and words of one member of the chorus blend into those of the next, adding further emphasis to the film’s underlying concept of the interconnectedness of all things

The chorus members act as hosts who live outside of the story, and from this Olympian view, comment on the actions of the characters below. They are also there to introduce the Great Questions framed by both science and religion, which divides the film into a series of acts. Through the course of the film, the distinction between science and religion becomes increasingly blurred, since we realize that, in essence, both science and religion describe the same phenomena

The film employs animation to realize the radical knowledge that modern science has unearthed in recent years. Powerful cinematic sequences explore the inner-workings of the human brain. Quirky animation introduces us to the smallest form of consciousness in the body – the cell. Dazzling visuals reinforce the film’s message in an exciting, powerful way. Done with humor, precision, and irreverence, these scenes are only part of what makes this film unique in the history of cinema, and a true box-office winner.

PHYSICISTS

William Tiller, Ph.D. Amit Goswami, Ph.D. John Hagelin, Ph.D. Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. Dr. David Albert

NEUROLOGISTS, ANESTHESIOLOGISTS & PHYSICIANS

Dr. Masaru Emoto Stuart Hameroff M.D. Dr. Jeffrey Satinover Andrew B. Newberg, M.D. Dr. Daniel Monti Dr. Joseph Dispenza

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Dr. Candace Pert

SPIRITUAL TEACHERS, MYSTICS AND SCHOLARS

Ramtha Miceal Ledwith, Ph.D.

[edit] Reviews

Feb 28, 2006 - Alaska Wellness "http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/02-28-06-alaska-wellness.shtml" What the Bleep Do We Know: Discovering the Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Reality</a> by Dawn Brunke

This instantly engaging and continually thought-provoking book is written by the same three authors who created the popular movie of the same name. The idea,by their own admission, was simple: “We trooped around the country interviewing brilliant people so we could get on film what they had to say.” What happened, however, was that many of these brilliant folks had different ideas—“different from some of our notions, different from each other, different from what we were taught in school, different from what was preached in church and different from what we see on the nightly news.” Yeah, that kind of sneaky different that gets us thinking outside the box. The adventure thus came to be to a personal exploration of truth, consciousness, perception, paradigms and, of course, reality itself. Or, as the authors put it, “to decide for ourselves where the truth lies and what to try out in our lives.”

Feb 03, 2006 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle, WA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/02-07-06-seattlepi.shtml">The voyage down the rabbit hole is fascinating</a> by William Arnold

The sequel, "What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole," covers pretty much the same territory in more esoteric depth, with some of the same interviewees and a considerably higher quality of animation and special effects.

It opens with a dynamite piece of animation that takes the form of a '40s newsreel to chronicle the history of the world as a conflict between science and religion, cleverly setting the stage for its contention that quantum physics is in the process of bridging the two.

[edit] Revenue

Feb 01, 2006 - nytimes.com - New York, NY (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/01-31-06-ny-times.shtml">Making a Killing in Human Potential</a> by COELI CARR

"What the Bleep Do We Know!?," - a quirky cinematic look at the intersection of science and spirituality - spawned worldwide study groups, a cottage "Bleep" industry and a coterie of fans who have been clamoring for a sequel since the film's release two years ago.

That follow-up, "What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole," is to open in theaters in New York, California, Arizona, Washington and Oregon next month. The first film drew gross revenues of more than $11 million, not bad for a film with no immediately identifiable audience.

[edit] S/R same coin

Dec 16, 2005 - ofspirit.com - (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/12-17-05-of-spirit.shtml">What the BLEEP Do We Know!?</a>

THE BOOK: Hundreds of years ago, science and religion split apart; they became antagonists in the great game of explanation and discovery. But science and religion are two sides of the same coin. They both help explain the universe, our place in the great plan and the meaning of our lives. In fact, they can only begin to do that adequately when they work together.

[edit] History

Dec 08, 2005 - Shift Magazine - (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/whythebleep.pdf">Why the Bleep?</a> by Trish Riley

The film conceivedby three students of a channeled ancient warrior named Ramtha got off to an inauspicious beginning. When traditional movie producers turned their noses up at What the Bleep Do We Know!?, the production was financedby one of its three filmmakers; when mainstream movie houses rejected the final product, it became a blockbuster hit through independent film venues, winning five independent film awards along the way. It's been the subject of much derision from mainstream press and scientists, yet an estimated five million people have seen the film, which had a long run as one of Amazon.com's top sellers.

[edit] Audience

Nov 15, 2005 - westworld.com - (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/12-15-05-cloud9.shtml">Cloud Nine - Sleep your way to a better life</a> by Jessica Centers

Six years ago, Masaru Emoto published Message From Water, which posits that there is an intrinsic vibrational pattern at the atomic level in all matter, and that words influence those vibrations. Using a microscope in a cold room, Emoto photographed newly formed crystals of frozen water. When he presented his samples with loving words -- spoken or written -- they formed complex, colorful snowflake patterns. When the words were negative, the water either didn't crystallize at all or formed dull, incomplete patterns. His water-crystal photos were featured in last year's popular movie/documentary What the Bleep Do We Know!?, which used quantum physics and neurochemistry to tell the story of a woman learning to manifest her own reality. The film grossed over $12 million at the U.S. box office, reaching the third-largest audience ever for a documentary in this country.

[edit] Experiment

Oct 15, 2005 - The McGill Daily - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/10-17-05-mcgill-daily.shtml">I know what I'm experiencing is real</a> by Claire Crighton

Put down this newspaper. Hold your hands five centimetres apart from each other, with the palms facing in. Try to visualize your hands pushing toward each other – but don’t actually move them. You’ll feel a resistance, like repelling magnets. Change the distance between your palms and continue to sense the resistance. See how far you can move your hands apart while still being able to feel your energy.

Your capacity to become conscious of the energy flowing through your body is what – bear with me here – a 19-year-old pre-med student thinks can change the face of healing in the western world.

His name is Adam

[edit] Sleeper hit

Sep 05, 2005 - Publisher'sWeekly.com - (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/09-05-05-publishers-weekly.shtml">What the Bleep? Categories conflate, confound, connect</a> by Ron Hogan

With no Hollywood A-list and nary a single car chase, the film What the Bleep Do We Know? became one of the sleeper hits of 2004, as word-of-mouth and strategic marketing kept it in theaters for an entire year. The gross exceeded $10 million—not bad for a low-budget documentary in which a dozen scientists discuss the ramifications of recent discoveries in quantum physics and neuroscience. What the Bleep's success on DVD is even more impressive, with more than one million copies shipped since its March release.

[edit] Three prongs

Jun 25, 2005 - New Visions Magazine - (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/fred-wolf-june-05.shtml">Quantum Physics De-Mystified</a> by Edie Weinstein-Moser, MSW

An Interview With Dr. Fred Alan Wolf What I’m up to these days is kind of a three-pronged attack. The first prong is: what is quantum physics and why should I care? The second prong is: how can I use quantum physics in my life in some way and make sense of it?by three it’s really the spiritual aspect of it. Several scientists and I believe that quantum physics is pointing to a new understanding of spirituality.

[edit] Spirituality

Jun 20, 2005 - Timeless Spirit Magazine - (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/timeless-spirit-june-05.shtml">What the Bleep Do We Know?!</a> by Aleesha Stephenson

When I first popped this DVD in and began watching - I was bored.... But,by the end of this documentary - I had a mental list of the people I wanted to share it with. I think people who perhaps have a difficult time understanding spirituality ... those who find this whole "movement" towards creating our own realities overwhelming ... this is the audience "What the Bleep Do We Know?! is directed towards ...

[edit] Street team

May 28, 2005 - The Miami Herald - Miami, FL (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/miami-herald-may-28-05.shtml">What the bleep is going on?</a> by Alexandra Alter

Her friends call her "the Bleep movie pusher.

After seeing the indie hit sleeper What the #$*! Do We Know, Elizabeth Angulo of Sunny Isles promptly e-mailed 70 friends and insisted they see the film. Then she joined a Bleep street team passing out promotional postcards and, at one point, wore a What the Bleep? baseball hat. Now, she calls herself a Bleeper.

So what transformed a 34-year-old director of business development into a gushing evangelist for a docudrama about consciousness and quantum physics?

FILM What the bleep is going on?

BY ALEXANDRA ALTER aalter@herald.com

Her friends call her "the Bleep movie pusher.

So what transformed a 34-year-old director of business development into a gushing evangelist for a docudrama about consciousness and quantum physics?

I loved that it was a thinking man's movie with a heart and spirit, said Angulo, who helped organize a What the Bleep? conference that begins Friday in Miami . "It questions our beliefs and it questions our dogma, but at the same time it looks at scientific truths where you find the essence of God.

Devotees like Angulo are driving a cult phenomenon that industry experts say resembles the frenzy surrounding The Passion of the Christ. Bouyed by fans who've formed Bleep study groups and Internet chat sites, the film quickly generated a movement in the eight months following its release. Some 60 study groups have formed from Jacksonville to Queensland, Australia (none in South Florida so far), a book titled What the Bleep Do We Know: Discovering the Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Reality will be published by Health Communications this November, and summer conferences with the film's scientists and directors will take place in Miami, Portland, Ore., Scottsdale, Ariz., and Vancouver.

Part documentary, part fiction, the film poses parallels between quantum physics and spirituality, poking holes in the conventional view of material reality as separate from our thoughts, emotions and perceptions.

This interest in spirituality is global, said Nathan Katz, the director of the Center for Spirituality at Florida International University, who will speak about contemporary American spirituality at the Miami conference. "We may end up with a form of spirituality that we don't even recognize any more.

Even the film's creators are surprised -- and somewhat concerned -- by the passionate following their project has generated.

I'm rather blown away by all the study groups that are forming, said Mark Vicente, who directed the film with Betsy Chasse and William Arntz. "It's not something that we ever expected. It also makes us slightly uncomfortable because some people have turned it into some kind of dogma. . . . It's philosophy and theories.

Philosophy and theories, it turns out, can turn a profit.

The movie passed the $10 million mark at the box office several months ago and has sold more than a million DVD copies. As word of the film spread, pastors rented out theaters, meditation teachers took students to see the film and some churches held classes on the movie's philosophy. The Rev. James Trapp of Miami 's Unity on the Bay, who saw the film last summer in Barcelona at the 2004 World Parliament of Religions, rented out a screening room at Regal Cinema on Miami Beach and took 150 congregants to see the film when it opened last fall.

It was very much in alignment with the principles we see in our own teachings, he said. "One of our primary beliefs in Unity is that the thoughts we hold begin to create our experience.

The movie's popularity isn't entirely organic, however -- it owes a lot to a strategic marketing campaign directed at Buddhists, followers of Transcendental Meditation, members of New Thought churches and others, said Pavel Mikoloski, a member of the movie's marketing team. The film's DVD distributors targeted a niche audience of New Age seekers by placing ads in publications such as Awareness, Enlightened Woman, Essential Wellness and Total Health magazines, according to Shari Rosenblum, a spokeswoman for Fox Home Entertainment.

It seems to have worked: Some 11 percent of the DVD's sales were repeat purchases, an unusually high percentage.

We haven't seen that since The Passion of the Christ, she said. By comparison, just 3 percent of the Passion's DVD sales were repeat purchases, she said.

Vicente said the comparison to Mel Gibson's groundbreaking theological blockbuster is apt.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mel Gibson, he said. "What he did and what we did was recognize a market that the industry did not recognize. People have serious spiritual questions.

But unlike its Christian counterpart, What the #$*! Do We Know? veers far from the path of theological orthodoxy. Many of the film's ideas stem from the teachings of Ramtha, a 35,000-year-old warrior spirit channeled through his chosen medium, a bleached blond, throaty-voiced woman named JZ Knight. The film's three directors are students at the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, a center in Washington where students study telepathy, self-healing and other practices.

The film was made basically to be an advertisement for her, said John Olmsted, an adjunct instructor in psychology at Portland State University in Oregon, who called the scientific experiments referenced by the film horrible jokes. "People who have the religious belief that reality is simply an illusion have taken bits of quantum physics and used them to prove what they want to -- that there's no material reality and consciousness controls everything.

Olmsted and others take issue with the film's central premise -- that reality is no more than a projection of our own mental states -- arguing that such thinking can have dangerous consequences.

This is kind of a disturbing film in a sense, said Chris Monroe, pastor at Barstow Free Methodist Church in Barstow, Calif, who posted a critique of the film on his Weblog desertpastor.typepad.com. "It goes way too far in duping people into embracing a belief that humanity has everything it needs in itself to control its destiny and that's where it sharply deviates from traditional Christianity.

Rev. Trapp, who ranks among the film's advocates, said the ideas presented in What the Bleep? may spark a new focus on science within contemporary spirituality.

We're still in the early stages of understanding this level of spirituality, he said. "This is a very revolutionary idea; sometimes new ideas can start and they're considered to be heresy.

[edit] Time travel

May 24, 2005 - Sacred Pathways Magazine - (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/pressroom/fred_alan_wolf_feb.pdf">The Yoga of Time Travel: Interview with Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D.</a> by Joann Impallaria and Don Campbell

When I get into the time travel mode, I’m engaged in a creative activity, which involves coming up with words to talk to you about, or writing. I lose my hold, or let’s say my interest, in the current space of time that I’m in, and my mind seems to escape into another real. It’s in the dynamics of that realm, which I call the unborn, uncreated, unformed, unoriginated realm, that time travel becomes accessible

[edit] Highest screen average

May 09, 2005 - Perthfilms.com - Perth, Australia, (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/PerthFilms.htm">WHAT THE BLEEP?</a>

"What the Bleep do we Know!? had the highest screen average in the entire country..."

[edit] Opposing reviews

May 02, 2005 - eFilmCritic.Com - (Web Site)
<a href="http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=10772">Opposites Attract: eFilmCritic.com's Review - Read It, Rate It

Two opposing reviews; one reads, "In the end, I realize I don't know too much, and if a film propels me to learn more (about quantum theory and the world in general), then it has succeeded in many ways. You will never look at science the same way again, and I shudder at how many arguments this film is going to generate." The other says, "There are two minor problems with “What the #$*! Do We Know:” it’s bad science and it’s a bad movie." Check out this dynamic site, which at the time of this posting is split down the middle.

Apr 28, 2005 - Johnson City Record-Courier - Johnson City, TX (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/BleepThis.html">Bleep This!</a> by Sensei David Schneider

"What is a spoken word but a vibration? Quantum physics tells us that everything is made of insubstantial vibrating packets of energy, having no mass, that flash in and out of existence at a rate of 10 to the 23d power every second."

[edit] Pre orders

Apr 24, 2005 - Variety.com - (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/Variety3.htm">'Bleep' has deep support</a> by Scott Hettrick

"A Fox spokeswoman says 11% of the online consumer pre-orders for "Bleep" at Foxstore.com have been for multiple copies. That's far more than the 3% for "The Passion of the Christ," which was considered unusually high." Scott Hettrick - Variety.com

[edit] Center

Apr 04, 2005 - SFGate.com - San Francisco, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/sfgate1.htm">Finding My Religion</a> by David Ian Miller

Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. in his interview on spirituality. "America today isn't in the religious Right -- even though there are millions of people in that movement. It isn't in the antireligious Left, either. It's in the center, and I think those are the people who caught on to the film."

[edit] Fracas

Mar 25, 2005 - Xplanazine Mosaic - (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.xplanazine.com/mosaic/mosaic.html">The Need to be Right vs the Unknown</a> by Vicky Woodward

Marlee Matlin is the star of the film What the Bleep Do We Know!?^TM, but Vicky Woodward of Mosaic says "it's the other "stars" that have caused all the fracas." To quote from her interview with William Arntz & Dr. Andrew Newberg, "... whenever you raise the possibility that things aren't so simple and aren't so straightforward, people who think they don't have a belief system, who think they're grounded in fact, start to get angry." - Dr. Newberg - Mosaic Winter 05 v.1n.1 page 6

[edit] Interview with Betsy

Mar 01, 2005 - Enlightened Woman Magazine - (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/EWM.htm">From Shoe Consciousness to Spirituality</a> by Teri Harris Saa

"Betsy was living in what she called her “shoe consciousness” which meant that her focus was on what type of shoes she was wearing and what type of car she was driving." A candid interview with filmmaker Betsy Chasseby Teri Harris of Enlightened Woman Magazine.

Feb 11, 2005 - Naples Daily News - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/ndn.htm">Review: 'What the Bleep' ... a quirky look at life's mysteries</a> by Betsy Pickle

"For every moment of comprehension, there will be another of "huh?" Betsy Pickle - Naples Daily News

[edit] Higher power conclusion

Jan 22, 2005 - Forth Worth Star-Telegram - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/startel.htm">'What the #$*!' makes 'Bleep' so popular</a> by Christopher Kelly

That's what Christopher Kelly of the Forth Worth Star-Telegram, where Bleep recently had a two month run, is asking. "It's hardly the only recent movie to actively question the existence of God... But it's certainly the first to conclude that our common notion of a god -- as a higher power who created us in his image, and whose approval we must seek in order gain entry into heaven -- is preposterous."

[edit] Amanda's plunge

Jan 12, 2005 - Cleveland Free Times - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/FreeTimes.htm">Back Down the Rabbit Hole: Word of mouth made</a> by Mark Satola

"Amanda and the audience plunge into the looking-glass world of multi-dimensional universes, the non-existence of matter, the power of thought to affect the world around us and the God-nature in every human being."

[edit] Bsst science

Jan 11, 2005 - The Epoch Times - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/epoch.htm">What the Bleep Do We Know!? More Than You Think!!</a> by Sonny Devereaux

"What the Bleep marshals the best science has to offer to show us ‘objective reality’ does not exist outside and independent of us, but depends on and requires our participation." Sonny Devereaux, The Epoch Times

[edit] Recommendation

Jan 05, 2005 - The Today Show - (TV Show)
Michael Keaton Recommends What the Bleep on The Today Show

While Michael Keaton was presenting his latest movie White Noise on The Today Show he recommended What the Bleep Do We Know!? to host Katie Couric. The Bleep only comes up towards the end, but it is an interesting interview so we are posting all eight minutes of it.

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[edit] Magical IF

Jan 01, 2005 - Minneapolis Star-Tribune - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/startribune2.htm">Editorial: On a new year/Imagining, creating a life</a>

"... find time this weekend to see a magical independent film... What the Bleep Do We Know?... Again and again, science has revealed the seemingly impossible to be true. On this New Year's Day in a time of great strife, there may be no better way to heal the world -- and live your dreams -- than going to see a movie." - Minneapolis Star-Tribune -

[edit] Metaphysical hit

Dec 28, 2004 - The Salt Lake Tribune - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/SLTrib.htm">'What the Bleep' a metaphysical hit in the art house cinemas</a>

"But it's the film's premise - that we, not a separate, judging God, create reality - that's spinning out the strongest reverberations."

[edit] Head trip

Dec 11, 2004 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/ajc_com.htm">Special Bleep Blend Number One at Starbucks</a> by Phil Kloer

"To try to figure out what the bleep is going on with this strange head trip of a movie, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution invited five people from different backgrounds who were interested in the issues. We watched the movie, then went to Starbucks for a lively discussion." Phil Kloer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Dec 02, 2004 - The Mercury News - San Jose, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/mercurynews.htm">Exploration of Science, Spirituality Becomes Surprise Art House Hit</a> by Robin Evans

Bleep points of view from filmmaker William Arntz, to a Roman Catholic fan, and a women taking action on her life. "...it's the film's premise -- that we, not a separate, judging God, create reality -- that's spinning out the strongest reverberations." Robin Evans, The Mercury News, San Jose, CA

Nov 20, 2004 - Star Tribune - Minneapolis, MN (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/startribune.htm">Genius Marketing Strategy Exposed</a>

"You see the movie. You come out dying to talk about it with friends, but you can't unless they've seen it, so you urge them to go. They repeat the process: seeing, dying, urging. Bleeping brilliant." Kim Ode of the Minneapolis Star Tribune explores What the Bleep Do We Know!? with movie goers.

Nov 20, 2004 - Yahoo! News - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/yahoo1.htm">Bleep Groups Popping Up Through the Quantum Foam</a> by Stephanie Innes

Spontaneous discussion groups are being formed by BLEEP fans who after seeing What the Bleep, want to continue their discussions and explorations with people of like mind. "Tucsonan Janet Rae e-mailed some friends and unknowingly began what has turned into a still-growing multifaith discussion group of 150 people." Yahoo News!

Nov 19, 2004 - Portland Press Herald - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/MaineToday.htm">National Craze for Smart Groups</a> by Marty Meltz

From Maine's Portland Press Herald, Marty Meltz writes "...a major don't-dare-miss film... Do not expect to be welcome in smart groups anymore if you haven't seen this."

Nov 14, 2004 - Chicago Sun-Times - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/ebertreply1.htm">And the Bleep Goes on with Roger Ebert 's Answer Man Column</a> by Roger Ebert

In reply to letters sent to the editor, Roger Ebert presents a thoughtful discussion. "I felt a certain affection for the film... The film is what it is, a group of people trying to explain the nature of reality." And the discussion goes on...

Nov 05, 2004 - The Wall Street Journal - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/WSJ1.htm">Wall Street Journal: Small Film of Self-Discovery Eludes Studios, Hits Big; 400 Yogis in a Theater</a> by John Lippman

Although rejected at firstby the major studios, What the Bleep has captivated audiences and now also Hollywood. John Lippman of the Wall Street Journal asks, "How did this little film, out of nowhere and ignoredby the big studios, sell $7.4 million of tickets?"

Nov 05, 2004 - The Grand Rapids Press - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/mlive.htm">Getting Your Feet Wet in the Quantum Soup is All Right</a> by John Douglas

"At last--a movie about quantum physics." In his review of What the Bleep Do We Know!?, John Douglas of The Grand Rapids Press, states how the quantum world invites spiritual and mystical interpretations of reality and how this opens the mind to wonder.

Nov 05, 2004 - The Monitor - McAllen, TX (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/monitor.htm">What the Bleep Perfect for Open-Minded Viewers</a> by Stephanie Holmes

Stephanie Holmes of The McAllen Monitor calls What the Bleep "...the kind of film that lends credence to a viewer's reputation as an open-minded person".

Nov 05, 2004 - BBC America - Talking Movies - New York City, (TV Show)
Marlee Matlin Loves the Bleep Fuss

Oscar winning actress, Marlee Matlin shares with BBC America why she chose her role in What the Bleep Do We Know!?, and what she thinks people are looking for in the film. Matlin is "pleased that the film has caused such a fuss in both the film and the metaphysical world." Look for What the Bleep in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand starting early 2005!

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Nov 04, 2004 - ABC7 - Chicago, (TV Show)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/abcMM.htm">First Deaf Actress to Receive Oscar makes New Movie</a> by Karen Meyer

Marlee Matlin returns to Chicago for the 3rd annual Deaf Film Festival. In an interview with ABC7 out of Chicago, she speaks of her new movie What the Bleep Do We know!? as a mixture of quantum physics and the power of thought.

Oct 29, 2004 - The Winnipeg Sun Spotlight - Winnipeg, MB (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/WinnipegSun.htm">The #$*!ing Truth is in Here</a> by Liz Braun

Canadians find self-empowerment a terrific way to spend 108 minutes. Liz Braun writes in the Winnipeg Sun: "What the Bleep Do We Know?! is a film that connects the mind, the body, the emotions and the spirit but it's not some airy-fairy undertaking or cultish outing. It's more like the spot where science and religion unite."

Oct 21, 2004 - seemagazine - (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.seemagazine.com/Issues/2004/1021/screen3.htm">WHAT THE #$*! DO WE KNOW?</a>

If you’re at all hip to the metaphysical patter that directors William Arntz, Betsy Chasse and Mark Vicente are putting down in What the #$*! Do We Know?, their quasi-documentary investigation of the spiritual ramifications of quantum physics, you’ll be surprised that many of the people whose opinions they solicit are neither physicists nor theologiansby vocation. I guess this even constitutes a spoiler of sorts, since you don’t know until the end who you’ve been listening to for close to two hours, but it turns out that many of the talking heads in What the #$*!? come from medical backgrounds. Having probed the mysteries of the body, they’ve moved on to ponder how the mind and body work together and how the functioning of 5 billion some-odd bodies and minds constitutes reality.

Oct 21, 2004 - Calgary News & Entertainment Weekly - Calgary, AB (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2004/1021/film6.htm">What the Bleep Do We Know!? wants you to think - about everything</a> by Brad Simkulet

What would it do to your conception of reality to know that you’ve never actually "touched" anything? Well, you haven’t.

What you’ve felt is the repulsion of particles that interact with each otherby creating a barrier between you and the world around you. So when you touch your child’s skin you’re not actually feeling it, you’re feeling a mass of subatomic particles being repulsedby another mass of subatomic particles.

And even when your body has been pierced – from a nail in the foot, a knife in the gut or a needle stitching a cut – you’re experiencing a mass of subatomic particles pushing another mass of subatomic particles aside, thus forcing themselves "into" your skin, organs or blood, without you ever being "touched."

This is just one of the paradigm shifts that What the Bleep Do We Know!? bombards us with in its fascinating exploration of quantum physics and the subatomic world’s omnipresent influence on every aspect of our lives.

Oct 15, 2004 - Vital Theology - Fort Collins, CO (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/FilmRaisesQuestions.pdf">Film Raises Questions About Reality of Universe</a> by Special Issue

Barry Taylor, adjunct professor of pop culture and theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, says the film What the Bleep Do We Know!? is beginning to attract church groups in Los Angeles because it has successfully tapped into a deep, spiritual hunger....Taylor believes the film is helpful in expanding the public conversation about God because it allows room for the re-emergence of the concept of transcendence within the realm of science. “What I find really interesting is the central idea that the mind plays a big part in the kind of life that you have,” he said. “So I see it very much in the emerging idea of the marrying of old religious faiths with … western science.”

Oct 01, 2004 - Magical Blend - (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.magicalblend.com/library/readingroom/articles/whatthebleep3.html">What the $%*!, Indeed!</a> by Susan Dobra

Interview with filmmakers Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente, and William Arntz.

00, 0000 - Vital Theology - Fort Collins, CO (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/FilmRaisesQuestions.pdf">Film Raises Questions about Reality of Universe</a> by Special Issue

Barry Taylor, adjunct professor of pop culture and theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, says the film What the Bleep Do We Know!? is beginning to attract church groups in Los Angeles because it has successfully tapped into a deep, spiritual hunger.... Taylor believes the film is helpful in expanding the public conversation about God because it allows room for the re-emergence of the concept of transcendence within the realm of science. “What I find really interesting is the central idea that the mind plays a big part in the kind of life that you have,” he said. “So I see it very much in the emerging idea of the marrying of old religious faiths with … western science.”

O T H E R R E V I E W S

Feb 16, 2005 - Naples Sun Times - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/napels.htm">What the #$*! do we know!? finally arrived in Naples</a>

"What the Bleep^TM should not be missed."

Jan 21, 2005 - Daytona News-Journal - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/DaytonaB.htm">'What' sizzles with few answers</a> by Jeff Farance

"The bottom line is it's one unusual time at the movies that at least lends viewers the idea they've just audited a college class and come away much the wiser."

Oct 29, 2004 - News for the Soul - Talk Radio - West Vancouver, BC (Radio Show)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/audio/whatthebleep.ram">News for the Soul - Talk Radio</a> by Host Nicole Whitney

Filmmaker William Arntz, in a fifty minute interview, talks about the scientists, the actors, the promotion, the dream, the DVD, the media, the funding, and still more on What the Bleep Do We Know!?. <a href="http://www.newsforthesoul.com">Visit News for the Soul live webcast.</a>

Oct 22, 2004 - Hollywood Reporter - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/reviews/hollywrep.htm">'Bleep' Blinds 'em with Science and Spirituality</a> by Chris Gardner

Chris Garder of The Hollywood Reporter asks: "What do you know about What the Bleep Do We Know!??" How did this indie film get started and why has it become such a phenomenon? Filmmaker Betsy Chasse speaks candidly about the influence that the film has had on her life.

Oct 19, 2004 - Cinefex Weekly Update - (Web Site)
<a href="cinefex.html">WHAT THE...</a> by Jody Duncan

"Who would have predicted that a documentary about quantum physics, featuring a series of talking-head Phds, made for $5 million, and initially released in only one theater, would become the word-of-mouth cult hit of the early fall movie season?"

Oct 19, 2004 - The Painter's Keys - (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.painterskeys.com/clickbacks/bleep.asp">LETTERS- BLEEP</a>

"What does the film have to say to artists? Lots."

Oct 15, 2004 - CNN - (Newspaper)
CNN - Mind Matter and a Movie: Interview with Filmmaker William Arntz

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In a CNN Live Today interview, William Arntz shares his vision for the film. "My goal is to get it all around the world and for one hundred million people on the entire planet to see it."
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Oct 14, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1014/p11s01-almo.html">Small Film, Large Questions</a> by Stephen Humphries

Reviewby Stephen Humphries of The Christian Science Monitor: "What the Bleep thrills some moviegoers, alarms others, and surprises everyone with its draw." Humphries wonders why moviegoers are staying after the movie is over and sharing with their neighbors.

Oct 14, 2004 - WBUR - Boston's NPR affiliate - Boston's, (Radio Show)
<a href="http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2004/10/20041014_b_main.asp">Filmmaker, Scientist, and Skeptic Mix it Up on the Radio</a>

Dick Gordon, host of the NPR affiliated radio talk show The Connection, interviews filmmaker Mark Vicente, physicist Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D., and columnist for Skeptic Magazine, Dr. Michael Shermer. Newtonian skepticism meets quantum uncertainty.

Oct 10, 2004 - ChicagoTribune - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-040908-movies-review-ss-whatthebleep,0,7204761.story?c">Movie review: 'What the Bleep Do We Know?'</a> by Sid Smith

"Complex and subtle, the ramifications of quantum physics are still known only to those with some knowledge of modern science. "Bleep" seeks to explore those ramifications, toss in a few more about cellular life and then draw conclusions about what all this means to personal behavior and--get ready--our notions of God."

Oct 02, 2004 - CNNfn - (Newspaper)
CNNfn the BIZ: Interview with William Arntz

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Oct 01, 2004 - USA TODAY - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-09-30-what-the_x.htm">'What the #$*!': A thinker's film does good</a> by Scott Bowles

"The buzz about What the #$*! Do We Know? is spreading in yoga classes and health food stores."

Sep 29, 2004 - CNN.com - (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/29/leisure.bleep.reut/index.html">'What the @&*%(*!' is going on</a>

"...people told me that, in fact, the movie had an impact on their lives."

Sep 24, 2004 - Santa Cruz Sentinel - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2004/September/24/style/stories/03style.htm">What the ‘Bleep’ is this? Bizarre new comedy explores the questions of existence</a> by Catherine Graham

"It's a movie about the possibility of possibilities...an unusual film, more resembling a Zen koan than your run-of-the-mill popcorn flick...taking the viewer deep into human ganglia and way out into outer space on a Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride of introspection."

Sep 23, 2004 - Reuters - Los Angeles, CA (Newspaper)
by Bob Tourtellotte

"Sometimes, spirituality, religion, science and a little fresh thinking do sell movie tickets. Tell it to the studio executives. Maybe they will rewire their brains, too."

Sep 23, 2004 - Good Times - Santa Cruz, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.gdtimes.com/2004-09-23/film/">Quantum ‘Bleep’ Prepare for a movie unlike any other´</a> by Greg Archer

"one of the many mind-bendingly delicious treats Bleep serves...It´s engrossing if not positively engaging...It is one of the best films of the year."

Sep 23, 2004 - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/movies/sep04/261151.asp">New docudrama mixes mystics with physics</a> by Nick Carter

"There's a chilling weirdness to the film's much-repeated point..."

Sep 22, 2004 - Vail Daily - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.vaildaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040922/AE/109220007">Fall down the rabbit hole</a> by Cassie Pence

"...argues a new scientific world view that there is a greater reality behind the one we all accept as true."

Sep 19, 2004 - The Flick Chicks - (Web Site)
<a href="TheFlickChicks.htm">WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?</a> by Carol Lane Patterson

"Watching What The Bleep…is similar to breathing rarified air."

Sep 17, 2004 - Philadelphia Weekly - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=8081">What the Bleep Do We Know!?</a> by Dan Buskirk

...if you find the metaphysics of The Matrix beautifully coherent, Bleep is for you.

Sep 17, 2004 - St. Louis Post Dispatch - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/reviews.nsf/movie/story/2612534BA2626D7486256F110071C">What the #$*! Do We Know!?</a> by Joe Williams

"Our brains, we are told, process 4 billion bits of information per second, but we are only aware of 2,000. This quasi-documentary is about the rest of them, the net of connections where biology, physics and spirituality become intertwined."

Sep 17, 2004 - The Kansas City Star - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/9680899.htm?1c">A film to put you in a new frame of mind</a> by Robert W. Butler

"Like sex, intoxication and religious experience, the only way to really “get” this movie is to be there."

Sep 16, 2004 - Detroit Free Press - Detroit, MI (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.freep.com/news/metro/cooper16e_20040916.htm">A spirited search for the spiritual</a> by Desiree Cooper

Which perhaps isn't so much proof that "What the Bleep" has all the answers, but that there are droves of people out there asking the same questions.

Sep 16, 2004 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/entertainment/movies/reviews/s_251295.html">'Bleep' goes deep to explore our realities</a> by Ed Blank

"The film is like a Classics Illustrated primer on quantum physics."

Sep 10, 2004 - Chicago Tribune - Chicago, IL (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/custom/friday/chi-0409100273sep10,1,7829857.story">'What the Bleep' mixes mystical, quantum physics</a> by Sid Smith

"Both modern science for dummies and a feisty extension of our ongoing religious debate."

Sep 10, 2004 - Minneapolis Star-Tribune - Minneapolis, MN (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.startribune.com/stories/1553/4972072.html">Mini reviews of 'Uncovered: The War on Iraq', 'What the Bleep Do We Know?' and 'Evergreen'</a> by Jeff Strickler

"...entertaining exploration of some mind-stretching issues..."

Sep 10, 2004 - The New York Times - New York, NY (Newspaper)
<a href="http://movies2.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/movies/10BLEE.html">A Lesson in Harnessing Good Vibes</a> by Dave Kehr

"Suddenly people who were talking about subatomic particles are alluding to alternate universes and cosmic forces..."

Sep 10, 2004 - Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago, IL (Newspaper)
<a href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040910/REVIEWS/409100306/1023">WHAT THE #$*! DO WE KNOW? / **1/2</a> by Roger Ebert

"Among the experts on the screen, only one seemed to make perfect sense to me. This was a pretty, plumpish blond woman with clear blue eyes, who looked the camera straight in the eye, seemed wise and sane, and said that although the questions might be physical, the answers were likely to be metaphysical."

Sep 10, 2004 - Dallas Morning News - Dallas, TX (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.guidelive.com/portal/page?_pageid=33,97283&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&item_id=24298">What the -----! Do We Know?!</a> by Tom Maurstad

"This is a film that dares to treat people as smart and deeply curious rather than dumb and deeply cynical."

Sep 10, 2004 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Fort Worth, TX (Newspaper)
<a href="http://ae.dfw.com/entertainment/ui/dfw/movie.html?id=155455&reviewId=null&1c">What the F!@# Do We Know?</a> by Alyson Ward

"...a movie that stirs thought and debate"

Sep 10, 2004 - Orlando Weekly - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.orlandoweekly.com/movies/reviews/review.asp?movie=1817">What the #$*! Do We Know!? / LET'S GET QUIZZICAL</a> by Steve Schnbeider

"...the movie's hunger for knowledge more than carries the day."

Sep 09, 2004 - Creative Loafing - Atlanta, GA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/flicks_review4.html">WHAT THE #$*!?</a> by Curt Holman

"When the various eggheads expound on the nature of God and how Zen meditation can influence the surrounding environment, What the #$*! might as well debate how many quantum scientists can dance on the head of a pin."

Sep 09, 2004 - Colorado Springs Independent - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.csindy.com/csindy/2004-09-09/film.html">Quantum-physical fitness training</a> by John Dicker

"...they've finally (finally!) made a movie about quantum physics."

Sep 08, 2004 - Ft. Worth Weekly - Ft. Worth, TX (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.fwweekly.com/issues/2004-09-08/filmreview.asp">Discount Showings</a> by Kristian Lin

"...reminds us that the outer reaches of physics are full of mystery and wonder..."

Sep 07, 2004 - Village Voice - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0436/strong.php">Marlee's Happy Accidents and New Age Neuroses: What the Bleep Do We Care?</a> by Benjamin Strong

Sep 03, 2004 - Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago, IL (Newspaper)
<a href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040903/REVIEWS/409020302/1023">Wicker Park and What the Bleep</a> by Roger Ebert

"I especially appreciated "What the #$*!'s" claim that we cannot see something we do not understand."

Sep 03, 2004 - The Hilltop - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.thehilltoponline.com/news/2004/09/03/LifeStyle/what-The.Bleep.Is.Right-710437.shtml">'What The Bleep' is Right</a> by Mike Ivey

"Part documentary, part fanciful voyage out of self-denigration, What The Bleep seeks to unravel the mysteries behind perceived and actual reality."

Sep 01, 2004 - Consciousness Commentary - (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.learntovisualize.com/Newsletter/Current%20newsletter.htm">New Film,</a> by Patricia F. Hare, M.A.T., M.A.

"I'm talking about the arrival of a powerful outer sign that sufficient inner work has been done for us to take a quantum leap forward into the emerging paradigm of mind."

Sep 01, 2004 - Quest Books - (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.questbooks.net/wolf.cfm">An Interview with Fred Alan Wolf about</a>

"Also, I come off in the film as a zany and interesting character. I even appear as the hero, Dr. Quantum, on the cover of a comic book heldby Reggie!"

Aug 27, 2004 - Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago, IL (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.suntimes.com/output/falsani/cst-nws-fals27.html">Film offers bleep of an intriguing look at life</a> by Cathleen Falsani

"...the most bizarrely intriguing movie I've seen in a long while..."

Aug 26, 2004 - The San Diego Union-Tribune - San Diego, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040826/news_1w26know.html">'What the Bleep' is pushy brain candy</a> by David Elliott

"...a genuinely upbeat movie with big questions and hopeful answers."

Aug 19, 2004 - Monterey County Weekly - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.mcweekly.com/issues/Issue.08-12-2004/movies/Article.Movie%202">Cartoons For Science; Blend of animation and hard science spins your head</a> by Catrina Coyle

"...a quirky independent film combining quantum physics experts with cartoon brain neurons, you’ll be entertained and educated..."

Aug 16, 2004 - Time Magazine - (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040816-678632,00.html">Quantum Leap A tough-to-spell film uses physics as a central plot device</a> by Dan Cray

"The explanations of physics are so visual — and, yes, understandable — that even moviegoers who struggled with high school math are enthralled."

Aug 15, 2004 - L.A. Splash Magazine - Los Angeles, CA (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.lasplash.com/_What_the_Do_We_Know_Hardly_Tells_Us.php?date=2004-09-01">“What the #$*! Do We Know?” Hardly Tells Us</a> by Rachel Heller

"If your mind has been malnourished lately, this docu-drama is a veritable buffet of ideas to feast on."

Aug 15, 2004 - Denver Post - Denver, CO (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E24769%257E2331285,00.html?search=filter">Quarky</a> by Lisa Kennedy

"Old, young, hippie and hip waited to see a film that weaves interviews from an eclectic array of brainiacs with animated sequences and a narrative film that stars Marlee Matlin as a cranky photographer struggling with bad memories, life's frustrations and reality."

Aug 13, 2004 - Film Journal International - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://filmjournal.com/PublSystem/objects/MovieCommon/_detail.cfm/StructID/33540621">WHAT THE #$*! DO WE KNOW!?</a> by Eric Monder

"In a notable point of originality, the filmmakers have fashioned a combination of documentary and fiction film."

Aug 13, 2004 - NPR member station KJZZ 91.5 FM - Phoenix, AZ (Radio Show)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/audio/bleep.m3u">What the Bleep Do We Know</a> by Abigail Beshkin

"An unusual movie that got its start in Tempe is setting local box office records. The film about science and spirtuality is gaining an almost cult-like following. Abigail Beshkin explains how the filmmakers are leveraging viewer enthusiasm to market the movie."

Aug 13, 2004 - Boulder Daily Camera - Boulder, (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.bouldernews.com/bdc/boulder_at_night/article/0,1713,BDC_11136_3105660,00.html">Local's film tackles life's big questions</a> by Matt Sebastian

"Arntz's stylistic mash-up has become an unlikely word-of-mouth success..."

Aug 13, 2004 - The Examiner - San Francisco, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/index.cfm/i/081304a_whatthe">Science meets science fiction; New doc explores meaning of reality.</a> by Sabrina Crawford

"It's a smart film, and a film that offers no easy answers. And it seems to be striking a chord."

Aug 13, 2004 - The Sacramento Bee - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.sacticket.com/cgi-bin/Movies/review?story_id=04doweknow_baltake">What the heck to say about 'Know!?'</a> by Joe Baltake

"It's certainly different, which is always a welcome quality in a movie these days...And just like school, I had my favorites and ones that I detested. The best is a woman who calls herself Ramtha and who looks like Kim Basinger's older sister."

Aug 12, 2004 - Summit Daily News - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.summitdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040812/AE/108120009">HE SAID: Definitely overkill</a> by Richard Chittick

"Why am I here? To write movie reviews and sports stories. But what the #$*! do I know?"

Aug 12, 2004 - Summit Daily News - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.summitdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040812/AE/108120001">SHE SAID: What the #$*! are they thinking?</a> by Kimberly Nicoletti

"...I wouldn't have missed seeing this movie, because the information it presents can be life altering."

Aug 12, 2004 - Voice America - (Radio Show)
<a href="http://www.crustbusting.com/">Crust Busting Your Way To An Awesome Life</a> by Host Dr. Pat Baccili

Interview with the filmmakers of What the Bleep Do We Know!?

Aug 11, 2004 - Sonoma West Times & News - (Newspaper)
<a href="SonomaWestTimes.html">What the #$*! Do We Know!?</a> by Gil Mansergh

"...ultimately leaves you full of hope and wonder...And what they are saying is how delighted and joyful they are to be talking to us about such marvelous things."

Aug 04, 2004 - OMPA - Portland, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="OMPA.html">Remarkable results for Northwest indie; more successes follow</a> by Tom McFadden

"...it was something so different from the mainstream, but at the same time it talked to people on a real basic level."

Aug 01, 2004 - CommonGround - San Anselmo, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.dragonflymedia.com/cg/cg3108/quantumspirit3108.html">Quantum Spirit</a> by Christiane Schull

"...is an irresistible cosmic romp that suggests that quantum physics is the biggest reality show in town, and that we are the co-wizards behind the curtains of our own lives, making them a heaven or a hell."

Aug 01, 2004 - Transitions Radio Magazine - Albuquerque, NM (Radio Show)
<a href="http://www.transradio.com/">Filmmakers William Arntz on July 18 and August 8, Betsy Chasse on July 25, Mark Vicente on August 1</a>

"Today we begin a serialized conversation with the filmmakers of What The Bleep Do We Know?, a new full length feature film that promises to change your life. We begin with the Executive Producer and multiple credited conceiver of this quantum leap project, visionary, William Arntz."

Aug 01, 2004 - Portland Alliance - Portland, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="Portland-Alliance-Review.html">First viewing made second viewing necessary</a> by Julie Sabatier

"The first time I saw What the Bleep Do We Know? I left bewildered but intrigued."

Aug 01, 2004 - The Light Connection - San Diego, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.lightconnectiononline.com/article1.html">What the #$*! Do We Know!?</a> by Steve Hays

"Hundreds have been lining up for each screening of the film “What the #s*! Do We Know!” at the La Paloma Theater in Encinitas. The film was one that filmakers, William Arntz, Betsy Chase and Mark Vincente were toldby everyone they spoke to in the movie business, "there's no market for a film like this."

Jul 30, 2004 - The Bremerton Sun - Westsound Scene - Bremerton, WA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.thesunlink.com/redesign/2004-07-30/features/20040730487937.shtml">Independent Films playing this week at area theaters</a>

"Many of the Lynwood's patrons say they have seen this film several times and plan to come back again --with their friends."

Jul 23, 2004 - San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/23/DDG257QTL41.DTL&type=entertainment">Also opening today WHAT THE #$*! DO WE KNOW!?</a> by Ruthe Stein

Jul 23, 2004 - SPLICEDwire - San Francisco, CA (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.splicedwire.com/04reviews/whatthebleep.html">Brain Candy; Documentary about quantum physics and spirituality is wrapped around accessible fiction</a> by Rob Blackwelder

"...it's so thick with provocative, often profound, food for thought that the film feels like an intellectual all-you-can-eat buffet."

Jul 22, 2004 - Boise Weekly - Boise, ID (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.boiseweekly.com/more.php?id=2733_0_1_0_M">What the #$*! Do We Know?</a> by Nicholas Collias

"...telekinesis, time travel and the ability to walk on water are all possibilities. The end of organized religion and the institution of marriage could follow soon after."

Jul 21, 2004 - SF Weekly - San Francisco, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.sfweekly.com/listings/film/768/index.html">What the #$*! Do We Know!?</a> by Bill Gallo

"Bring your eager hypothalamus and your tuned-up frontal lobes with you. They'll get a workout."

Jul 21, 2004 - The San Francisco Bay Guardian - San francisco Bay, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.sfbg.com/38/43/x_list_film.html">What the #$*! Do We Know?</a>

Jul 19, 2004 - Entertainment Today - (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.ent-today.com/movies/jul04/mo071604_wtfdwk.htm">What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?</a> by Aaron M. Fontana

"...adds a surprisingly human edge to the science of quantum mechanics and tries its darnedest to convince the human race that we are, in fact, masters of our own reality and not just dust blowing in the wind..."

Jul 06, 2004 - The Durango Herald - Durango, CO (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=ae&article_path=/arts_enter">Film blends special effects, science</a> by Patricia Miller

"Pleasant to see science and spirituality playing nice for once..."

Jun 30, 2004 - North County Times - (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/07/01/entertainment/movies/6_30_0413_00_52.txt">Film says what you see is what you get</a> by Dan Bennett

"Wow, heavy. Or not. Depending on your perspective, What the #$*! Do We Know?! may be so deep your mind drowns, or so oozing with clarity, it clears your sinuses."

Jun 25, 2004 - Rocky Mountain News - Denver, CO (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/movies/article/0,1299,DRMN_23_2987357,00.html">Also showing: What the #$*! Do We Know!?</a> by Robert Denerstein

"...a lively exploration of quantum physics, mixing talking-head observations, giddy animation and a mini-drama...there's enough substance here...and the filmmaking (sort of intellectual and visual aerobics) can be captivating and creative."

Jun 24, 2004 - Denver Westword - Denver, CO (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.westword.com/issues/2004-06-24/movies2.html">Entertain Your Brain</a> by Bill Gallo

"Still, you needn't be a blissed-out new-ager or a harried research scientist at Johns Hopkins to get a very large intellectual kick and a nice jolt of emotion out of What the #$*! Do We Know?!"

Jun 23, 2004 - The Hollywood Reporter - Hollywood, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000543140">What the #$*! Do We Know</a> by Michael Rechtshaffen

"What the #$*! Do We Know? (the "#$*!" is officially pronounced "bleep"), serves up something of a metaphysical sampler platter."

Jun 18, 2004 - Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="LAtimes.html">What the #$*! Do We Know? This mix of documentary and fiction is a journey to reality uncheck</a> by Kevin Crust

"A mind-bending hybrid of documentary and fiction, science and mysticism, the film "What the #$*! Do We Know?" is ultimately more spoon-bending than anything else."

Jun 13, 2004 - The Register-Guard - Eugene, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/06/13/ol.bleepp.0613.html">The word's out: 'What the Bleep' packs theaters</a> by Susan Palmer

"In her 15 years at the Bijou Art Cinemas in Eugene, manager Louise Thomas has never seen a movie's popularity so drivenby word of mouth."

Jun 11, 2004 - LA Weekly - Los Angeles, CA (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/29/quark-wertheim.php">Quark Soup Quantum Mysticism The fuzzy embrace of science and religion</a> by Margaret Wertheim

"A new film, What the #$*! Do We Know!, ... abandons itself entirely to the ecstasies of quantum mysticism, finding in this aleatory description of nature the key to spiritual transformation."

Jun 11, 2004 - Spokesman Review - Spokane, WA (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.spokane7.com/editions/story.asp?ID=10006">You're God? Me too</a> by Dan Webster

"We, it claims, are God."

Jun 10, 2004 - The Thursday Night Experiment; KITZ 1400-AM KGTK 920-AM - Bainbridge Island, WA (Radio Show)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/audio/mv-int-thurs-night.m3u">Interview with filmmaker Mark Vicente</a> by Hostedby Greg Moore

Jun 07, 2004 - Global Voices Radio - Seattle, WA (Radio Show)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/audio/globalvoices.m3u">Applying Quantum Physics and other Scientific Advances</a> by Paul Nelson

Discussions of the movie, aspects of its production and some of the scientific advancements the movie tries to explain, especially the relevance to everyday life.

Jun 01, 2004 - Mt. Shasta News - Mt. Shasta, CA (Newspaper)
<a href="mountshasta.html">What The #$*! Do We Know?</a> by Jeffrey Winters

"This film successfully conveys wisdom without using diatribes, religious dogma, psychobabble or elevating a guru into the "I know and you don't yet know" category."

Jun 01, 2004 - Mount Shasta Magazine - Mount Shasta, CA (Magazine)
<a href="msm.html">What the #$*! Do We Know?</a> by Michou Landon

"What the #$*! should be required viewing for every post-adolescent on the planet, more than once at first and then yearly."

May 21, 2004 - The Arizona Republic - (Newspaper)
<a href="quantumleapatboxoffice.htm">Indie takes quantum leap at box office</a> by Geri Koeppel and Bill Muller

"Hundreds of people are being turned away on weekend evenings...And the rising figures for What the Bleep? defy industry logic."

May 20, 2004 - Variety Magazine - Los Angeles, CA (Magazine)
<a href="http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=review&p=0&reviewid=VE1117924009&s=h">What the #$*! Do We Know!?</a> by Robert Koehler

"Still, with various Christian groups able to boast of several movies of their own, New Agers now have one to crow about."

May 19, 2004 - dtheatre.com - Portland, OR (Web Site)
<a href="dtheatre.htm">Down the Rabbit Hole</a> by Andrew Gurevich

In this exclusive interview, Andrew Gurevich finds What the Bleep director Will Arntz as surprising as his controversial new film.

May 14, 2004 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Seattle, WA (Newspaper)
<a href="Whenfictionandphysicsmeet.htm">When fiction and physics meet, it's fascinating</a> by William Arnold

"Quantum physics is the place where physics and metaphysics -- and perhaps even science and religion -- begin to meet: a world of infinite possibilities in which the rigid laws of science and all our suppositions about the universe suddenly seem very shaky. ...it could well turn out to be Northwest filmmaking's first real breakout hit."

May 14, 2004 - Arizona Daily Sun - Flagstaff, AZ (Newspaper)
<a href="ArizonaDailySun.htm">'What the #$*!' is an exercise in deep thought</a> by Amy Outekhine

"If you feel like getting some exercise this weekend, go to the movies. ...You have to decide if you are up to mental activity, but you may be rewarded for your effort."

May 14, 2004 - Seattle Times - Seattle, WA (Newspaper)
<a href="seattletimes.html">Quantum physics, miracles, spirit channeling: Say what?</a> by Erik Lundegaard

"Perhaps all our alternative realities are existing side-by-side and we just can't see them?"

May 14, 2004 - The Stranger - Seattle, WA (Newspaper)
<a href="stranger.htm"> Film Reviews - What the #$*! Do We Know?!</a> by Emily Hall

May 12, 2004 - Seattle Weekly - Seattle, (Newspaper)
<a href="seattleweekly.html">Film Reviews - What the #$*! Do We Know</a>

"Otherwise, the film doesn’t pander; its three creators—William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, and Mark Vicente—place scientists on a refreshingly level playing field with theologians."

May 10, 2004 - The Siskiyou - Ashland, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="siskiyou.html">AIFF award winner returns to Varsity</a> by Mark A. Curci

"...a tour-de-force that came seemingly from nowhere, and is traveling with remarkable velocity into the hearts and minds of audiences..."

May 09, 2004 - The Portland Alliance - Portland, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="http://www.theportlandalliance.org/2004/may/whatthe.htm">Who knows What the [bleep] do we know?</a> by Julie Sabatier

"The film serves as a tool for reexamining reality, leaving viewers both bewildered and enlightened. Just don’t forget to question the film itself."

May 06, 2004 - Ashland Daily Tidings - Ashland, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="ashlandDT.html">A '$#*!' of a movie returns</a>

"The film starts out with the notion that there are infinite possibilities, of which, you are one, making clear this movie is more than entertainment."

Apr 28, 2004 - OpEdNews.com - (Web Site)
<a href="butler042604_amazingmovie.htm">The Most Amazing Movie I’ve Ever Seen</a> by Meryl Ann Butler

"For the first time in my life, I felt that I actually saw God on the silver screen."

Apr 26, 2004 - Business Examiner - South Sound, WA (Newspaper)
<a href="businessexaminer.htm">Where the action is</a> by Steve Dunkelberger

"The movie combines a live-action dramatic narrative starring Academy Award-winner Marlee Matlin, with documentary interviews of 14 top scientists and mystics and visionary, as well as state-of-the-art animation, as it sets out to explore life, physics and how all things are connected."

Apr 23, 2004 - The Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ (Newspaper)
<a href="423whatthe23.html">Suspense, drama and fun science</a> by Bill Muller

"- a smart movie that's not afraid to show off its IQ."

Apr 21, 2004 - College Times - Phoenix, AZ (Newspaper)
<a href="collegetimes.html">What the hell do we know!?</a> by Eddie Shoebang

"Not only is this movie not painful whatsoever, but it will actually make you think."

Apr 05, 2004 - MovingMessagesMedia.com and SpiritualCinemaCircle. - (Web Site)
<a href="simon.html">Hi To Our Worldwide Spiritual Cinema Community</a> by Stephen Simon

"Film makers William Arntz, Mark Vicente, and Betsy Chasse deserve Nobel Prizes just for having the courage to attempt such a daredevil, highwire act!"

Apr 03, 2004 - Ashland Daily Tidings - Ashland, OR (Newspaper)
by Molly Hollenbach

"This movie gave me happy dreams, but I can't tell you what they were."

Apr 02, 2004 - The Oregonian - Portland, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="index.ssf.html">Quantum spirituality</a> by M.E. Russell

"But something extraordinary happens afterward: The credits roll, people applaud, stay in their seats -- and immediately start discussing what they've just seen."

Apr 02, 2004 - The News Tribune - Tacoma, WA (Newspaper)
<a href="go.html">Drama element wasted in film about science, philosophy</a> by Soren Andersen

"Big Questions are answered with Deep Thoughts in this unusual hybrid film."

Apr 01, 2004 - News-Register - McMinnville, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="story.cfm.html">What the #$*! Do We Know?!</a> by David Bates

Mar 10, 2004 - Beyond the Ordinary.com - Yelm, WA (Web Site)
<a href="http://www.beyondtheordinary.net/markvicente.shtml">Mark Vicente, Director, Director of Photography & Pavel Mikoloski, Publicist</a> by Hostedby Nancy & Elena

"More than anything I want to use my craft to explore the remarkable and to be able to tell stories that show the hidden in the human being, the obvious unobvious."

Mar 01, 2004 - OMPA Oregon Media Production Association - Portland, OR (Magazine)
<a href="callsheet.html">Locally Filmed Feature/Documentary Hybrid Opens in Portland</a>

"To say the film is "unique" is an understatement..."

Feb 27, 2004 - Portland Tribune - Portland, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="archview.html"> Feel-good physics cures what ails us</a> by Joseph Gallivan

"If you're the sort who likes to keep a clear line between new-age self-help blather and hard-core Stephen Hawking coffee-table book science, this film will fascinate and possibly infuriate you."

Feb 27, 2004 - The Oregonian - (Newspaper)
<a href="OregonLive.htm">Beyond the Multiplex</a> by Marc Mohan

"One of the core ideas explained is the Uncertainty Principle, which declares that the more a subatomic particle's position is determined, the less precisely its momentum is known."

Feb 26, 2004 - New Connexion - Portland, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="newconnexion.net.html"> Dear friends,</a> by Miriam Knight

"I have just finished previewing an extraordinary new film called "What the $#*! Do We Know?", and I can not find enough superlatives to convey what an amazing experience it is."

Feb 26, 2004 - Portland Mercury - Portland, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="film3.html">SUB-ATOMIC LEAP Marlee Matlin in Quantum Physics Tell-All!</a> by Brian Brait

"What the triumphs with humor, quiet beauty, and meaty discussion."

Feb 26, 2004 - dtheater.com - Portland, OR (Web Site)
<a href="read.php.html">The Passion of the Nucleus: “What the #$*! Do We Know?” Challenges Our Sacred Mad Cows</a> by Andy Gurevich

"The world’s oldest questions are examined in a fresh light; one that is fueledby possibilities rather than threatenedby them."

Feb 25, 2004 - Willamette Week - Portland, OR (Newspaper)
<a href="screenlist.php.html">What the F**K Do We Know?</a> by David Walker

Feb 12, 2004 - The Chronicle - Centralia, WA (Newspaper)
<a href="chronicle.html">Uncommon film opens in Yelm</a> by Pat Jones

"What the #$*! Do We Know!?, ...is as much about what it isn't than what it is."

Feb 06, 2004 - The Tacoma News Tribune - Tacoma, WA (Newspaper)
<a href="4711667p-4661738c.html">Thurston County trio creates docudrama</a> by Diane de la Paz

"If you're frustrated about how your day, your week, or your life is going, make like Marlee Matlin did in What the #$*! Do We Know?"

Feb 05, 2004 - The Olympian - Olympia, WA (Newspaper)
<a href="olympian.html">Yelm Cinemas features local filmmaker's work</a> by Molly Gilmore Baldwin

"...the movie is about mind over matter -- the impact of thoughts and attitudes on reality. Long a subject for philosophers and mystics, these ideas have become the stuff of science."

Feb 04, 2004 - Ground Zero - KOTK 1080 AM - Portland, OR (Radio Show)
<a href="http://www.whatthebleep.com/audio/clydelewis.m3u">Featuring the makers of What the Bleep Do We Know?!</a> by Clyde Lewis

Feb 01, 2004 - Mix 1075 Portland Radio - Portland, OR (Web Site)
<a href="sassystory.asp.html#bleep">What The $*#! Do We Know?: Entertainment for the Mind</a>

"It's a totally different kind of movie which explores Quantam Physics and mysticism through a combination of drama, documentary, interviews and animation."