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Robert Dornan: It shows the difference in 2 years, it shows the picture of the great English actor Anthony Hopkins, who has been made a…

On the recordMarch 21, 1994
It shows the difference in 2 years, it shows the picture of the great English actor Anthony Hopkins, who has been made a peer of the realm, a lord, and it shows Lord Hopkins in March 1992, ``The Silence of the Lambs.'' Hannibal Lector Cannibal. It shows him in his Academy-nominated performance tonight, March 1994, ``Shadowlands.'' the story of C.S. Lewis, Christian scholar. Mr. Speaker, I went to see ``Schindler's List'' about 2 weeks ago. The theater was almost empty. It was in a multiplex group of theaters. I asked the manager why there was not a very big crowd. He said the theater had filled the first week, but that people who had an interest in the Holocaust were the ones who filled the theater. I believe it will win the Academy Award as the Best Picture tonight. That will help a little bit. But he said he heard some people who came in to see other films say they did not want to go through the experience. Now, you cannot make a film about the Holocaust without shocking people, without stabbing their conscience, without making them think about the history of our times.
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

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Discussing the impact of films like 'Schindler's List' and the Holocaust during a speech.

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