Book optioned by 'Avatar' director is halted

NaboCane · Mar 1, 2010

NEW YORK – Publication has been halted for a disputed book about the atomic bombing of Japan that "Avatar" director James Cameron had optioned for a possible film, The Associated Press has learned.

Publisher Henry Holt and Company, responding to questions from the AP, said Monday that author Charles Pellegrino "was not able to answer" concerns about "The Last Train from Hiroshima," including whether two men mentioned in the book actually existed...

Pellegrino's own background was also questioned. He sometimes refers to himself as Dr. Pellegrino, and his Web site lists him as receiving a Ph.D. in 1982 from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. But in response to a query from the AP, the school said it had no proof that Pellegrino had such a degree...

Cameron wrote introductions for Pellegrino's "Ghosts of the Titanic," published in 2000, and for the controversial 2007 release "The Jesus Family Tomb," co-authored by Pellegrino and strongly questioned by scholars for its assertion that a tomb discovered in Jerusalem contained the remains of Jesus and possible family members...
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100301/ap_on_en_ot/us_atom_bomb_book_pulled

What a slimeball, this author.

More than that, though: what a dupe Cameron is. He certainly has the resources to vet this ******* properly, yet continues to associate with him professionally even with the red flags.

NaboCane · Mar 3, 2010

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Veterans criticize Cameron for A-bomb book defense (AP)

NEW YORK - An organization of World War II veterans is unhappy with James Cameron's support for a discredited history of the atomic bombing of Japan that the director has optioned for a possible film.

Members of the 509th Composite Group, which consists of veterans and relatives of those who carried out the 1945 attacks, said in a statement Wednesday that many aspects of Charles Pellegrino's "The Last Train from Hiroshima" are "complete fiction and cause great damage to true history..."
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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/veterans-criticize-cameron-abomb-book-defense-ap

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