Editorial We need stories like we need air. Films tell us stories about what’s possible as humans. A storyteller who works in films tells us a character’s story in every film. Such a storyteller who tells his or her own life story publicly thus becomes a curiosity; the subject of Web sites. We’ve focused on such a storyteller with this site, a storyteller whose life story can tell us what's possible in our own lives. And that’s our story. Choosing to be Catholic? Well that’s your story. This site makes no effort to sway that choice for you. Learn by exploring an example set by a rare storyteller who appears to have mastered a way of living in the world with all of himself. With all due respect to Mr Caviezel and Mrs Caviezel, we intend no pressure on him or her, nor do we encourage readers to seek either of them out for more details. We do encourage readers, however, to buy tickets and watch him work as a storyteller—informed by what you find here. [ top ]   Our Commitment Come back often. We’ll post relevant updates. We’ll do our best to scour print, television and the Internet and add pointers. We respect Mr and Mrs Caviezel’s personal privacy, so we’ll only point you toward material generally available to the public. Mr Caviezel’s work can speak for itself. You can hear him speak for himself in the audio and video links we’ve found and published. [ top ]   Attitude We believe in grace, humour and what’s possible. We know that the Internet is The Great Democracy, because almost anyone can publish a Web site: witness our efforts. We also believe that it’s time in the world for people to acknowledge the effect each of us can have on each other. In every way, we need to understand how our responsible freedom, however much of it we enjoy, can influence others. Today, a person can look to advertising images as a way to invent personal possibilities. We choose to watch storytellers instead, and this one in particular, with a little wit and fun tossed in, because that attitude works for us. [ top ]   Site Tips All links open in a new window, so you don’t lose touch with us. We regularly verify links. Some site links will evaporate unexpectedly, in which case, we’ll search out replacements. Some links remain verifiable, but the content for the link may have changed. We appreciate it every time a kindly site visitor points this out to us, so we can seek out the original material, which may have simply moved to a different address. This site was hand-crafted for best viewing using the browser family, Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 and above. We are not clever enough to accommodate other browsers in addition, nor clever enough to know how to hand craft stuff for any other browser, so we stuck with this one. We know that our site doesn’t show off the handiwork of so many who work in the industry of building Web sites. Part of this is intentional: because we want to include site visitors from all over the world, we avoided technology that requires faster access and more robust personal computers. We trust that our technology does, however, deliver a pleasing effect for all who visit with us. Please Send Feedback Please send an e-mail message if you find a typo or a broken link. We’re also happy to receive pointers to new and relevant details you find and want to share with us. We reserve the right to ignore mean spirited messages. Point out a typo or broken link. [ Go ] Recommend something to add. [ Go ] Pass along general feedback. [ Go ] Send mean-spirited feedback. [ Go ] [ top ]   An International Site We believe that site visitors from all over the world might be interested in Mr Caviezel’s work as an engaging and responsible storyteller. So we’ve constructed this site for multi-lingual access. Basically, this means that we used International English in our spelling and punctuation, and in most cases, crafted short sentences for ease of translation. In some areas, we’ve provided a link to an international language translator that site visitors can use to translate our pages from English into European languages. The nature of technology limits translation into European languages. Yup, we’re talking about ‘code page’ limitations. When you need to translate something on this site from international English to another European language, here is a pointer to a couple of translators. Finally, we plan to highlight Mr Caviezel’s film openings internationally. Please help us by sending us opening dates in your country. [ top ]   Site History This site launched April 2, 2002 as a teaching mechanism for young women interested in science. They wanted to learn how to publish a Web site, and more importantly, how to maintain one. We’ve worked our way through several teams over the life of this project, and thanks to the original team, we found a site-worthy subject in Mr Caviezel, based on the example he sets for what is possible in the world. In the summer 2004 update, we chose to add Google as our partner, both for site search and for advertising. This addition enables us to further the purpose of the site, which is to train young women to publish and maintain a Web site. Any revenue we generate by way of advertising first goes to paying the cost of maintaining and hosting the site. We pledge to contribute excess monies to charities supported by Mr Caviezel in the name of Reel Caviezel. As of March 2006, we enjoy multiple hundreds—some days: multiple thousands—of page views a day from people who visit with us 24/7. This tells us that people visit with us from all over the world. Our total page view number is almost 2,000,000 since launch. We’ve corresponded with people from France, England, Scotland, Wales, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Argentina, Canada, Portugal, Italy, South Africa, Iceland and even Antarctica. Also represented are people from Malta, Germany, New Zealand, and every state in the USA. Lately, we also added Malaysia, India, Egypt, Brazil and several Eastern European countries. We owe a special ‘thank you’ to everybody who makes a visit with us a regular part of their lives. This level of trust in our project makes us humble, indeed. [ top ]   FAQ Question Is this site connected in any way to Mr Caviezel? Answer No. We are not connected to him, his family, his agents, managers, personal assistant, dresser, coach, trainer, driver, banker, padre, mentor, idol, neighbors or anyone. Question Are there other sites about Mr Caviezel? Answer Yes. You can find sites in English, Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Polish. Question Why focus on this storyteller? Answer Good question. We’ve also been accused of being earnest. [ top ]