Sam Bacile, 56, the movie’s writer and director, is an Israeli, Bacile lives in California and works in real estate development. The self-described Israeli Jew told the Associated Press, from an undisclosed location, that Islam is a cancer and that the film was intended to make a political statement, while condemning Islam on the whole. The English-language movie spans two hours and is entitled, “Innocence of Muslims.” Bacile claims that more than 100 Jewish donors helped put up the $5 million to make the film, which has reached no measurable level of success, possible.
The background of the film is even stranger; nothing about this production makes much sense.