US consulate attack in Libya: unrepentant film-maker goes into hiding "Islam is a cancer, period," he repeatedly said, claiming the film cost £3.3 million to make and was financed with the help of more than 100 Jewish donors. He said he had worked with some 60 actors and 45 crew to make the two-hour film in a three-month period last year in California. It is also being promoted by controversial Florida pastor Terry Jones, who sparked protests in the past for burning the Koran and vehemently opposing the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York. Jones had said he planned to show a 13-minute clip of the film on Tuesday evening at his church in Gainesville, Florida. A 14-minute trailer of the film that sparked the protests depicts Muhammad as a fraud, a womanizer and a madman in an overtly ridiculing way, showing him having sex and calling for massacres. Its production values are shoddy and the dialogue stilted. In most scenes actors are super-imposed on desert locations; many have browned their faces with make-up. The full work has been shown once, to a mostly empty cinema in Hollywood earlier this year, he said. A scene from the film was also was broadcast on the Egyptian television channel Al-Nas, and then on Sunday, Egyptian Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa denounced "the actions undertaken by some extremist Copts who made a film offensive to the prophet." Morris Sadek, an Egyptian-born Christian in the US known for his anti-Islam views, told the Associated Press from Washington that he was promoting the video on his website and on certain television stations, which he did not identify. He has staged protests before with Terry Jones. Both Sadek and Bacile depicted the film as showing how Coptic Christians are oppressed in Egypt, though it goes well beyond that to ridicule Muhammad - a reflection of their contention that Islam as a religion is inherently oppressive. Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation based in Manchester, issued a statement which led with the a condemnation of the film. I wish to condemn with reservation the vile and disgusting film by Israeli filmmaker Sam Bacile, produced in the United States which depicts the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in a derogatory way. The only intention of this evil man is to cause harm to the hearts of Muslims and create more friction amongst our diverse communities," he said. He went on to condemn the killing of US ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. Whilst we Muslims are hurting and disgusted at his film we must maintain peaceful protest and ensure we channel our anger towards those that have done such actions. He called on YouTube to remove the film. The foundation's stated aim is to work for the "peaceful co-existence and dialogue for all communities."