Lemme splain it to ya, Bucky. My point is that banning the Sony movie is nothing new. Movies have been banned for stupid reasons before. If you don't think MC was banned then how about FREAKS? It was cutting edge at the time but deemed too visually disturbing (adults with birth defects) to be shown.

Then there is Birth of a Nation. By far the most significant film of it's day. But banned because it depicted the KKK as being justified due to Reconstruction abuses.

Then you had the TV series of Amos and Andy. It's reruns were run in afternoons in the early 60s, then banned in the late 60s because it was deemed offensive to blacks. It was a very funny show.

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Posted by VOR

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Posted on 12/21/14 at 8:15 am to Zach

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Zach

Zach,

Brother, I'm an old fart and I saw the movie in its initial run. it was fantastic.

Here's what Wiki says about your issue:

According to rumor, Sinatra removed the film from distribution after the John F. Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963. Michael Schlesinger, who was responsible for the film's 1988 reissue by MGM/UA, denies the rumor. According to him, the film's apparent withdrawal was not due to the assassination, but due to lack of public interest by 1963. The film, in fact, became the premiere offering of The CBS Thursday Night Movie on the evening of September 16, 1965, and was rerun in April 1974 on NBC's Saturday Night at the Movies. Sinatra's representatives acquired rights to the film in 1972 after the initial contract with United Artists expired, but he later stated that he was unaware of the transaction at the time. After a successful showing at the New York Film Festival in 1987 renewed public interest in the film, the studio reacquired the rights and it became again available for theater and video releases.[5][6]

It was not that unusual at the time for there to be a large gap in time between a film's theatrical run and its appearance on television. Also, the film, despite critical acclaim, was not a commercial success (even as of today its lifetime gross is less than $3 million). It wasn't really appreciated by the public until years after its release.

This post was edited on 12/21/14 at 8:23 am

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