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September 2005
Firth Movie
Keeps Explicit Rating
Colin
Firth's new film Where the Truth Lies will
be released with a restricted rating in
the US after its director lost an appeal
against the decision.
The
sexually explicit film was granted an
NC-17 rating by the Motion Picture
Association of America a month
ago.
Director
Atom Egoyan made cuts to the film, which
includes an orgy scene, in a failed bid to
challenge its rating.
Some
cinemas in the US refuse to show NC-17
films, which cannot be seen by anyone aged
17 or under.
Firth
and co-stars Kevin Bacon and Rachel
Blanchard appear in the lengthy orgy scene
in the movie, which screened in
competition at the Cannes Film
Festival.
Canadian
director Egoyan argued that the scene
could not be cut any further without
making the plot
incomprehensible.
"We
couldn't trim any more without destroying
the heart of the movie," he
said.
"As a
parent, I would feel comfortable taking a
mature 17-year-old to this
movie.
"I feel
dismayed they wouldn't now be able to see
it in a theatre."
Independent
distributor ThinkFilm said it would now
release the uncut version seen in
Cannes.
"The
good news is the film will go out as it
was originally intended," said
Egoyan.
Where
the Truth Lies, which screens next week at
the Toronto Film Festival, tells of a
1950s comedy duo implicated in the death
of a woman.
"The
film is basically about the power of
celebrity and the abuse of that power,"
said Blanchard, who appeared with Egoyan
before the MPAA appeals board on
Wednesday.
"It's a
redeeming film and it has a positive
message."
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