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May 18th, 2005 11:27 AM #1Banned
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Theatre owner bans Fonda film
Theatre owner bans Fonda film
Last Updated Wed, 18 May 2005 09:55:46 EDT
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ELIZABETHTOWN, KY. - Jane Fonda's activist past has come back to haunt her. A Kentucky theatre owner has banned her new film Monster-in-Law from his cinemas.
Ike Boutwell, who trained pilots during the Vietnam War, refuses to show the former activist's latest film at his two theatres, which are located a few kilometres from the U.S. army post Fort Knox.
Jane Fonda faces off against Jennifer Lopez in the film 'Monster-in-Law.' (Photo: Melissa Moseley. Courtesy Alliance Atlantis)
Instead, he has mounted a 1972 photo of Fonda appearing with a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft crew outside of his Elizabethtown Movie Palace and changed the marquee sign of his Showtime Cinemas venue to read "No Jane Fonda movies in this theatre."
"I think when people do something, they need to be held responsible for their actions," Boutwell told the Associated Press. "When you give the enemy aid, it makes the war last longer."
Sal Mancuso, a Vietnam veteran who lives in Elizabethtown, supported the theatre owner's decision. "I think Vietnam veterans appreciate this," he said. "There is no defence for what she did."
Boutwell has previously banned Fonda's films, as well as Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11.
When Fonda re-entered the media spotlight last month with the launch of her autobiography My Life So Far, she apologized for being photographed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. She didn't, however, apologize for opposing the war.
Monster-in-Law marks the former exercise guru's return to the silver screen after a 15-year absence. The film, in which she delivers an over-the-top performance as a villainous prospective mother-in-law to Jennifer Lopez, took in more than $20 million US last weekend and was the No. 1 movie across North America.
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May 18th, 2005 01:29 PM #3Deal Guru
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The movie sucks. They should've said they're banning it because of that
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May 18th, 2005 02:14 PM #4
silly americans! hehehehehe~!
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yeah, i would just ban it period :P
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