DaVinci Code pulled from Chinese screens early

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1. studaznboi69 06/09/2006 @ 12:50pm

   I smell government censorship….

2. Justin Slotman 06/09/2006 @ 1:25pm

   Apparently it was the official Chinese Catholic church that wanted it banned:

   http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2006/06/post_565.html

   Since the Vatican wanted Catholics to boycott it, the Chinese church (which, of course, in China is a state agency) decided it wanted it pulled.

3. Freewell 06/09/2006 @ 2:25pm

   This is bulls*it. Oh well nothing surprises me when it comes to China. I’d go berserk when such thing would happen in my country.

4. Caterpillar 06/09/2006 @ 4:26pm

   I think it’s awesome. Too many countries do nothing while their cinemas are flooded with American garbage.

5. China Law Blog 06/09/2006 @ 5:37pm

   This whole thing is really weird, even by China standards.  I have to wonder if Ron Howard/Tom Hanks/Columbia Pictures did anything to anger China.  Maybe too many complaints about pirated DVDs?  Did the Vatican lean on China?  I doubt it. I don’t understand why it was let in and then booted out.

6. wenz 06/09/2006 @ 8:49pm

   i doubt its Chinese government pandering to the Catholic church…China is a communist country and therefore atheist…

   and its making heaps of money..Just weird actually…

7. Jasper 06/09/2006 @ 10:36pm

   Well I am a bit jealous. I’ve already seen the film and I thought it was crap. That said, its booked in all the cinemas down in my tiny town of Bath, which only has a total of two cinemas with about 10 screens between them - so its effectively stopping me watching anything good this summer.Wish I had some Chinese films in my local cinema.

8. ChrisP 06/10/2006 @ 3:37pm

   I think theatrical life of most films there, don’t last more than 2 or 3 weeks, in general. When I was living in Hong Kong, I’d have to go watch a movie on the day that it’s released, in fear that it won’t be available the week after.

9. anon 06/10/2006 @ 4:56pm

   “China is a communist country and therefore atheist…”

   lol, anyone who knows anything about contemporary china knows that there’s very little “communist” about anything there anymore.

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