Da Vinci 2: Sony Strikes Back
As mentioned earlier, after coming under pressure from the bizarrely named Catholic Secular Forum, Indian censors did clear The Da Vinci Code for release in the country, but demanded disclaimers at the start and end of the film so that confused Catholics could be sure it’s all fiction.
Sony has refused, maintaining that the standard disclaimer at the end of the film that the characters and incidents portrayed in the film are fictitious is sufficient.
Way to go Sony!
Tuesday 23 May 2006 | Paul | India
I have to disagree with both you and Sony on this one. If the film is screened uncut and unedited, I don’t see why Sony can’t meet them halfway and run the disclaimers.
After all, the disclaimers don’t say anything that author Dan Brown hasn’t been saying all along. In fact he’s been screaming it at the top of his lungs trying to quell these nonsensical protests.
The movie really shouldn’t be as objectionable as it is because it has never tried to pass itself off as historical fact. It’s FICTION, pure and total fiction.
The teeny, tiny small print that runs at the end of an hour and half’s worth of credits isn’t nearly the same thing as running a READABLE disclaimer at the beginning of the film.
What’s the big deal? If Sony refuses this one little concession, then I wouldn’t blame the censor board one bit for yanking the movie.
Because religion has no right to special treatment. Some people see Missing in Action as the Real Deal, but it has no special disclaimer either. And so on.