China bans Martin Scorsese's film "The Departed" · 2007-01-18 12:53
Chinese film regulators said the movie, “The Departed,” won’t be shown in the country, playfuls.com reported. The film is not approved because of a subplot on China’s purchase of military computer hardware.
“The Departed”, starring Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon, earned a Golden Globe for director Martin Scorsese. It is crime thriller about two men undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, and what happens when the undercover operations are discovered.
“There is no chance ‘The Departed’ will be shown in mainland cinemas because the U.S. side declined to change a plot line describing how Beijing wanted to buy advanced military computer hardware,” Reuters quoted a Chinese spokesman.
According to Reuters, the ruling is likely to have little impact on stopping Chinese people seeing the movie, as pirated versions can already be bought on DVD off the street in China.
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