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Dr Acula	How many films & tv shows have been altered due to outside events?	Lead	[-]
Jun 28 12 11:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm wondering how many films & tv shows have been changed due to some kind of political/social event that occurred before the film came out that caused the filmmakers to changes aspects about the film, rename it, not release it, things like that. I'd be interested to see what the earliest examples are, because the earliest example I could think of would be from the 1980's. The list so far: The Watch: The upcoming sci-fi comedy was changed due to the Martin/Zimmerman case. Originally it was going to be called Neighborhood Watch, so they shorted the title to try to lessen the similarities to Zimmerman being a member of a neighborhood watch. Not sure if any content will be changed or not. Big Trouble: The Tim Allen comedy involving a bomb and a plane had it's release date changed and the press was scaled way down due to 9/11. Greatest American Hero: Ralph Hinkley's name was changed to Hanley, then to Mr. H, before being returned to Hinkley due to the Reagan shooter. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: An episode about a school shooter was preempted, then eventually shown with a disclaimer due to Columbine. My God, what's Bond doing?... I think he's attempting re-entry, sir. http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/ Cole's Comics: All About Jack Cole http://colescomics.blogspot.com/
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Rick		#1	[-]
Jun 28 12 11:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	After September 11, COLLATERAL DAMAGE had its premiere delayed, but I don't think anything was altered in the movie. There was another movie -- maybe SPIDER-MAN??-- which digitally removed the World Trade Center from the New York skyline. DR. STRANGELOVE lost its climactic pie-fight because of the JFK assassination, and also dubbed over one of Slim Pickens' lines, changing "Dallas" to "Vegas". It used to be "Shoot, a feller could have a purty good weekend in Dallas with all this."
PhantomXCI		#2	[-]
Jun 28 12 11:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rick wrote: There was another movie -- maybe SPIDER-MAN??-- which digitally removed the World Trade Center from the New York skyline. Yes, the WTC was CGI'ed out of SPIDERMAN.
PhantomXCI		#3	[-]
Jun 28 12 11:52 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There was a biopic of John Lennon, in which the actor playing Lennon was named Mark Chapman. Everybody thought he was perfect... until someone realized that Mark Chapman was also the name of the man who murdered Lennon. The actor was immediatly dropped and the role recast.
Friend of Daniel		#4	[-]
Jun 28 12 12:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Broadway premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins was delayed for a couple of years due to 9/11. Weren't there some "too soon!" 9/11 worries about CLOVERFIELD?
Dr Acula		#5	[-]
Jun 28 12 2:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rick wrote: DR. STRANGELOVE lost its climactic pie-fight because of the JFK assassination, and also dubbed over one of Slim Pickens' lines, changing "Dallas" to "Vegas". It used to be "Shoot, a feller could have a purty good weekend in Dallas with all this." I always heard the pie fight was cut because Kubrick felt it didn't work... My God, what's Bond doing?... I think he's attempting re-entry, sir. http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/ Cole's Comics: All About Jack Cole http://colescomics.blogspot.com/
Rick		#6	[-]
Jun 28 12 2:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I dunno, I wasn't there. But I've read in several places, including an interview with George C. Scott, that it was cut because the U.S. President is hit with pies in the scene and there was even a line something like "the President has been cut down in his prime." Of course, it could be something of both. Maybe Kubrick wasn't really happy with it and saw the assassination as a final straw in the decision to cut it. I will say, it's always seemed to me that a little judicious editing/post-dubbing could have made the pie fight palatable. Whatever, I'm glad it went, because -- while it might have been a wonderful, funny scene -- the way the movie is now is as close to perfection as movies get.
Rider		#7	[-]
Jun 28 12 3:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think they also had to remove shots of the WTC from Jersey Girl.
flashback		#8	[-]
Jun 28 12 3:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i think the 60`s manchurian candidate had its release delayed because of the kennedy assassination. Last Edited By: flashback Jun 28 12 3:37 PM. Edited 1 times.
Dr Acula		#9	[-]
Jun 28 12 3:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rick wrote: I dunno, I wasn't there. But I've read in several places, including an interview with George C. Scott, that it was cut because the U.S. President is hit with pies in the scene and there was even a line something like "the President has been cut down in his prime." Of course, it could be something of both. Maybe Kubrick wasn't really happy with it and saw the assassination as a final straw in the decision to cut it. I will say, it's always seemed to me that a little judicious editing/post-dubbing could have made the pie fight palatable. Whatever, I'm glad it went, because -- while it might have been a wonderful, funny scene -- the way the movie is now is as close to perfection as movies get. It's certainly an interesting story! My God, what's Bond doing?... I think he's attempting re-entry, sir. http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/ Cole's Comics: All About Jack Cole http://colescomics.blogspot.com/
Friend of Daniel		#10	[-]
Jun 28 12 4:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	flashback wrote: i think the 60`s manchurian candidate had its release delayed because of the kennedy assassination. I had heard that, too. Here's Snope's take on it... http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/manchurian.asp Turns out: not so much. However, it looks like SUDDENLY was withdrawn due to the circumstances surrounding the assasination. One interesting tibit I got from this was Starbucks withdrawing a 'Collapse Into Cool' ad campaign which reminded folks of the World Trade Center attack.
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Rick		#11	[-]
Jun 28 12 4:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For ages I heard stories that Sinatra held both SUDDENLY and THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE out of re-release or TV release for a long time because of his personal friendship with JFK, and because both movies were centered on political assassinations. But in later years, I read that it was more a matter of business than anything to do with Kennedy's death. At any rate, MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE's release certainly was never "delayed" since it opened more than a year before the assassination, and had already wrapped up its first run.
MovieMatt		#12	[-]
Jun 28 12 4:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I got one. There was an episode of HI HI PUFFY AMI YUMI, that was supposed to air on December 31st 2004, called "Surf's Up". It was pulled off the air and got replaced with "Brat Attack" at the day of it's air date. Why? Because of the Tsunami in Thailand that lost a lot lives. It aired in other countries (e.g. Brazil, Hungary, and yes UK and Australia). The episode however, ended up On Demand on May 2004. Sad eh? (It was funny and entertaining) I taped proof of that (because I was sooo excited on that day). http://www.tubewatcher.tv/19002
HalLane		#13	[-]
Jun 29 12 5:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Fox tv series 24 got a delayed start back in the fall of 2001 because the opening sequence involved a bomb exploding on an aircraft. The incedent remains, albeit less explicitly shown. Some shows had the WTC imagery subsequently eliminated from their title shots, such as THE SOPRANOS. Possibly NYPD BLUE too, but I'm not certain. The '76 KING KONG disappeared from tv schedules for quite a while after 9/11.
JamesD		#14	[-]
Jun 29 12 6:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rick wrote: For ages I heard stories that Sinatra held both SUDDENLY and THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE out of re-release or TV release for a long time because of his personal friendship with JFK, and because both movies were centered on political assassinations. But in later years, I read that it was more a matter of business than anything to do with Kennedy's death. I wish I could remember where I read this, so I could quote and refer to the source accurately, but... I do remember reading somewhere that the real reason The Manchurian Candidate (according to this story) disappeared from circulation for so long was that, per his contract, rights to the film reverted to Sinatra himself after so many years, and he simply forgot that he owned it. James Last Edited By: JamesD Jun 29 12 6:27 AM. Edited 1 times.
johnny poveratti		#15	[-]
Jun 29 12 7:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I seem to recall a film called BODY PARTS starring Jeff Fahey that was delayed when the Jeffrey Dahmer story broke.
ejazzyjeff		#16	[-]
Jun 29 12 10:12 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Rick wrote: After September 11, COLLATERAL DAMAGE had its premiere delayed, but I don't think anything was altered in the movie. There was another movie -- maybe SPIDER-MAN??-- which digitally removed the World Trade Center from the New York skyline. I remember the preview for Spider-Man which had the bad guys helicopters caught in a web between the WTC. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Spider-Man+2002+Trailer&mid=FA13626CB941ADF9D2BFFA13626CB941ADF9D2BF&view=detail&FORM=VIRE3
ejazzyjeff		#17	[-]
Jun 29 12 10:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Also, I believe I hear that Zoolander had editing done to it to remove the WTC from some of the scenes.
ryanbrennan		#18	[-]
Jun 29 12 3:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The CBS network TV premiere of PSYCHO was cancelled due to a real-life murder. Although CBS planned to broadcast the film later, the network never did telecast it and dropped it from their schedule.
Dr Acula		#19	[-]
Jun 30 12 8:46 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wasn't there a Princess Diana joke cut out of the first Austin Powers? My God, what's Bond doing?... I think he's attempting re-entry, sir. http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/ Cole's Comics: All About Jack Cole http://colescomics.blogspot.com/
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