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Harvey Weinstein responds to ‘Blue Valentine’s’ NC-17 rating
We told you last week about “Blue Valentine” receiving an NC-17 rating. The Austin Film Festival entry from director Derek Cianfrance offers a raw, sensitive look at a marriage that’s failing.
In our post we mentioned that the film had recently been acquired by the Weinstein Company, whose head Harvey Weinstein is not one to shy away from controversy in order to gin up publicity.
Weinstein responded to the controversial rating today.
“We want to express our deepest gratitude to our colleagues in the industry and in the media for their recent outpouring of support for Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine after the film surprisingly received an NC-17 rating from the MPAA,” Weinstein said. “We are taking every possible step to contest the MPAA’s decision. We respect the work of the MPAA and we hope, after having a chance to sit down with them, they will see that our appeal is reasonable, and the film, which is an honest and personal portrait of a relationship, would be significantly harmed by such a rating.”
“Blue Valentine” screens at 9:30 PM on Friday, Oct 22 at the Paramount Theatre.
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