PETER JACKSON - JACKSON'S DAM BUSTERS DILEMMA

JACKSON'S DAM BUSTERS DILEMMA

Film-maker PETER JACKSON faces a tough decision before producing the remake of World War Two classic THE DAM BUSTERS, because the word n**ger is central to the movie's plot. Dam Busters Squadron Leader GUY GIBSON's real-life dog was called N**GER and features poignantly in the original movie, and it was also used as a code word during the daring 1943 bomber raid on Germany. THE LORD OF THE RINGS director insists he will be criticised if he changes the word to something more acceptable, and will also come under fire if he stays true to MICHAEL ANDERSON's 1954 original. He says, "It's a situation where you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. "If you go one way, people are going to say we've sold out to political correctness. If you go the other way then you're obviously going to be inadvertently offending people. So it's a no-win scenario. "At some point we'll have to make the decision and whenever that happens we'll just see how we feel at the time." The remake, which will be directed by first-time director CHRISTIAN RIVERS, will feature information which was still classified when the original film was shot.