BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - THEATERS REFUSE TO SHOW ZACK AND MIRI

THEATERS REFUSE TO SHOW ZACK AND MIRI

Megaplex Theatres, which operates theaters in Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utahsay that it has refused to book The Weinstein Company's R-rated Zack andMiri Make a Porno . The theaters are owned by Larry Miller, who in 2006refused to screen Brokeback Mountain in his theaters, saying that it"crossed the line." Miller is also the owner of the Utah Jazz. In aninterview with today's (Monday) New York Post, theater manager CalGunderson said, "We feel it's very close to an NC-17 with its graphic nudityand graphic sex." When the newspaper's "Page Six" column asked Gunderson whythe theater chain had no problems booking the ultra-violent Saw V ,Gunderson replied, "No comment."

27/10/2008