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Gerald Butler film portraying Filipinos as baddies is withdrawn from distribution in the Philippines
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Plane is a 2023 US action thriller by Jean-François Richet Starring Gerard Butler, Mike Colter and Yoson An
A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he's forced to
land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm.
The film was withdrawn from Philippines distribution rather than officially banned by the film censor, but the film censor loudly condemned the film for its portrayal of locals as
the baddies. Politicians also applied pressure for a ban. The chair of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board said that while the film is fictional, the country should not be portrayed in a negative and inaccurate light. Sen.
Robinhood Padilla said: This should not be allowed. ... The reputation of our Motherland is at stake , adding that it is acceptable to discuss issues among Filipinos, but criticisms from foreigners should not be tolerated. Senate President
Juan Miguel Zubiri even expressed concern that the film could jeopardize the government's tourism promotions because it paints a wrong picture of the Philippines.
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26th January 2011 | | |
Philippines censors ban Adolf Alix Jr's Chassis
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mb.com.ph
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Internationally-recognized Filipino writer-director Adolf Alix, Jr. has cried foul over the ban that the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) slapped on his latest opus, Chassis . Known for his other works
that include Aurora, Donsol, Kadin, Batanes and Tambolista , Alix said the MTRCB's decision stemmed from a scene showing lead actress Jodi Sta. Maria simulate the cutting of the penis of co-actor Paolo Rivero. The reviewers
want to remove and just 'establish' the ending but I think it is very vital for the character of Jodi, he said in a interview. I will stand by showing it in its integral version because if the scene is taken in context, it was not shot to
arouse prurient interest but rather as an act of revenge by the poor woman who was victimized, he added. Alix has asked the board to reconsider its judgment. Chassis is about a single mother's struggles amid the hardship of
raising her child in an abandoned container van. It was among a handful of local films hailed in international film festivals including the Pusan International Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Mar del Plata International
Film Festival in Argentina.
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23rd December 2010 | |
| Communion wafer gags are cut from Philippines comedy
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From philstar.com
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After a second review, the Philippines MTRCB (Movies and Television Review and Classification Board) gave Father Jejemon a G rating (for General Patronage). That was after the two controversial scenes, shown in the trailer, were cut,
one showing the Holy Eucharist accidentally dropping into the cleavage of a woman communicant and the other with the Holy Eucharist caught in the dentures of another woman communicant. Some sectors, including priests, denounced the scenes as sacrilegious
and called on the public to boycott the movie. I meant no harm nor malice with those scenes, said Dolphy actor Dolphy.
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23rd September 2009 | |
| Philippines censors demand removal of president's portrait
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From politics.inquirer.net
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A scene showing the picture of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on the wall of a military office nearly earned a ban for an upcoming film about forced disappearances and human rights violations in the Philippines. The Movie and Television Review
and Classification Board (MTRCB) approved the commercial run of Dukot, giving it an R-18 rating, after director Joel Lamangan agreed to cover Ms Arroyo's portrait, the Inquirer reported. It was a struggle, Lamangan said in a
phone interview: Both the MTRCB and the producers came up with a compromise that was acceptable to both parties. We only removed the close-up shot of President Macapagal-Arroyo's photo, but we retained her photos in the other shots. Before
it was covered using special effects, the President's picture could be seen mounted on the wall behind the desk of a military commander who was dealing with families looking for missing relatives. The movie can still deliver its message even
without the picture. The time frame is still clear that it's current, Dukot producer Dennis Evangelista said. There's also a [caption] showing that the story happened in 2005 (or during the Arroyo administration). In a text
message to the Inquirer, MTRCB Chair Consoliza Laguardia relayed what she said was a statement by one of the reviewers of the film: There was a compromise with the producer and the director because they agreed to cover the photo of President Arroyo in
a close-up scene [where] parents of missing students were appealing to [an] Army colonel.
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31st July 2009 | |
| Philippines censors get wound up by university showing of banned films
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From showbizandstyle.inquirer.net
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The move by the Philippines Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) to stop Thursday's scheduled screening of Kinatay at the UP Film Institute was "not a personal attack" on its director, Brillante Mendoza, said
censor chair Marissa Laguardia.
She said it was meant to check the state-run institution's practice of holding public screenings of banned "X"-rated films.
During a press conference on Tuesday night, Laguardia referred to an ongoing case
between the board and the UP Film Institute that stemmed from the latter's showing of previously disapproved films like Adolf Alix Jr.'s Aurora , Lav Diaz's Death in the Land of the Encantos and Alejandro Bong Ramos' Butas
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Are they really showing ' Kinatay ' just to professors and critics? How many persons are expected to attend? The UP Film Institute representative we spoke with on Monday failed to answer these questions, Laguardia told Inquirer
Entertainment.
She stressed that a film screening attended by at least 50 people is already considered a public exhibition-which makes the movie to be shown subject to classification. Citing the board's rules and regulations, Laguardia added that
a movie slapped with an "X" rating is banned from public and commercial exhibition.
As late as Tuesday night, the chief censor noted, Centerstage/Swift Productions, the producers of Kinatay , had not filed a request for review.
Mendoza's movie debuted at the last Cannes International Film Festival in France, where he won the Best Director trophy. The UP screening was to be its local premiere. Update:
Kinatay Passed Uncut 11th August 2009. From philstar.com Cannes Film Festival Best Director for 2009 Brillante “Dante” Mendoza received an unexpected bonanza — a regular permit to show his Cannes film
Kinatay without cuts in all venues from the MTRCB (Movie and Television Review and Classification Board). Ironically, the controversial film may just have served as catalyst for the board to rethink its policies. During the open forum that
followed the UP screening, director Dante revealed that during the meeting he requested with MTRCB, he made it clear that he would have his film reviewed but would not allow any cuts on his film and would simply cancel the premiere screening should that
be the case. After the MTRCB review, interestingly, he was given the green light. Kinatay is a dark grim look at the underworld where a drug dealer-prostitute is butchered by corrupt cops. Update:
Graphically dismembered 13th August 2009. From screendaily.com Kinatay . Filipino director Brilliante Mendoza delivered
what could be read as a searing indictment of his country's attitude towards women – or you could also see it as an ultra-violent film in which a woman is kidnapped, beaten, tortured, graphically dismembered, her body parts put into plastic bags and
shoved on rubbish heaps outside Manila.
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29th July 2009 | | |
Banned films get a film festival showing in the Philippines
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showbizandstyle.inquirer.net
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Controversial and X-rated (banned) films were given a public exhibition because of the Netpac competition of the Cinemalaya film festiva at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac) is
composed of film critics from all over the world. Among the films vying for the Netpac prize are Paolo Villaluna and Ellen Ramos' Walang Hanggang Paalam and Adolfo Alix Jr.'s Aurora , both rated X by the Movie and Television Review and
Classification Board (MTRCB).
Meanwhile, a third entry, Bayaw , created a buzz because of its full-frontal male nudity. A fourth Netpac film, Auraeus Solito's Boy , was banned in Singapore because of a long gay love scene as
well.
Villaluna said that the film's journey from censorship to the CCP was long and arduous. It makes you realize that filmmaking has become a struggle in this country. It's frustrating ... but we are totally relieved to premiere at the CCP.
Update: Bayaw Banned 31st August 2009. See
article from pep.ph The indie film Bayaw
, was banned (Rated X) when the Movie and Television Review & Classification Board (MTRCB) reviewed it on August 27.
Bayaw will be submitted again to the MTRCB for a second review on September 1. The people behind this production are all
hoping that it will be approved for exhibition, with minimal cuts or no cuts at all, in time for its showing. The film, produced by Climax Films and directed by Monti Parungao (Sagwan), is scheduled to open on September 2 in selected theaters nationwide.
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5th May 2009 | |
| Philippines censor whinges at university showing of banned film
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Based on article from
abs-cbnnews.com
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Philippine's Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has asked the director of the film, Aurora , to explain why the uncut version of the movie was shown at the University of the Philippines without the permission from the
board.
The independent movie was banned as unfit for public viewing by the MTRCB but it was shown just the same at the UP Film Institute (UPFI) Cine Adarna in January.
The MTRCB said the film was screened for commercial gain and without
the corresponding permit to exhibit from the body. The MTRCB has already instructed director Adolf Alix Jr. to submit his counter-affidavit to explain his side.
Filmmaker Sean Lim, the representative of Oxin Entertainment, had already submitted
his counter-affidavit to the MTRCB. Oxin Entertainment is the company that released Aurora. Lim, in his written testimony, said the film was part of an educational screening at the UPFI and the scheduled showing was under the pretext of the state
university’s aim in promoting academic freedom.
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25th December 2008 | |
| Philippines bans Aurora movie
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The comeback movie of Rosanna Roces still cannot be shown to the public because the film has received another ban (X rating) from the Movie Television Review and Classification Board's (MTRCB).
The reviewers wrote in their report that controversial scenes are not fit for public viewing.
Aurora, directed by Adolfo Alix, Jr., tells the plight of a social worker who tries to escape in the middle of the forest after being kidnapped by members of the Lost Command.
The lead female character, played by Rosanna, will be
raped by Kristofer King in the middle of a forest. Members of the MTRCB want to shorten the said rape scene.
Philippine Entertainment Portal reported earlier that the said scene was deemed too explicit, resulting in a ban during the
first review of the film.
The director did not change anything in the film for the second review of Aurora. I stand by my cut of the film, he adds. He will appeal the decision at Malacañang and request for a final review.
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