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| Finding Nemo given retrospective '18' rating after outcry over controversial baby killing scene
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 Marlin (Centre) and cast put on a brave face despite the massacre |
Disney and Pixar were in crisis talks yesterday over the retroactive decision by the British Board of Film Classification to rescind the 'U' certificate from the wildly popular 2003 animated feature, Finding Nemo. The move, applauded by Catholic and children welfare groups everywhere, was taken after a frame-by-frame analysis of an early part of the film, which purportedly depicts a baby massacre on a mammoth scale. "We have already lodged an appeal," said a Pixar spokesman, "and have not yet ruled out the possibility of cuts where appropriate to return the movie to its broad family appeal." The scene in which Nemo's mother and his 2000 siblings are eaten by a barracuda slipped past the censors unnoticed when first viewed, but recent moves to have cartoon violence made comparable to real violence have led to a spree of recent reclassifications. The lovable rogues Tom and Jerry, for instance, are now classified 18, and can only be viewed by adults. The financial ramifications of the reclassification are far-reaching, and could cost many millions of dollars, as every single DVD sold to underage viewers will have to be recalled. Josh Hatchett, reporting for The Toad. |
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