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"Miami Vice" loses sex scenes in China version
2006-10-13
Universal Pictures' Miami Vice: Gong Li |
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Twenty minutes, including steamy sex scenes between Gong Li and Colin Farrell, will be cut from "Miami Vice" before it opens in China at the end of October, a Beijing newspaper reported Wednesday. A 120-minute version of Michael Mann's big-screen remake of the 1980s TV cop show will open on the mainland three months after its world premiere, the Beijing Morning Post said, citing official industry sources. State-run China Film Group declined to confirm the report when officials were reached by telephone. Each year, China allows just 20 imported films to keep a percentage of their box office take and maintains a tight watch over content, often cutting scenes that offend Communist Party censors. Beijing banned "Memoirs of a Geisha," starring Gong and Zhang Ziyi, after a public outcry about the Chinese stars' portrayal of Japanese courtesans and reported concerns about stoking long-time animosity toward their Asian neighbors. A scene of Tom Cruise killing a Chinese security guard in Shanghai was erased from the version of "Mission: Impossible III" released here. "Miami Vice" has earned more than $155.5 million at the global box office. Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Muzi.com News
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