Parent Alert about Movie “Brunio”
Published by Jane Olson July 8th, 2009 in AbstinencePro-Family Media Group Asks Local Gov’t Officials
To Consider Banning Controversial ‘Brüno’ Movie
Los Angeles, Calif. – Movieguide®: The Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment has sent a letter asking local government officials throughout the U.S. to consider restricting the screening of the controversial movie “Brüno” starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Movieguide® Publisher Dr. Ted Baehr announced today.
In the letter, Movieguide® asks officials to get an injunction against screening the movie on Friday until officials can look at the movie and determine whether it fits the “community standards” in their area, as defined by U.S. Supreme Court rulings on obscenity and pornography.
“This movie reportedly has been cut to get an R rating,” Dr. Baehr said, “but it apparently still contains explicit nudity, graphic sex scenes, extremely offensive jokes, and scenes mocking Jews. Many children sneak into R-rated movies or get tickets from some sick adult who finds it humorous to flood an impressionable child’s mind with obscene content.
“Supreme Court rulings on obscenity allow local, state and federal governments to ban such movies like ‘Brüno’ or at least restrict them to 17 and over regardless of adult accompaniment,” Dr. Baehr added.
“Local government agencies have a duty to protect vulnerable children and teenagers from this kind of material,” he concluded.
Dr. Baehr is chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission® (CFTVC) ministry which publishes Movieguide® (www.movieguide.org), CFTVC’s family guide to movies and entertainment. CFTVC and Movieguide® are an international non-profit ministry dedicated to “redeeming the values of the entertainment industry by influencing industry executives and by informing and equipping the public about the influence of the entertainment media.”
For more information, visit www.movieguide.org or call 1-888-248-6689.