major Hollywood movie refused advertising because of word "PORNO" in title. - GoFuckYourself.com

pr0 · 10-16-2008, 12:33 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html

Some newspaper, TV and outdoor ads for Smith's comedy "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" have been rejected because of their content or the five-letter word that ends the title, said Gary Faber, head of marketing for the Weinstein Co., which is releasing the film.

Among those refusing to carry ads are about 15 newspapers and several TV stations and cable channels, Faber said. Commercials for the film during Los Angeles Dodgers games on Fox Sports were dropped at the team's request after some viewers complained, said Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch.

One complaint came from a man watching a game in September with his young son, who did not understand a suicide-squeeze bunt the Dodgers tried, Rawitch said.

"He was explaining to his son what a squeeze bunt was. Commercial break, the ad comes on, and the kid asks, `Dad, what does porno mean?"' Rawitch said. "Dodgers baseball has always been about family, and we've always been sensitive to the type of advertising that runs on our games."

The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, refused "Zack and Miri" posters at bus stops. Similar posters at Boston, Massachusetts, bus stops have drawn complaints from a child-development expert who said they are inappropriate for children.

Smith found it ironic that the posters have been a problem. Some playfully risque ads with images of "Zack and Miri" stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks were forbidden by the Motion Picture Association of America, which called the ads "highly sexually suggestive and not suitable for general audiences."

So Weinstein came up with posters using stick figures to represent the actors.

"The whole idea was, our hands were so tied on all previous entries we'd given them that this ad was meant to be the innocuous one that would get approved everywhere," Smith said.

Rina Cutler, Philadelphia deputy mayor for transportation, said the stick-figure posters were cute and clever but unacceptable for bus shelters where schoolchildren would see the word "porno."

"If they want to call the movie `Zack and Miri,' that's fine, but Zack and Miri cannot make a porno on my bus shelters," Cutler said.

Opening October 31, "Zack and Miri" features Rogen and Banks as platonic best buddies and roommates who decide to make their own skin flick to dig themselves out of debt.

Diane Levin, an education professor specializing in child development at Boston's Wheelock College, said the posters at city bus stops send a message to children that working in the porn industry is an acceptable occupation.

"It's drawing attention to a movie which is mainstreaming and normalizing pornography, saying if you need money, this is what you do," said Levin, co-author of "So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids."

The stick-figure images are especially appealing to youngsters, since "stick figures are something for children," she said.

Weinstein marketing boss Faber countered: "It's a comedy. It's a joke. We're not advertising a porno. It's not a porno. The word `porno,' it's not supposed to turn you on. It's supposed to make you laugh."

The ratings board of the MPAA initially slapped "Zack and Miri" with an NC-17 rating, a box-office kiss of death because audiences view such films as explicit adult-only flicks. Smith appealed and talked the film down to an R rating.

Faber said the company has been able to place its ads in most of the outlets it has approached. For newspapers that rejected them because of the word "porno," Weinstein might play around with variations that exclude the title, he said.

The company developed a version of the stick-figure poster without the film's name, bearing the slogan, "Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks made a movie so outrageous that we can't even tell you the title."

SykkBoy · 10-16-2008, 12:46 PM

Funny, these same people offended by a movie's title during a baseball game don't seem to have any issues with commercials that sell alcohol and erectile dysfunction aids in that same game...

Honez · 10-16-2008, 12:47 PM

Working in the porn industry is not an acceptable occupation?

TubeTitans_SusieQ · 10-16-2008, 12:47 PM

wow, thats a bunch of bull....

Manowar · 10-16-2008, 12:52 PM

fucked up, doubt it will stunt the success of the film

The Truth Hurts · 10-16-2008, 12:54 PM

mommy... whats a porno?

pr0 · 10-16-2008, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by The Truth Hurts

mommy... whats a porno?

It's how mommy paid her way through college.

And how daddy keeps from cheating on mommy.

JFK · 10-16-2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Manowar

fucked up, doubt it will stunt the success of the film

just a little extra promo for them

Sarah_Jayne · 10-16-2008, 01:01 PM

Of course such stories don't buy them any free publicity at all...just like how we heard a couple weeks ago about one of their posters being banned. I love Kevin Smith but I can also smell publicity machines.

DaddyHalbucks · 10-16-2008, 01:02 PM

Yet, Hollywood glorifies violence.

Nicky · 10-16-2008, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0

It's how mommy paid her way through college.

And how daddy keeps from cheating on mommy.

Karupted Charles · 10-16-2008, 01:06 PM

So did Dick and Jane get nc-17 or not allowed to be put on billboards cause it teaches children become a criminal if you cant pay your bills?

Tom_PM · 10-16-2008, 01:07 PM

Violence is ok because the holy books of all cultures are filled, stuffed, packed, crammed with violence.
Whereas sex is such a taboo topic in ye olden ancient days that you are evil if you poop or pee. And if you fornicate, well get your little ass into hell this instant mister.

pornguy · 10-16-2008, 01:20 PM

The only thing these pigheaded ignorant people have done by refusing to run the ad's is to make sure that there is enough controversy to make the movie a HUGE success.

I saw a clip and can not wait to see it.

rhon23 · 10-16-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Honez

Working in the porn industry is not an acceptable occupation?

wanna make out?

JFK · 10-16-2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by rhon23

wanna make out?

can I watch ?

GonZo · 10-16-2008, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0

It's how mommy paid her way through college.

And how daddy keeps from cheating on mommy.

Nick3131 can help!

Honez · 10-16-2008, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhon23

wanna make out?

You know the answer to that my little bungee cord queen

pr0 · 10-16-2008, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhon23

wanna make out?

i want in on that.....3-way anyone?

DefaultMan · 10-16-2008, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0

i want in on that.....3-way anyone?

I love our industry

NaughtyVisions · 10-16-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by The Truth Hurts

mommy... whats a porno?

My son knows that I do photography and videography, and he's met some of the girls. He doesn't know the content of the shoots, but apparantly has overheard my wife and I refer to them as porn stars in our discussions.

So, the other day, my son asked my wife what a "corn star" was....

JFK · 10-16-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Honez

You know the answer to that my little bungee cord queen

sounds Kinky

Bojangles · 10-16-2008, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JFK

just a little extra promo for them

Bingooooo

Brad · 10-16-2008, 02:19 PM

They got awesome advertising for free this way.

rhon23 · 10-16-2008, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0

i want in on that.....3-way anyone?

I will take it into consideration but I get her first. Have you seen Honez rack? Hubba Hubba!

Redmanthatcould · 10-16-2008, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by rhon23

I will take it into consideration but I get her first. Have you seen Honez rack? Hubba Hubba!

Make that two for "hubba hubba"

Honez · 10-16-2008, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DefaultMan

I love our industry

Me too. Two chicks making out and mention of a rack and we are so off topic, lol

rhon23 · 10-16-2008, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Honez

Me too. Two chicks making out and mention of a rack and we are so off topic, lol

don't forget the duct tape, bungee chords, and of course wd40

Honez · 10-16-2008, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rhon23

don't forget the duct tape, bungee chords, and of course wd40

You just made my naughty bits tingle

JFK · 10-16-2008, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honez

You just made my naughty bits tingle

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAH

pr0 · 10-17-2008, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by rhon23

don't forget the duct tape, bungee chords, and of course wd40

I figured i should ask first....

Is it ok if i bring a goat?

rhon23 · 10-17-2008, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0

I figured i should ask first....

Is it ok if i bring a goat?

hey now this could get rather interesting!

SomeCreep · 10-17-2008, 08:48 PM

Porno is a bad word.

Yngwie · 10-17-2008, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JFK

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAH

get the camera ready man..

Iron Fist · 10-17-2008, 09:12 PM

Pornography must be even worse then!

nico-t · 10-18-2008, 05:31 AM

pathetic, guess it'll be replaced by some action flick poster with guns etc. on it.

cherrylula · 10-18-2008, 05:53 AM

can't have the word PORNO in a mainstream movie and expect it to fly well.

The movie must be a piece of shit, if they had to use that title to get attention.

If I ever have kids, they will live in a dark room, sheltered.

Fletch XXX · 10-18-2008, 05:56 AM

mainstream is great.

Hank_Heartland · 10-18-2008, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NaughtyVisions

My son knows that I do photography and videography, and he's met some of the girls. He doesn't know the content of the shoots, but apparantly has overheard my wife and I refer to them as porn stars in our discussions.

So, the other day, my son asked my wife what a "corn star" was....

I love Corn Stars tooooo

beemk · 10-18-2008, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by rhon23

wanna make out?

no thanks

DamageX · 10-18-2008, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0

Diane Levin, an education professor specializing in child development at Boston's Wheelock College, said the posters at city bus stops send a message to children that working in the porn industry is an acceptable occupation.

Working in the porn industry IS an acceptable occupation, just as much as driving a bus or dumping garbage at the landfill. If it weren't then it should be made ILLEGAL. And since it's not, I so fucking wish all these goodie-two-shoes pieces of shit would just kindly shut the fuck up.

Kudles · 10-18-2008, 09:27 AM

I can't wait to see that

GatorB · 10-18-2008, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PR_Tom

Violence is ok because the holy books of all cultures are filled, stuffed, packed, crammed with violence.
Whereas sex is such a taboo topic in ye olden ancient days that you are evil if you poop or pee. And if you fornicate, well get your little ass into hell this instant mister.

The Bible is full of sex, incest, homosexuality, masturbation, orgies, adultery, prostitution etc.

GatorB · 10-18-2008, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamageX

Working in the porn industry IS an acceptable occupation, just as much as driving a bus or dumping garbage at the landfill. If it weren't then it should be made ILLEGAL. And since it's not, I so fucking wish all these goodie-two-shoes pieces of shit would just kindly shut the fuck up.

I'm not really what I would consider "in" the adult industy. I'm just a simple affiliate and yet I could make $1,000,000 a year and I'd get more respect if I worked at the local McDonald's for $6.55 an hour. And that's not saying much because the local McDonald's workers don't get much respect in the first place.

eben my best friend diss me. On one hand he think it cool I'm sort of "porn king", his words not mine. And yet he doesn't hesitate to inform me that I don't have a "real" job like him. Ironically he borrows money( well USED to ) on a regular basis because his "real" doesn't pay him enough sometimes to make it to his next paycheck. I say USED to because I now tell him I don't have any money. I mean since I don't have a "real" job how can I have "real" money. Maybe he'll learn not to look a gift horse in the mouth.

rhon23 · 10-18-2008, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by beemk

no thanks

I hate you

DWB · 10-18-2008, 10:52 AM

Lol

lol

lol

lol

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pr0 rockin tha trailerpark Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: ~Coastal~ Posts: 23,088	major Hollywood movie refused advertising because of word "PORNO" in title. http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html Some newspaper, TV and outdoor ads for Smith's comedy "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" have been rejected because of their content or the five-letter word that ends the title, said Gary Faber, head of marketing for the Weinstein Co., which is releasing the film. Among those refusing to carry ads are about 15 newspapers and several TV stations and cable channels, Faber said. Commercials for the film during Los Angeles Dodgers games on Fox Sports were dropped at the team's request after some viewers complained, said Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch. One complaint came from a man watching a game in September with his young son, who did not understand a suicide-squeeze bunt the Dodgers tried, Rawitch said. "He was explaining to his son what a squeeze bunt was. Commercial break, the ad comes on, and the kid asks, `Dad, what does porno mean?"' Rawitch said. "Dodgers baseball has always been about family, and we've always been sensitive to the type of advertising that runs on our games." The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, refused "Zack and Miri" posters at bus stops. Similar posters at Boston, Massachusetts, bus stops have drawn complaints from a child-development expert who said they are inappropriate for children. Smith found it ironic that the posters have been a problem. Some playfully risque ads with images of "Zack and Miri" stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks were forbidden by the Motion Picture Association of America, which called the ads "highly sexually suggestive and not suitable for general audiences." So Weinstein came up with posters using stick figures to represent the actors. "The whole idea was, our hands were so tied on all previous entries we'd given them that this ad was meant to be the innocuous one that would get approved everywhere," Smith said. Rina Cutler, Philadelphia deputy mayor for transportation, said the stick-figure posters were cute and clever but unacceptable for bus shelters where schoolchildren would see the word "porno." "If they want to call the movie `Zack and Miri,' that's fine, but Zack and Miri cannot make a porno on my bus shelters," Cutler said. Opening October 31, "Zack and Miri" features Rogen and Banks as platonic best buddies and roommates who decide to make their own skin flick to dig themselves out of debt. Diane Levin, an education professor specializing in child development at Boston's Wheelock College, said the posters at city bus stops send a message to children that working in the porn industry is an acceptable occupation. "It's drawing attention to a movie which is mainstreaming and normalizing pornography, saying if you need money, this is what you do," said Levin, co-author of "So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids." The stick-figure images are especially appealing to youngsters, since "stick figures are something for children," she said. Weinstein marketing boss Faber countered: "It's a comedy. It's a joke. We're not advertising a porno. It's not a porno. The word `porno,' it's not supposed to turn you on. It's supposed to make you laugh." The ratings board of the MPAA initially slapped "Zack and Miri" with an NC-17 rating, a box-office kiss of death because audiences view such films as explicit adult-only flicks. Smith appealed and talked the film down to an R rating. Faber said the company has been able to place its ads in most of the outlets it has approached. For newspapers that rejected them because of the word "porno," Weinstein might play around with variations that exclude the title, he said. The company developed a version of the stick-figure poster without the film's name, bearing the slogan, "Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks made a movie so outrageous that we can't even tell you the title." __________________ __________ Loadedca$h - get sum! - Revengebucks - mmm rebills! - webair (gotz sErVrz)

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