Friday, October 05, 2007


The Kite Runner’ Is Delayed to Protect Child Stars

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 — The studio distributing “The Kite Runner,” a tale of childhood betrayal, sexual predation and ethnic tension in Afghanistan, is delaying the film’s release to get its three schoolboy stars out of Kabul — perhaps permanently — in response to fears that they could be attacked for their enactment of a culturally inflammatory rape scene.
Full story in New York Times. Movie scene above also from NYT.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Just seeing those boys standing in the snow makes tears well, recalling the scene in the book ..what a powerful moment in literature. would have to block my ears, cover my eyes at the movies...