Russian gay rights activists and cultural figures are criticizing the local distributor of a new movie about Elton John for cutting scenes in it depicting homosexual activity and drug use.
The Moscow movie theater Pioner, noted for its adventurous programming, said it would ask for an original cut of the movie with Russian subtitles. But the theater said Sunday it had not received a response from the distributor.
"In this way, the Russian distributor indirectly supports homophobia," the Russian LGBT Network said in a Facebook statement."We urge people not to support such a policy and not to go see the Russian version of the film." Trailers for the Russian version of"Rocketman" showed it carrying a rating restricting it to viewers 18 years or older.
A joint statement from John and the filmmakers said"that the local distributor has edited out certain scenes, denying the audience the opportunity to see the film as it was intended, is a sad reflection of the divided world we still live in and how it can still be so cruelly unaccepting of the love between two people."
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