The Carmike movie theater chain is canceling its showings of the "The Interview," after defenders of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un hacked into Sony's computers and objected to the movie's insults of Kim and its fictional depiction of Kim's assassination.
Then, as threats were reported and investigators confirmed that North Korea is behind the Sony hacking, Sony canceled showing the movie at any theater, which was supposed to open Christmas Day.
The turn of events shows just how daring Charlie Chaplin was with "The Great Dictator" in 1940. How often do we see a motion picture mocking a living dictator?
Frank Warner
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Posted by: CJW | December 19, 2014 at 04:21 PM
Saw it yesterday streaming via GooglePlay. Typical obscene, funny movie with Seth Rogan but made a level funnier because the NorK leader was the butt of jokes.
Posted by: CJW | December 26, 2014 at 06:18 PM
I see that "The Interview" is now available on NetFlix, but after Seth Rogen's comments on "American Sniper" I am reluctant to watch it.
Posted by: Neo | January 27, 2015 at 10:08 AM
There is a documentary on hackers that blames Anonymous for the Sony hack. They claim NK was a patsy.
Posted by: jj mollo | July 13, 2016 at 06:33 PM