Egoyan loses appeal

[TomServo]

The producers of director Atom Egoyan's controversial new film Where The Truth Lies have lost their appeal to overturn the restrictive NC-17 rating the movie was awarded. The film, which premieres at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada next week, features a threesome sex scene between Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth and Rachel Blanchard, which censors have deemed "sexually explicit." Thrusting in the scene required the rarely used NC-17 rating, usually reserved for the most overtly controversial movies. The rating means no one under age 17 can see the film in theatres. Egoyan and Blanchard appeared before censors in Los Angeles on Wednesday to boost the appeal but a panel of judges refused to be swayed. Egoyan insists the rating is "an unwarranted response given the story it's telling and the way it needed to be told."

As if Egoyan's box office wasn't bad enough.

[Stark Evade]

I just hope he doesn't cut the film. He probably won't. It's pretty late in the game. Poor guy. That rating just sucks. All ratings suck. And so do stupid parents and arrogantly religious people.

[One-Way]

He's doing a movie with Kevin Bacon? We doin' big things now, huh?

[karoaper]

He's doing a movie with Kevin Bacon? We doin' big things now, huh?

Maybe Egoyan can release a Troy-type megahit about Vartan Mamikonian and the battle of Avarair. Brad Pit could play Vartan

[Stark Evade]

Kevin Bacon may be in it but it's not going to be a Hollywood flick.

[TomServo]

Egoyan's already worked with far greater actors than Kevin Bacon.

As for Egoyan doing a Troy-type "epic," I object. We should have Steven Zaillian do one.

[Stark Evade]

Egoyan's already worked with far greater actors than Kevin Bacon.

As for Egoyan doing a Troy-type "epic," I object. We should have Steven Zaillian do one.

Steve Zaillian's forte is dialogue but I don't want Egoyan to do it either and he wouldn't anyway.

[TomServo]

Steve Zaillian's forte is dialogue but I don't want Egoyan to do it either and he wouldn't anyway.

You don't like him as a director? I thought Searching for Bobby Fischer was great.

[Stark Evade]

Sure it was good. But I don't think he would go for some great impersonal epic and I don't think he is willing to create the visual style for such a work. Like is said, he's all about dialogue. The subtleties of character interaction. He makes his money as a script doctor. He's been writing since the 80's and has directed three movies.

[Stark Evade]

At least this Egoyan story made front page on IMDb.