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BEIRUT: Lebanon has officially banned The Post, the latest film by acclaimed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, an industry source told Annahar Sunday.
Though The Post had passed the government's normal screening procedures, the Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel-Lebanon (CBSIL) put pressure on the government to block the film over its director's ties to Israel, the source told Annahar.
Steven Spielberg, who hails from a Jewish family, was blacklisted by the Arab League's Central Boycott Office after making a $1 million donation to Israel during the 2006 conflict with Lebanon.
...The film was scheduled to be released on January 18th in Lebanon. In 2011, AFP reported that an overzealous employee at a movie theatre in Lebanon has blackened out the name of Spielberg from posters featuring his movie Tintin.
The employee, acting on the fact that Spielberg was blacklisted by the Arab League's Central Boycott Office in 2006, covered the movie maker's name at the weekend on posters advertising the film, a theatre official told AFP.
Lebanon bans The Post - Annahar Staff
I'm not a fan of Spielberg because he flat out lied about events in another movie. That said, at some point this crap becomes funny.
Though The Post had passed the government's normal screening procedures, the Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel-Lebanon (CBSIL) put pressure on the government to block the film over its director's ties to Israel, the source told Annahar.
Steven Spielberg, who hails from a Jewish family, was blacklisted by the Arab League's Central Boycott Office after making a $1 million donation to Israel during the 2006 conflict with Lebanon.
...The film was scheduled to be released on January 18th in Lebanon. In 2011, AFP reported that an overzealous employee at a movie theatre in Lebanon has blackened out the name of Spielberg from posters featuring his movie Tintin.
The employee, acting on the fact that Spielberg was blacklisted by the Arab League's Central Boycott Office in 2006, covered the movie maker's name at the weekend on posters advertising the film, a theatre official told AFP.
Lebanon bans The Post - Annahar Staff
I'm not a fan of Spielberg because he flat out lied about events in another movie. That said, at some point this crap becomes funny.