Sunday, May 25, 2008

THE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY is not happy with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:
Indiana Jones and the wrath of the Communist Party
Tony Halpin in Moscow (London Times)

He has battled against Nazi villains, a Beduin swordsman and a pit of poisonous snakes. Now Indiana Jones can add the Communist Party of St Petersburg to his list of adversaries.

Party leaders accused the actors Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett yesterday of promoting crude, anti-Soviet propaganda in their new film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. They have urged Russian moviegoers to boycott the film and told Ford, 65, not to visit the country.

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Dear me. Are they saying that they think parts of the film are inaccurate?