War of the Worlds - Gag order on reviews

POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Friday, June 24, 2005 20:01
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AURAPTOR

Friday, June 24, 2005 12:25 PM

I found this a bit interesting. Though it opens Wed June 30th, there is a gag order for all movie reviewers on writing ANYTHING about this movie until the premier.

Clearly, this greatly contrast with what is going on w/ the BDM. Granted, we're talking about different animals here, but still, does anyone think this tact by Spielburg et al will have much of an impact on the movie ? I'll prob see it, but certainly not right away.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

YT

Friday, June 24, 2005 8:01 PM

From IMDB http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-06-23

Film Critics Barred From Mars

New York film critics have been barred from tonight's (Thursday) premiere of Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, leading New York Times columnist Campbell Robertson to wax poetic -- Yeatsian, really -- to speculate whether the snub might have something to do with star Tom Cruise's Scientology beliefs, or last weekend's incident in which a bogus reporter squirted him with a phony microphone, or his bizarre behavior on Oprah Winfrey's talk show. ("The press lacks all conviction, while TOM CRUISE/Is full of passionate intensity, /Really, really passionate intensity.") Meanwhile, film critics in Germany threatened Wednesday to boycott War of the Worlds if they are required to sign an agreement not to publish a review before its June 29 release date in that country. While an informal agreement exists between U.S. critics and studios to withhold publication of reviews of new movies until the day of their premieres, no such agreement exists in Germany. In a statement released Wednesday, the Association of German Film Critics said that the studio demand represents "scandalous P.R." and "obstructs the press from its constitutionally guaranteed rights."