Comments on: Wolf Creek delayed by Courts? https://www.themovieblog.com/2005/10/wolf-creek-delayed-by-courts/ The Correct Opinion Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:01:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Richard Brunton https://www.themovieblog.com/2005/10/wolf-creek-delayed-by-courts/#comment-31771 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:01:12 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=3185#comment-31771 Wow. I didn’t know any of that, thanks for that James. Interesting reading.

It’s quite a grown up attitude to take actually. I like the idea of protecting a Jury to such lengths but not banning movies.

]]> By: James Russell https://www.themovieblog.com/2005/10/wolf-creek-delayed-by-courts/#comment-31770 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:06:05 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/?p=3185#comment-31770 I don’t know if you’ve heard the latest on this or not, Richard, but the delay over the release of the film applies only to the Northern Territory (where the trial is now underway) and was never going to be delayed in any of the other states (and it wouldn’t affect the film’s release schedule in other countries anyway). It releases on November 3rd everywhere else in Australia, as per schedule.

This isn’t the first time this has happened, of course; back in 1989 there was some trial or other in the US about international money laundering where the jury were banned from seeing “Lethal Weapon 2” in case it influenced them. And in Australia there was the mini-series “Blue Murder”, which was made in 1995 but couldn’t be screened in New South Wales until 2001 (by which time it had already been aired twice in all the other states) in case it had any effect on a criminal trial here in NSW.

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