From Eva Green To Seth Rogen's 'Happy' Face: Movie Posters Banned By The MPAA...

As Eva Green's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For poster is pulled over 'nudity', we look at other promos that have fallen foul of the censors. Warning: contains content some readers may find offensive.

That Eva Green Sin City poster, banned for "for nudity — curve of under breast and dark nipple/areola circle visible through sheer gown." Photograph: Troublemaker Studios.

 



Howard Hughes deliberately stoked controversy with this 1943 poster, in order to get people talking about The Outlaw, and refused to comply with censors' demands to cut the many shots of Jane Russell's breasts.

 

Ironically for a movie about censorship, this poster was rejected by the MPAA. "Only the few countries where censorship is rampant will reject the original art," director Milos Forman said at the time.
 

Horror is an inevitable target for the MPAA. This image was pulled for depicting a child with a weapon; a later version simply moved the knife to the adult's hand.
 

The approved poster for this horror sequel had the body encased in plastic, with no hand visible.
 

The MPAA considered the hood 'torture', which rendered the poster unsuitable for children. They issued this statement to Variety: "If the advertising is not suitable for all audiences it will not be approved by the advertising administration."
 

The hood is also the problem here, as it depicts torture … in a documentary about torture.
 

The promo for this Bret Easton Ellis adaptation was banned in the US, though permitted in Canada and the UK.
 

Similarly, this poster for a movie with 'Porno' in the title was pulled in the US but allowed in Canada.
 

The severed fingers caused problems for this horror sequel, and the MPAA ordered Lions Gate to remove the image from their sites. The approved version made it less clear that the fingers were detached.


http://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2014/may/30/eva-green-seth-rogen-movie-posters-banned-mpaa