Jane Fonda Film Banned From Ky. Theaters

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Jane Fonda Film Banned From Ky. Theaters


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May 17, 7:47 PM (ET)


ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) - The owner of two Kentucky theaters has refused to show the new Jane Fonda film "Monster-in-Law" because of the activist role the actress took during the Vietnam War.

Ike Boutwell, who trained pilots during the Vietnam War, displayed pictures of Fonda clapping with a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft crew in 1972 outside the Elizabethtown Movie Palace to show his disapproval. The marquee outside Showtime Cinemas in nearby Radcliff reads: "No Jane Fonda movie in this theater."

Both theaters are just a few miles from the Army post of Fort Knox, south of Louisville.

"I think when people do something, they need to be held responsible for their actions," Boutwell said. "When you give the enemy aid, it makes the war last longer."

Fonda has apologized for being photographed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun, but not for opposing the war.

"Monster-in-Law" raked in more than $23 million last weekend as the top-grossing movie across the country, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. and Nielsen EDI Inc. In the film, Fonda plays Jennifer Lopez's villainous prospective mother-in-law, trying to stop Lopez from marrying her son.

Sal Mancuso, an Elizabethtown resident, said he personally thanked Boutwell for not showing the film.

"I think Vietnam veterans appreciate this," said Mancuso, who fought in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam war. "There is no defense for what she did."

Boutwell also banned previous Jane Fonda films, as well as Michael Moore's film, "Fahrenheit 9/11."

[b3196]

He's da man!!!!
Bob K

[Advisor]

Wouldn't pay to see the movie so I don't give a hoot whether it's shown or not. Fact is, I wouldn't pay to see any movie. But, hey, that's just me.:cl:

[1CAVCCO15MED]

Rooting for the other side is not opposing the war.

[phuloi]

Well said,Doc Fred.

[VIETNAM 1968]

Great job Ike Boutwell. Glad to see that someone is willing to take a financial stand and let THAT BITCH know that her actions were far more then War Resistance. Boycotting THE TRAITOR's films definitely cost Mr. Boutwell a lot of income. Jane Fonda's actions amounted to TREASON and she should have been prosecuted for them, not rewarded by being named one of the top one hundred Women of the twentieth century!

As for me--I will never forgive Jane Fonda for her numerous acts of Treason and have refused to watch any movie that she ever made. My most sincere desire is to outlive her and then be able to visit her grave and pour out a bodily function all over it.

To all of my Vietnam Veteran Brothers and Sisters I again state:


WELCOME HOME


VIETNAM 1968

[savage grace]

WOULD THAT INCLUDE "BARBARELLA"

[PHO127]

Then I will make a special trip to where-ever she is buried to shit on her grave.

[39mto39g]

Fox new had this guy on today, He was a Marine. He also didn't show the Pharenhite 911 movie. He said he couldn't support any movie that put the Commander in chief in a bad light and as far as Jane Fonda goes, There are more important things in life than making money.
We are a dieing bread, putting what you feel is right over making money.
Someone needs to send him a card.

Ron