No more Rain Man, the hilarious coexistence story between two brothers, a busy businessman played by Tom Cruise and an autistic scientist played by Dustin Hoffman. But what we may not know is that a scene from the cult film, which was released in cinemas in 1999 and will be broadcast this Sunday night on Arte, has been censored by about fifteen airlines!
Wanting to keep their passengers from worrying, these companies actually broadcast an in-flight version of Rain Man, amputated, in the sequence in which Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) is about to board the plane. In the midst of an anxiety attack, the latter then lists his brother Charlie (Tom Cruise) with statistics about the risks of air accidents.
For Don Saturn, head of programming for Sony-Trans Com Inc.’s in-flight movie service, which mediates between movie studios and airlines, censorship makes sense.
“We always change the version of the film before the in-flight operation when there is a plane crash or we mean a plane crash. It also happens when there is nudity or profanity because the audience is held captive.”he told the Associated Press This is reported by the LA Times. “People are already scared enough to fly away.”
On the other hand, this censorship of Rain Man was badly felt by its director Barry Levinson, because the given scene, according to him, is essential to the story. “For me, the censorship scene is the main scene in the film”he says. “Without him, Rain Man’s impact is greatly lost. It’s a scene that tells you that they’re going to be forced to cross the country together, and it also tells you that Charlie can’t push Raymond too far because he now knows. What if he It will do.”
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