Disney refuses to comply with requests for cuts in other countries in the region.
Steven Spielberg’s Oscar hopeful West Side Story has been banned in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and will not get a release via Disney in other select Gulf countries.
Sources said authorities in Saudi Arabia, where the inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival got underway on Monday, and Kuwait have not granted a release certificate for the musical remake from Amblin/20th Century Studios.
It is further understood that Disney, which handles distribution on films from its 20th Century Studios label, will also not release West Side Story in Bahrain,...
Steven Spielberg’s Oscar hopeful West Side Story has been banned in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and will not get a release via Disney in other select Gulf countries.
Sources said authorities in Saudi Arabia, where the inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival got underway on Monday, and Kuwait have not granted a release certificate for the musical remake from Amblin/20th Century Studios.
It is further understood that Disney, which handles distribution on films from its 20th Century Studios label, will also not release West Side Story in Bahrain,...
- 12/6/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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