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Danny Boyle Says US Version of ‘Ink’ Will Show Uncensored Sun Headlines
Danny Boyle says the US version of Ink will show full Sun headlines that were redacted in Britain.
The film tells the story of Rupert Murdoch and editor Larry Lamb taking over the British newspaper The Sun in the late 1960s.
The headlines were removed from the British version because of the country’s libel laws.
One of them, “The Truth,” falsely blamed Liverpool fans for the deaths of 97 people at the Hillsborough Stadium disaster in 1989.
The headline is tied to a major case of false reporting and is a key part of the film’s epilogue.
A new cut is being prepared for a December 11 US release in select theaters and on streaming.
Boyle hopes the uncensored version will eventually be allowed in Britain, but no change there has been confirmed.
Danny Boyle says the U.S. theatrical and streaming version of his film Ink will show Sun newspaper headlines that were redacted in the British version.
The headlines appear in an epilogue about the rise of the British tabloid.
Boyle said a new cut containing the headlines was being edited for a December 11 release in select theaters.
The British version could not show the headlines because of the country’s libel laws, according to the article.
One headline, “The Truth,” blamed Liverpool fans for the 1989 Hillsborough disaster using reports later found to be fabricated.
- Who
- Director Danny Boyle said the headlines would be shown in the U.S. version of Ink.
- What
- Redacted Sun headlines will appear in the U.S. theatrical and streaming version.
- When
- Boyle confirmed this on Saturday. The film is scheduled for release in select theaters on December 11.
- Where
- In the U.S. version of the film; the headlines were redacted in the British version.
- Why
- The British version could not show them because of Britain’s libel laws; Boyle said the U.S. has stronger protection for freedom of speech.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Sun headlines in the film’s epilogue were redacted because of Britain’s libel laws.
Boyle said a new cut with the headlines was being edited for the U.S. theatrical and streaming version.
The film is scheduled for release in select theaters.
- Director
- Danny Boyle
- Film
- Ink
- U.S. theatrical release
- December 11
- Redacted headline
- The Truth
- Hillsborough disaster
- 1989
- Hillsborough death toll
- 97 fans
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What people are saying
We’ve had a battle to get the film to where it is now, and I can tell you — I can say this, can’t I? — I think that we just won the ability [to show the headlines] because we’re in America, and you have better protection for freedom of speech than we have in Britain
It’s one of the low points of British journalism, and we wanted that to be always in the film, and we weren’t able to have it in the British version.