Nope. That was another movie.
Posted on 05/17/2005 10:13:05 PM PDT by Crackingham
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."
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I like Ike.
Jane Fonda should be banned form our shores
form = from
He sounds like a great man. Any one who lives in the area should reward him by frequenting his theaters often.
Just two theaters?
OK, it's a start.
I believe that is a form of "Free Speech" and Ike should be appluaded.
I will express myself by trying to outlive the bitch and then water her flowers as often as possible, no matter how long the line is.
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Me like Ike, too! Good idea, more theaters should do this. I won't hold my breath, though.
Not often we find someone more in tune to principles than the buck. I'll bet there would be people who would pay to sit in front of a blank screen in his theatre rather than watch Hanoi Jane. I would.
I'm with you my friend.
We will probably have to stand in a "long" line of other vets.
Does "yellow water" really kill flowers? LOL
Good to see they're finally calling her what she is.
Call and say "thank you". Or, if you are in the area, stop by and putchase a ticket and some Jordan Almonds. You know the left is going to howl "censorship" so show them not everyone agrees with the left.
Movie Palace - Elizabethtown
1231 Woodland Drive
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
(270) 769-1505
Good for him! I hear it's a bad movie, anyway.
Not even crabgrass will survive under that much concentration of urea.
Nope. That was another movie.
I don't think "Banned" is the proper word her: Ban implies an action by a governmental body. A more accurate headline would probably be "Kentucky Theater Owner Refuses to Show Latest Jane Fonda Film".
Only a government agency or quasi-government agency can ban. Schools can ban the Bible, libraries can ban books, state legislatures can ban freedom of speech.
Free citizens can exercise their freedoms to not partake. This is what the theater owner has done. He has not banned a darned thing. Moviegoers can drive to the next county to see Jane Fonda.
But would the MSM understand this nuance? Nooooo. They don't teach such things at the Columbia School of Journalism.
I really, really, really hate the media.
Fonda has apologized for being photographed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun, but not for opposing the war.
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She didn't apologize...she regretted her actions, like a thief regrets when he's caught.
Another media lie.
Bravo to Ike!
A superb point. Great big BUMP!!!
And I share all of your affection for the MSM... 
No one is seeing it for "body of the work" anyway..the reviews were bad and received one star. Fonda made a poor choice in her film choice to debut. Of course, the Hanoi Jane tag doesn't help.
Movie Palace - Elizabethtown
1231 Woodland Drive
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
(270) 769-1505
That number is just a recording of the movies they are showing...does anybody have another number where we can THANK a real person....or an email?
(2) theaters in Kentucky not 'Kentucky theaters' but then what's accuracy got to do with news...nice hook though.
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A double ditto to that. We love Ike.
To me the headline seems a little biased. I always think of "banned" as meaning outlawed, censored etc by a gov't. Maybe the headline should read "Theater owner refuses to show movie". or is it just me......
Hurray for Free Enterprise! Hurray for Capitalism! Hurray for Business Owners making a good call.
And Fonda hasn't appologized for jack, IMHO.
sorry freepers, i should have read the replies first. I just posted a similar thing in post #27. guess i'm not so brilliant and original...or great minds think alike.
Yes, but that does not carry the stigmatism of banning something. You would never make it as a headline writer. Headlines are not about the truth, they are about spin.
A previous article on this subject stated that these are the only two theaters in that county.
Boutwell, Ike M
1815 Cann School Lane
CECILIA, KY 42724
270-862-3018
Theaters could apply the same concept to go the other way too.
Woo Hoo - Go Ike!!!
I'm not an O'Reilly freek, but I have to say I liked his stand and comments about Fonda last night. Some guy was on with statements saying Ms.Fonda didn't do or say what she did when in Nam....O'Reilly said he didn't believe that, and backs the vets who are repulsed by her actions now. O'Reilly said there is no way these vets went through what they did, and would lie about it. Many didn't come home. Fonda committed treason and should be treated accordingly.
Yes...just like it says, I think it would've been great to have such information available back when I was looking at colleges.
Where children go to be taught is important. Last thing you'd want is some kookjob lefty educrat messing up the good work you and your wife have done "training up your children in the way they should go" (Proverbs 22:6).
Of course as educational resources go, I'm finding that FreeRepublic, Rush Limbaugh, the Federalist Patriot and (to an extent) FOX News are mighty hard to beat.
May God bless and watch over you and your family!
LOL! I stand corrected.
From the reviews I've read, this movie should be banned...period.
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