No word as to if this ever went to print!Ĥ. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman (2014) In July 2014 Paramount tweeted a new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” poster depicting the titular turtles jumping from an exploding building above the “September 11? Australian release date, Paramount Australia has issued an apology and removed the tweet containing the poster. Directed by Terry Gilliam (2014) Christoph Waltz’s bare backside in this Terry Gilliam film poster offended the MPAA.ģ. What was the MPAA explanation? “Nudity - curve of under breast and dark nipple/areola circle visible through sheer gown.” Flavorwire wrote, “Got it: underboob is more dangerous than the gun she’s holding that actually kills people.Ģ. Directed by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino (2014) This image was banned because of the see-through nipple. How many of these 50 would you ban from public viewing? Here they are in chronological order:ġ. But, how far will film producers (or directors) go to get the public’s attention? What kind of imagery will offend the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA) and other censorship organizations around the world to veto the artwork? Sexy, shocking, offensive, clever, provocative, scandalous, gross, naughty, vulgar, dumb, shameless, and brilliant are some of the words used to describe the artwork associated with these contentious images.įollowing our popular Top 50 series, this post presents film posters that, intentionally or not, have been censored, banned, reworked, rebuked, hated, collected, re-released, analyzed, and more.
A movie poster is a visual trailer for a film in one single image it has to tell a visual story that engages viewers and lead them to the movie theater.