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Perhaps Amazon does not serve in your area, but I have it being sold for about five dollars:
You are relying on having a long list to impress us. Most of them are decades old or are not examples of government censorship. But fine, I will refute all of them from the last 50 years, one by one. I see no need to go back further than that, because a lot has changed in that time and to claim that something that happened that long ago is relevant today is ludicrous (e.g., segregation was legal 50 years ago).
> The United States has no federal agency charged with either permitting or restricting the exhibition of motion pictures. Most instances of films being banned are via ordinances or proclamations by city or state governments. Some are instances of films being judicially found to be of an obscene nature and subject to specific laws against such material (i.e. child pornography). Such findings are usually only legally binding in the jurisdiction of the court making such a ruling. The established film industry in the United States began a form of self-censorship in the late 1920s called the Motion Picture Production Code to forestall any possible formation of a federal censoring agency. In 1968, the Production Code was superseded by the MPAA film rating system.
> 1961: Victim banned in many American cities due to language. [6]
Not a national ban. You can get it on Amazon.
> 1966 - 1968: Viva Maria! banned in Dallas for sexual and anti-Catholic content, prior to the United States Supreme Court striking down the ban and limiting the ability of municipalities to ban films for adults in Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas.[citation needed]
Supreme Court struck it down.
> 1968 - 1991: Titicut Follies is barred from distribution to the general public by court order because the movie was considered a violation of the privacy of the prison inmates it filmed.[107]
You can watch it here: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a97_1233076955
> 1969: I Am Curious (Yellow) is banned as pornography. After three court cases, it was unbanned when the anti-obscenity laws concerning films was overturned.[107]
Overturned.
> 1972–present: Pink Flamingos is banned in a small town[which?] in Long Island due to obscenity.[citation needed]
This is in an unknown small town. I'm sure if the producer cared to find the town and challenge it in court, the band would be overturned.
> 1979: Monty Python's Life of Brian was banned in several towns for showing controversial themes about Christianity.[107]
I've seen this on TV. You probably have too. I don't think this needs any links.
> 1987–present: Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story is banned from sale, distribution, and public exhibition by court order after a civil trial on copyright infringement. Director Todd Haynes had failed to obtain the proper licenses to use several Carpenters songs in the film.[107]
Can't be distributed because of copyright infringement. Nothing has been banned here, the movie could be distributed without the songs without issue.
> 1988: The Last Temptation of Christ banned in Savannah when city leaders sent a petition to Universal Studios requesting a ban. However, opened in Savannah on September 23, 1988, 6 weeks after national and worldwide debut.[citation needed]
Ban lasted 6 weeks.
> 1979: The Tin Drum was briefly banned in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, when a district court judge deemed the film child pornography. The shot in question depicted a minor performing oral sex. The verdict was overturned on appeal.[citation needed]
Overturned.
> 1999: The Rescuers was recalled because of a topless woman in a window. The recall was later passed.[citation needed]
A recall is not a ban. Disney is asking people to send it back because it's a kids movie with nudity snuck in. You can get it (presumably without the nudity) on Amazon.
> 2001–present: Ernest and Bertram is banned due to legal threats from Sesame Workshop.
Again, a legal threat isn't a ban and isn't relevant here. There is nothing in V for Vendetta that you could sue over.
> 2002–present: The Profit, a film that borrows elements of the life of L. Ron Hubbard, was prevented from release when the Church of Scientology claimed the film could taint the jury pool in the wrongful death trial of former member Lisa McPherson. A legal dispute with investor Robert S. Minton has kept it from being released even after the suit was settled. The Disinformation Book Of Lists and The Times have characterized The Profit as a "banned film" in the United States.[107][112]
Again, private problems that prevent a film from being distributed aren't relevant. V for Vendetta isn't going to stop being available due to a private lawsuit.
> 2010: The Yes Men Fix the World is briefly blocked from releasing due to a pending lawsuit by the commercial entity, United States Chamber of Commerce.[113]
Briefly, as in, has been released. Here is it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Yes-Men-Fix-World/dp/B002ZTQVEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1292457923&sr=8-1
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