Controversial billboard awaken standards debate

May 08, 2007 When After Dark Films launched its outdoor campaign for Lionsgate's slated May 18 release Captivity, the images featured a young woman in several graphic states that reflected the slogan Abduction. That's one issue the Federal Trade Commission might be looking into as it puts the final touches on a report about the marketing of violent entertainment to those under the age of 18 -- itself a follow-up to a report issued in 2000, when it accepted the Motion Picture Association of America's argument that the industry should be allowed to police itself. A Sunset Boulevard billboard in Los Angeles for the 2004 Vincent Gallo film "The Brown Bunny" drew protests when it showed actress Chloe Sevigny performing what appeared to be oral sex on her co-star.

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