Maple drives to 'Young People'

March 24, 2008 Canadian movie distributor Maple Pictures said Monday that it has picked up the domestic rights to Martin Gero's feature film debut "Young People Fucking," and plans a June 13 theatrical release on 25-30 screens. Toronto-based ThinkFilm holds the U.S. rights to Gero's feature film about four couples and one threesome that, despite an absence of onscreen sex, has garnered widespread press attention for its graphic title. Ottawa's ruling Conservative party introduced Bill C-10 to deny taxpayer subsidies for offensive homegrown movies after Prime Minister Stephen Harper reportedly objected to public subsidies being used to produce and launch Gero's debut theatrical film at the 2007 Toronto film fest.

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