Ax falls on 'Fifty Dead Men' screening

August 22, 2008 Canadian distributor TVA Films on Friday canceled a press screening for Kari Skogland's British spy drama "Fifty Dead Men Walking," which stars Ben Kingsley and Rose McGowan and is slated to have its world premiere Sept. 10 at the Toronto International Film Festival. [...] the cancellation came on the same day that the biopic's main subject, former IRA infiltrator Martin McGartland, threatened legal action against the Canadian-British co-production to stop the festival bow on grounds that the feature infringes his moral rights. The film's producers, Brightlight Pictures of Vancouver and Future Films in London, and Toronto organizers could not be reached for comment Friday afternoon.

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