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Indiana angers Russian Communists | Indiana angers Russian Communists |
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Members of the Russian Communist party have called for the new Indiana Jones film to be banned in the country because they say it distorts history. | |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, set during the Cold War, sees Harrison Ford's character battle Cate Blanchett's evil KGB agent. | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, set during the Cold War, sees Harrison Ford's character battle Cate Blanchett's evil KGB agent. |
St Petersburg Communist Party chief Sergei Malinkovich told the Reuters news agency it was "rubbish". | St Petersburg Communist Party chief Sergei Malinkovich told the Reuters news agency it was "rubbish". |
"Why should we agree to that sort of lie and let the West trick our youth?" | "Why should we agree to that sort of lie and let the West trick our youth?" |
He said many Russian cinemagoers were teenagers who would be "completely unaware of what happened in 1957", when the film is set. | He said many Russian cinemagoers were teenagers who would be "completely unaware of what happened in 1957", when the film is set. |
"They will go to the cinema and will be sure that in 1957 we made trouble for the United States and almost started a nuclear war. | "They will go to the cinema and will be sure that in 1957 we made trouble for the United States and almost started a nuclear war. |
"It's rubbish... In 1957 the communists did not run with crystal skulls throughout the US." | "It's rubbish... In 1957 the communists did not run with crystal skulls throughout the US." |
The Associated Press news agency quoted Moscow Communist official Andrei Andreyev as saying: "It is very disturbing if talented directors want to provoke a new Cold War." | The Associated Press news agency quoted Moscow Communist official Andrei Andreyev as saying: "It is very disturbing if talented directors want to provoke a new Cold War." |
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