Discussion So how does a film in the USA get banned by Court Order?

[whm1974]

I forgotten how I discovered this film, but I started reading the Wikipedia entry to find out more and this has to be the first and only movie to get banned in the US by a Court Order in the 21st Century.

I wonder just how did a Judge banned a film from showing on what grounds exactly?
Note:
You can see the movie here:

A film about Profit from 2001 : Peter N. Alexander : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The only known banned film by way of legal wrangling in the United States.

archive.org

 

[rommelrommel]

The Profit (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[whm1974]

The Profit (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Oops, sorry frogot the link to Wikipedia...

 

[Paladin3]

The Wikipedia article explains it all. The film was a pretty obvious critical parody of the Church of Scientology. The church used its $$$ to block the films release by claiming in court that it was intended to influence the jury pool in a wrongful death case over a woman who died while in the Church's care. A judge blocked the films worldwide distribution, a decision that was overturned by a higher court less than a year later.

 

[hal2kilo]

The Wikipedia article explains it all. The film was a pretty obvious critical parody of the Church of Scientology. The church used its $$$ to block the films release by claiming in court that it was intended to influence the jury pool in a wrongful death case over a woman who died while in the Church's care. A judge blocked the films worldwide distribution, a decision that was overturned by a higher court less than a year later.

Scammers hiding under a religion cloak, got to scam.

 

[whm1974]

Scammers hiding under a religion cloak, got to scam.

Indeed, this why I support the notice that Organized Religions shouldn't be allowed to exist all, especially those who are in effect a "State" in of themselves.

 

[zinfamous]

Isn't Miscavich's wife still "missing," like 8 years later? The Church has apparently blocked all FBI access into church records, regarding the investigation of her very likely murder, probably by MIscavich himself.

 

[Perknose]

Titicut Follies, an eye opening documentary about the hell hole that was Bridgewater State Hospital in Massacusettes, was banned in 1967, and kept banned until 1991. It was the first film to be banned in America for reasons other than obscenity or national security.

Freaks, an American film from 19362 was banned in England for 30 years, also not for obscenity or national security. It's said, perhaps apocryphally, that several P&N posters had starring roles.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Bridgewater state hospital was sort of like these forums...
Once you enter you don`t get out, except in a bodybag...