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Air NZ bleeps out movie's references to 'God'
Email this storyPrint this story Tuesday January 09, 2007
By James Ihaka
Helen Mirren as the Queen.
Air New Zealand has apologised after the airline screened a version of The Queen that bleeped out all references to God.
A passenger on an Air NZ flight to London said she was surprised to find the word "God" had been edited out on every occasion it was uttered in the film, which stars Helen Mirren as the Queen.
She was even more puzzled that swearing was not edited out of another in-flight movie, The Departed, on the same journey.
Air NZ spokeswoman Pam Wong confirmed references to God had been deleted from its in-flight screening of The Queen on that particular journey but this was not the airline's policy.
"We had been given the incorrect version of the film," said Ms Wong.
"We don't have a policy of censoring any of our material because we have parental locks on movies with extreme violence or inappropriate language." A "new version" should be available soon.
Air NZ bleeps out movie's references to 'God'
Email this storyPrint this story Tuesday January 09, 2007
By James Ihaka
Helen Mirren as the Queen.
Air New Zealand has apologised after the airline screened a version of The Queen that bleeped out all references to God.
A passenger on an Air NZ flight to London said she was surprised to find the word "God" had been edited out on every occasion it was uttered in the film, which stars Helen Mirren as the Queen.
She was even more puzzled that swearing was not edited out of another in-flight movie, The Departed, on the same journey.
Air NZ spokeswoman Pam Wong confirmed references to God had been deleted from its in-flight screening of The Queen on that particular journey but this was not the airline's policy.
"We had been given the incorrect version of the film," said Ms Wong.
"We don't have a policy of censoring any of our material because we have parental locks on movies with extreme violence or inappropriate language." A "new version" should be available soon.
