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Article: 'Kite Runner' Release Delayed
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- October 4, 2007
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NEW YORK - The release of "The Kite Runner" has been delayed six weeks because of fears for the safety of three of the movie's Afghan child actors, Paramount Vantage, which is distributing the film, said Thursday.
As violence has escalated in Kabul, Afghanistan, concerns have mounted that the sexual nature of some scenes in "The Kite Runner" could prompt violence against three of the young boys starring in the film. In the film, based on the 2003 best-selling novel by Afghan-American writer Khaled Hosseini, the story's main character witnesses the rape of his friend but does nothing to stop it.
"The Kite Runner," originally scheduled to come out Nov. 2, will now be released Dec. 14 while ...