The producers of William Friedkin's new movie Killer Joe (2011) are sticking to their guns.
The legendary director of TheExorcist submitted this "totally twisted deep-fried Texas redneck trailer park murder story" to the dreaded MPAA censorship board earlier this year, only to be told that extensive cuts would be needed for an R rating.
But rather than cut the already-infamous "KFC scene" where Matthew McConaughey asks Gina Gershon to give head to a chicken drumstick, the producers of Killer Joe have decided to wear the NC-17 rating with pride and will be releasing the movie uncut and on schedule on July 27.
The NC-17 rating, long considered a cinematic "kiss of death", has been experiencing something of a resurgence lately: Shame (2011) earned solid box office despite its NC-17 rating for graphic sex and nudity, a pattern that Killer Joe is hoping to replicate. (This will be Gina's second foray into NC-17 territory: she also co-starred in the 1995 SKINstant classic Showgirls.)
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