Call to ban film poster

PARIS - Catholic priests have asked a Paris court to ban a poster advertising The People vs Larry Flynt, a film by Milos Forman…

PARIS - Catholic priests have asked a Paris court to ban a poster advertising The People vs Larry Flynt, a film by Milos Forman on pornography and press freedom, their lawyer said yesterday.

On billboards across France, actor Woody Harrelson is pictured arms outstretched in a position recalling that of Jesus Christ on the cross, against a backdrop of a woman's bikini clad pelvis.

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