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Scenes From Brokeback Mountain

Italian gay rights groups on Tuesday vehemently denounced the "censorship" imposed by state television channel RAI, which cut two scenes from the movie Brokeback Mountain when it aired Monday night, news outlets report.

One of the scenes deleted showed the gay cowboys kissing, while the other depicted them having sex in a tent. Leading Italian press agency ANSA reports that scenes showing explicit heterosexual sex and violence remained intact.

According to the Associated Press, RAI claimed to have cut the scenes by mistake and pledged to air the full version of the movie soon.

On its release in 2005 the Western, directed by Ang Lee and starring the late Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, received many honors, including three Academy Awards and four Golden Globe awards. (Thibault Chareton, Advocate.com)


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Italian gay rights groups on Tuesday vehemently denounced the "censorship" imposed by state television channel RAI, which cut two scenes from the movie Brokeback Mountain when it aired Monday night, news outlets report.

One of the scenes deleted showed the gay cowboys kissing, while the other depicted them having sex in a tent. Leading Italian press agency ANSA reports that scenes showing explicit heterosexual sex and violence remained intact.

According to the Associated Press, RAI claimed to have cut the scenes by mistake and pledged to air the full version of the movie soon.

On its release in 2005 the Western, directed by Ang Lee and starring the late Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, received many honors, including three Academy Awards and four Golden Globe awards. (Thibault Chareton, Advocate.com)

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