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First rule of ‘Fight Club’: always let Chinese censors win

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David Fincher’s 1999 classic is at the centre of a social media firestorm after its ending was altered

is at the centre of a social media firestorm in China after a new version of it replaced the original ending with a terse message saying all criminals were apprehended and the authorities triumphed.

When people tell you that the hero of Shawshank ended up in prison again, there’s no explosion in Fight Club and Nicolas Cage was arrested, you’ll question if your memory exists for real A Tencent spokesperson declined to comment. Vice, which earlier reported the reconfigured ending, said that the film’s rights were held by Pacific Audio & Video, an affiliate of the state-owned Guangdong TV, and the edited version was approved by the government before being sold to streaming sites, citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter., telling the story of an arms smuggler played by Nicolas Cage, is another US film that has undergone a similar contraction.

 

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