World News - Apology over Remembrance Day film shoot

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  • xman
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    • Sep 2006
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    World News - Apology over Remembrance Day film shoot

    divdiv class=story-body readability=26 span class=story-date#13; span class=date12 November 2013/span#13; span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time05:48 ET/span#13; #13; /span#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1The director of Brad Pitt's latest movie has apologised for filming war scenes featuring extras in Nazi uniforms on Remembrance Sunday./p#13; pDavid Ayer, the director of Fury, expressed his heartfelt apologies for any disrespect caused./p#13; pPre-dawn explosions and scenes using extras dressed in Nazi uniform were filmed in an Oxfordshire village./p#13; pParish council chairman Ian Hill earlier said that local people were very angry with the decision to film./p#13; pAccording to a report in the a href=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brad-pitt-war-film-bosses-2719016Daily Mirror,/a the film's makers rejected a plea to suspend their operations. /p#13; pProducers Sony also issued an apology, stating that they deeply regret any misunderstandings caused./p#13; pAn extra who was filming on Sunday told the Mirror: This was grotesquely disrespectful and offensive. I can't believe I wore an SS uniform on Remembrance Sunday./p#13; pNearby residents were told to expect gunfire and explosions throughout the making of the film, which is expected to take place in the area until 15 November./p#13; pAyer added in his message on Twitter: I am a veteran myself. It is an honour to film here in the UK, and posted a picture of a Veterans' Day ceremony at Arlington Cemetery in the US./p#13; pHe has also been regularly posting photographs from the set of his World War II tank battle movie, including one dated Sunday 10 November./p#13; pFury, which also stars Jason Isaacs and Shia LaBeouf, is due to be released in October next year./p#13; pAyer's other credits include writing the screenplay for 2001 film The Fast and the Furious, while he directed Sabotage starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which is expected to come out next April./p#13; pShadow defence minister Kevan Jones said: I'm astonished producers would not consider it to be inappropriate to film such scenes on Remembrance Sunday./p#13; pIt is outrageous appeals from locals to reconsider plans to film on such an occasion were ignored, he added./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center
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