Members of Russia's dwindling Communist Party have called for a nationwide boycott
of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which opened on Thursday.
In particular, they object to the depiction of Soviet troops invading top-secret
American installations, killing guards and wreaking havoc. As reported by the London
Sunday Times, the Communists claim that no Soviet terrorists were ever sent
to the U.S. in 1957, the year in which the movie's plot takes place. Instead, they
said, the government successfully launched the first Sputnik satellite, "which evoked
the admiration of the whole world." The Sunday Times quoted Moscow Communist
lawmaker Andrei Andreyev as saying, "It is very disturbing if talented directors
want to provoke a new Cold War." And Reuters quoted St. Petersburg Communist Party chief
Sergei Malinkovich as saying, "Why should we agree to that sort of lie and let the
West trick our youth?." He said that "they will go to the cinema and will be sure
that in 1957 we made trouble for the United States and almost started a nuclear war."
26/05/2008
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