About 1960s
The 1960s was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 1960, and ended on 31 December 1969. The term "1960s" also refers to an era more often called the Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends around the globe.
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Winnie the Pooh horror film won't be shown in Hong Kong or Macau
By Antoinette RadfordBBC News
A new Winnie the Pooh horror movie will not be released in Hong Kong and Macau, its distributor has said.
VII Pillars Entertainment apologised for the to viewers in the Chinese special administrative regions.
The Film was released in the US in February and across the UK in March.
References to the original, family-friendly version of Winnie the Pooh have been used to protest against President Xi Jinping in recent years.
The meme began after an image showing China's President Xi Jinping and former US President Barack Obama began circulating in 2013.
Censors in China have since clamped down on references to AA Milne's character, and the 2018 Christopher Robin film was.
Hong Kong 's Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration denied The Film had been censored, saying it had issued a certificate of approval for the horror movie.
The Office told Reuters it would not comment on commercial decisions made about The Movie .
The Film 's director Rhys Frake-Waterfield told Reuters: " The cinemas agreed to show it, then all independently come to the same decision overnight. It won't be a coincidence.
" They claim technical reasons but there is no technical reason. The Film has showed in over 4,000 cinema screens worldwide. These 30-plus screens in Hong Kong are the only ones with such issues. "
The horror movie has received a score of just 4% On Film rating site Rotten Tomatoes . It depicts The Bear , known for Being Kind and honest, as a vengeful axe wielding half-man, half-bear.
It went viral online when
Mr Frake-Waterfield was able to make The Film when the 95-year copyright on Milne's first Winnie the Pooh story elapsed in the US in January Last Year .
But Disney - which bought some licences in the 1960S - Still owns certain rights. Trademark laws mean The Bear cannot wear a red T-shirt in the horror film, for example.
" We weren't allowed to have him say things like 'oh bother' either, " Mr Frake-Waterfield told
" There are these elements where we need to Be Careful not to encroach on their brand and their territory because that's not the intention.
" The intention isn't just to steal their copyright and use it for Our Own purposes. It's to go from something which is possible to use because it's now publicly available, and just go off on an extreme tangent from that point and make this horrific alternative version to him. "
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