Egoyan in Ratings Battle

Cinematical
August 15, 2005,

By Martha Fischer

Atom Egoyan will find out later this week if his new film, Where the
Truth Lies, will receive an NC-17 rating or not. Apparently the MPAA
are having issues with not one, not two, but four scenes in the film,
one of which features some Hot Three-Way Action! between costars
Colin Firth, Kevin Bacon, and Rachel Blanchard (the girl from Seventh
Heaven? Getting down and dirty? Say it ain’t so!). In a refreshing bit
of news, the ratings board actually had less trouble with a lesbian
scene than it did the menage a trois, which might be a weird sort of
progress. According to Egoyan, what the MPAA’s concerns come down to
is not, in fact, the possibility that people of the same gender might
touch one another — instead, it’s all about “the actual number of
thrusts seen.” Seriously.

Where the Truth Lies is based on a novel by Rupert Holmes (who
wrote that great “If you like Pina Coladas” song back in the day),
and follows a pair of journalists as they try to uncover the reasons
behind the breakup of a Martin and Lewis-esque comedy team. However,
since the director is Egoyan, the film is not likely to spend much
time with straight-forward, boring narrative. For a hint of what’s
to come, check out the trailer from Cannes. Whoa.

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