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Box office. $300.4 million [6] Rambo: First Blood Part II is a 1985 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos from a story by Kevin Jarre, and a screenplay by James Cameron and Sylvester Stallone, who also reprises his role as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. A sequel to First Blood (1982), it is the second installment in the Rambo ...
Mahatma Gandhi. The Gujarati translation of Hind Swaraj was banned by the British authorities on its publication in India. [ 1] 1924. Rangila Rasul. Pandit M. A. Chamupati or Krishan Prashaad Prataab [ 2] In May 1924, this Urdu booklet was published in Lahore. The booklet purportedly described Prophet Muhammad 's relationship with women. 1934.
Spain in Flames. 1937. 1937. The compilation film/newsreel was banned in a few states including Ohio and Pennsylvania, and multiple cities across the country including New Brunswick, New Jersey, Waterbury, Connecticut, and Provincetown, Massachusetts, due to the film's plot being reported as "harmful and tortured."
Requests to ban books at US public schools and libraries surged to a 21-year record in 2022, according to data from the American Library Association.. Last year, the ALA recorded 1,050 requests to ...
Book censorship is the removal, suppression, or restricted circulation of literary, artistic, or educational material on the grounds that it is objectionable according to the standards applied by the censor. [ 1] The first instance of book censorship in what is now known as the United States, took place in 1637 in modern-day Quincy ...
Website. ray-ban .com. Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million. [ 1][ 2]
1974. La Patagonia rebelde ( Rebel Patagonia ) Banned under Isabel Perón 's government (1974–1976) and Jorge Rafael Videla 's regime during Argentina's last-civil military dictatorship (1976–1983). The historical film is about the suppression of a peasants' revolt, known as "Tragic Patagonia".
The gamble more than paid off. Since its release, "Avatar" has gone on to become the No. 1 highest-grossing movie of all time and the 2022 sequel, “The Way of Water,” isn't far behind at No. 3.