Dizaman diktator Soekarno Indonesialah yang memboikot film Amerika...
--- In [email protected], "sunny" <ambon@...> wrote: > > http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_673270.html > > May 27, 2011 > Indonesians despair over Hollywood boycott > > > JAKARTA - INDONESIAN movie lovers are being starved of the latest Hollywood > blockbusters by a drawn-out tax dispute which has led US studios to boycott > the country in protest. > > Since the Motion Picture Association (MPA) stopped distributing films to > Indonesia in February, cinema takings have tumbled as theatres try to fill > the gap with local fare and B-grade foreign films dug out of the rejects bin. > Everyone is losing except the sellers of pirated DVDs, who are enjoying a > spike in sales. > > Meanwhile cinemas are almost empty. One of Jakarta's biggest theatres is > showing Elite Squad, a Portuguese film from 2007, and My Sassy Girl, from > 2008. The newest US offering is Source Code, released last year. > > Indonesian Cinema Companies Union head Djonny Sjafruddin said about half of > all movies screened in Indonesia - or about 130 films a year - were imported > from the MPA, representing US studios including Warner Bros, Universal > Studios and Twentieth Century Fox. > > 'Money-wise, that translates to 60 to 70 per cent of total income of cinemas > here,' said Mr Sjafruddin, whose union represents 240 cinemas nationwide. > 'The MPA's move has clearly hurt us. We've reduced daily screenings from five > to four and stopped midnight and weekend screenings. If this problem isn't > solved, we may all have to shut down.' > > The studios are reportedly disputing a 22.5 per cent tax introduced in June > last year on royalties they receive from the distribution of their films in > Indonesia. 'The MPA felt it was unjustified. The government said it would > resolve the issue but it's taking too long,' Mr Sjafruddin said. -- AFP > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
