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NEW YORK, April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that Justin Bieber continues to lend his support to the fight against bullying with use of his song "Born To Be Somebody" in BULLY's newest TV spot. The spot premiered on Fandango today, just days before the film is released wide with a PG-13 rating in cities all over the country, and will begin airing on TV today as well: http://bit.ly/IbqeJE "My fans are always up for supporting a great cause....

NEW YORK, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Weinstein Company (TWC), aided by the guidance and consultation from attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson, announced today that the MPAA has lowered the R rating, given for some language, for BULLY to a PG-13 in time for the film's April 13th expansion to 55 markets. The scene that has been at the forefront of the battle with the MPAA, the intense scene in the film that shows teen Alex Libby being bullied and harassed on a bus, has been...

NEW YORK, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The MPAA's decision to give the highly-anticipated documentary film "Bully" (in select theaters March 30, 2012) an R rating sparked a national movement with support from major film stars, legal counsel, students, theater owners, Members of Congress, activists, journalists and corporations. Beginning March 27th, a number of publications will donate prime advertising space to "Bully," lending their valued real estate to the cause. These pro...

NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- After a recent plea to the MPAA by BULLY teen Alex Libby and The Weinstein Company (TWC) Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein failed - by one vote - to get the film its deserved PG-13 rating, TWC is choosing to move forward with releasing the film unrated by the MPAA on March 30. Furthering proof that the R rating for some language is inappropriate for a film that's meant to educate and help parents, teachers, school officials and children with what's...

NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Weinstein Company is pleased to announce a partnership with Bing to drive massive awareness of the dangers of bullying surrounding the highly anticipated release of the anti-bullying documentary "Bully," in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on March 30 and in other cities on April 13. The goal of the partnership is to help raise awareness of the serious implications of bullying as well as encourage more Americans to speak out and stand...

NEW YORK, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonight at The Paley Center for Media legal powerhouses David Boies and Ted Olson spoke out against the MPAA's R rating of the documentary film BULLY, at a special screening. In front of a high-profile audience including cohost Meryl Streep and legendary activist Billie Jean King, Boies stated, "How ridiculous and unfair and damaging it is to have a film of this power and importance that is being censored by a rating system that has...

NEW YORK, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "BULLY," the highly anticipated anti-bullying documentary (in theaters March 30th), has sparked a protest and now a movement, as a number of major movie stars, theater owners, and Members of Congress have joined forces to protest the film's R rating. In a clear triumph for the film, Gerry Lopez, CEO of AMC Theaters, one of the most prominent theater chains in the world, spoke out against the R-Rating, saying, "To 'automatically default'...

NEW YORK, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, The Weinstein Company (TWC) ran a highly successful campaign on Twitter to drive awareness around the issue of bullying in the United States. The #BullyMovie effort, inspired by the film BULLY, which will be in theaters on March 30, resulted in a significant spike in conversation around the issue of bullying and a massive 100x increase in conversation about the film on Twitter. "We believe this movie has real power to raise...

NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) President & CEO John Fithian sent Harvey Weinstein a letter dated February 24 on behalf of NATO stating that they may urge theater owners to treat BULLY as an NC-17 rated film. With an NC-17 rating, children under the age of 18 will not be permitted to see the movie even with a parent or guardian present. The NC-17 threat comes in response to The Weinstein Company's (TWC) suggestion to release...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a hearing this morning, The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced that it has lost an appeal of the R rating given to its forthcoming documentary BULLY by the Motion Picture Association of America. The MPAA's Classification and Rating Administration originally bestowed the R on the basis of some language that is used in the film, an urgent and intimate look at America's bullying crisis by award-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch. Although...