The Kite Runner’ Is Delayed to Protect Child Stars 
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 — The studio distributing “The Kite Runner,” a tale of childhood betrayal, sexual predation and ethnic tension in Afghanistan, is delaying the film’s release to get its three schoolboy stars out of Kabul — perhaps permanently — in response to fears that they could be attacked for their enactment of a culturally inflammatory rape scene.
Full story in New York Times. Movie scene above also from NYT.
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Just seeing those boys standing in the snow makes tears well, recalling the scene in the book ..what a powerful moment in literature. would have to block my ears, cover my eyes at the movies...
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