Entertainment | Film & Cinema
Sex and the City comes to Dubai
What's in a name? Well, everything it seems. After all the hype and hope tabloid! finds out that girls of Sex And The City, whose lives are uncensored, may be cut to size in the UAE.
- By Natalie Long, Deputy tabloid! Editor
- Published: 00:10 May 29, 2008
- Image Credit: Reuters
- Sarah Jessica Parker in a shape-shifting Nina Ricci gown with husband Matthew Broderick.
Dubai: While the rest of the world finds out the juicy details tomorrow - Does Carrie marry Big? Does Charlotte have a baby?
Can Miranda survive in Brooklyn? How many men does Samantha sleep with this time? Here in the UAE, fans of Sex and the City will have to wait.
For how long it's unclear. And the name of the movie is even more uncertain.
Fans had hoped Sex and the City would open today in the UAE, a day ahead of its general release in the US, where films come out on a Friday.
That was the case with last week's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which opened a day ahead of much of rest of the world.
But for now, the film's local distributors say, the release date is unknown. Gulf Film and Shooting Stars, the distributors of the film in the UAE, say it's not a hold-up in the censor's office - because prints of the film have not even arrived in the country.
‘It will be released'
"Sometimes, the prints are not available, because it's such a big movie,'' says Simon Khoury, assistant marketing manager at Gulf Film, referring to the reels of 35mm film that are still used in cinemas here.
"It will be released. I just don't have a date for when the prints will arrive.'' A source at Shooting Stars, who has already seen clips of the film and says it's "not bad'', said he expects to see the prints "in the next week or so''.
Once the reels and there are eight of them land in the UAE, they have to go the censor's office, where they are classified.
That only takes a day, says Khoury, and he doesn't expect any issues. "I don't think [the movie] will be a problem. But we don't interfere with the process.'' The film classification office was unavailable for comment.
But the title might be a problem. It's unlikely that billboards promoting the film with the word "SEX'' in four-foot letters - as have been used over in the UK and US - will be welcomed in the UAE. The solution, says Khoury, will be a name change.
"Maybe the censors will let us pick something, maybe they will pick something. But I don't think they will put ‘Sex' in the name.''
I didn't think I would pass 30: Davis
Actress Kristin Davis, who plays Charlotte in Sex And The City, feared she would die before she turned 30 because she was an alcoholic. Thesun.co.uk reports the 43-year-old revealed her family has a history of alcoholism and she gave up drinking after spending some time in rehab when she was 22. She said: "I really didn't think I would pass 30. I drank a lot when I was a teenager. I had a fatalistic viewpoint.''
Passion in the Big Apple
It was their night to shine - and they did. The Sex and the City girls always said the show's fifth lady was New York City, and for the movie's Radio City Music Hall premiere on Tuesday night, the girls took their cues from the art deco architecture of the Empire State's biggest city.
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall all shine in metallics, as did new co-star Jennifer Hudson, a living Oscar statuette in a gold dress. Cynthia Nixon, in sleek white, was the odd one out.
Are you a fan of the sitcom? Does the title of the movie bother you? Do you think it should be censored in the UAE? Tell us by filling in the form below.
More from Film & Cinema
More from Arts & Entertainment
Covering everything from entertainment and lifestyle
New releases
Entertainment Editor's choice
-
Amy Jackson: Jolly hot dolly
The Brit beauty is set to make heads turn as she makes her Bollywood debut in Ekk Deewana Tha
-
Why Kim Kardashian is in turmoil
Her reputation, businesses and dreams of having kids are all in danger
-
Katy Perry, Russell Brand finalise divorce
A judge granted Katy Perry and Russell Brand a divorce, but split won't be official until July
