12 Controversial Movies That Never Got Released

11. Unlawful Killing

The Premise: A British documentary which argues that the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed were ordered by Prince Philip, heavily criticising both the British Monarchy as a whole and the authorities' process of dealing with the accident. Why It Never Got Released: Though Unlawful Killing did screen during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and has been shown intermittently at film festivals since, it has been tied up in legal red tape every step of the way. In order to release it in the UK, lawyers advised the producers that it would require 87 cuts to circumvent libel laws, and when the filmmakers tried to shop the film in the US, they failed to gain insurance against any potential legal fallout, so the release was shelved indefinitely. Various copies of the movie have hit YouTube and torrent sites over the years, however, if you're interested...
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