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You’d think “Extremities” would be the perfect picture for a benefit screening.
After all, the pic, which opens August 22, has Farrah Fawcett as an assault victim who takes graphically depicted revenge on her sadistic would-be rapist.
But Atlantic Releasing--after giving fund-raisers “serious thought”--nixed the idea because the company wants the film perceived as an “entertainment vehicle.”
“If we make the film too issue-oriented, it might turn people off. . . . It’s the subtle nuances that keep people away,” said Atlantic marketing VP Ron Wanless.
But the movie will be previewed to members of rape-crisis centers, nursing organizations and various women’s groups.
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