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Call to Action: Contact Retailers Regarding Hounddog Movie DVD Release 2/20/2009 Concerned Women for America (CWA) has sent letters to retailers regarding the February 17 DVD release of the movie, Hounddog, starring Dakota Fanning. CWA of North Carolina began the "No More Child Porn" campaign after learning that the film included a child rape, sexualized the nine year-old Fanning character in numerous scenes, and was filmed in North Carolina partly at taxpayer expense.
Donna Miller, director of the "No More Child Porn" campaign, was contacted by a convicted child molester who told her adamantly that this type movie would be dangerous to individuals with "perverted sexual habits."
CWA's letter asks top retailers not to stock the movie out of respect for the best interest and safety of our children. It also includes an earlier letter from CWA and No More Child Porn directed to then-United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey requesting an investigation into the movie for possible child pornography violations.
Hounddog flopped at the box office largely due to CWA of North Carolina and Movieguide's Dr. Ted Baehr joining forces to alert citizens to the dangers of what Dr. Baehr called "simulated pedophilia."
Empire Film Group, the film's distributor, is looking to regain their investment through DVD sales, so CWA and No More Child Porn are posing this question to retailers: "Is money more important than putting kids at risk of being molested?"
You can help CWA and No More Child Porn by contacting the following retailers who received the letter:
Karen Raskopf Senior Vice President Blockbuster Inc. 1201 Elm St. Dallas, TX 75270 Phone: 214-854-3000
Jeffrey P. Bezos, President Amazon.com 1200 12th Ave. South, Ste. 1200 Seattle, WA 98144-2734 Phone: 206-266-1000 Fax: 206-266-4952
Brian J. Dunn, President 7601 Penn Ave., South Richfield, MN 55423 Phone: 612-291-1000 Fax: 612-292-4001
George L. Jones, President 100 Phoenix Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Phone: 734-477-1100 Fax: 734-477-1285
James D. Sinegal, President Costco Wholesale Corp. 999 Lake Drive Issaquah, WA 98027 Phone: 425-313-8100 Fax: 425-313-8103
James Keyes, President K-MART 3100 W. Big Beaver Road Troy, MI 48084 Phone: 248-463-1000 Fax: 800-326-0485
J. T. Malugen, President Movie Gallery, Inc. 900 W. Main Street Dothan, AL 36301 Phone: 334-677-2108 Fax: 334-794-4688
Reed Hastings, President NETFLIX 100 Winchester Cir. Los Gatos, CA 95032 Phone: 408-540-3700 Fax: 408-540-3737
Gregg W. Steinhafel, President Target 1000 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, MN 55403 Phone: 612-304-6073 Fax: 612-304-0730 or 612-761-5555
Robert J. Higgins, President Trans World Entertainment Corporation 38 Corporate Circle Albany, NY 12203 Phone: 518-452-1242 Fax: 518-862-9519
H. Lee Scott, Jr., President Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 702 SW 8th Street Bentonville, AR 72716 Phone: 479-273-4000 Fax: 479-277-1830
For more information go to:
CWA articles on the topic: Child Pornography is Going Mainstream
Other Articles: Investigate 'Hounddog,' Mukasey told 'Hounddog' stunner: Only $12,500 for 1st weekend
If you would like to learn more about Concerned Women for America's state organizations, please visit our CWA in the States site.
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