FILE - This publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows Denzel Washington portraying Whip Whitaker in a scene from "Flight." Washington plays an airline pilot who, despite being hung-over, drunk and coked-up, manages to bring down a rapidly deteriorating plane in a daring emergency landing on what should have been a routine flight between Orlando, Fla., and Atlanta. Alcohol plays a prominent role in “Flight,” but Anheuser-Busch says it wasn’t consulted beforehand and is asking the filmmakers and Paramount Pictures to remove the Budweiser logo and any other trademarks from the film.(AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Robert Zuckerman)
APNewsBreak: Budweiser seeks removal from 'Flight'
FILE - This publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows Denzel Washington portraying Whip Whitaker in a scene from "Flight." Washington plays an airline pilot who, despite being hung-over, drunk and coked-up, manages to bring down a rapidly deteriorating plane in a daring emergency landing on what should have been a routine flight between Orlando, Fla., and Atlanta. Alcohol plays a prominent role in “Flight,” but Anheuser-Busch says it wasn’t consulted beforehand and is asking the filmmakers and Paramount Pictures to remove the Budweiser logo and any other trademarks from the film.(AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Robert Zuckerman)
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
AP Entertainment Writer /
November 5, 2012
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‘‘It might be a different world,’’ he said, adding, ‘‘I still think it’s an uphill haul.’’
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AP Entertainment Writers Christy Lemire in Los Angeles and Jake Coyle in New York contributed to this report.
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