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Sony Pictures finally releases controversial film 'The Interview' online

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Sony Pictures has finally released the controversial movie "The Interview" online.

According to the BBC, the film is being offered through a dedicated website - seetheinterview.com - as well as via Google and Microsoft but is only available in the US.

Sony Pictures Entertainment had earlier issued a statement saying that the company has been looking for alternatives to ensure the release of " The Interview".

Sony stated that despite breach of its networking system and threatening emails to its employees, the company maintained its focus on releasing the film.

The Interview, a comedy film based on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, shows Seth Rogen and James Franco playing two reporters who are granted an audience with Jong-un and are then enlisted by the Central Investigative Agency ( CIA) to assassinate him.

 

North Korea had earlier denied its involvement in the hack attack ahead of the release of the film but had termed it a "righteous deed" carried out by its "supporters and sympathizers.

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First Published: Dec 25 2014 | 12:09 PM IST

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