Now The Walt Disney Co. is weighing whether to quash the film or to let it slide -- not so much because of the disturbing imagery, but rather the way Moore made his movie.

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Responding to a petition from the film's Toronto-based director, Deepa Mehta, to prevent a slide into "complete anarchy, " the Supreme Court has upbraided the federal government for not preventing the assaults.

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