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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Steph Harmon and Josh Butler

Film-maker Martin McDonagh calls no campaign ‘rightwing swine’ for using scene in voice referendum ad

Martin McDonagh
Seven Psychopaths director Martin McDonagh says he is ‘obviously dead set against’ the Seven Psychopaths clip being used by Fair Australia in the no campaign against the voice to parliament referendum. Photograph: Alessandro Levati/Getty Images

Oscar-winning film-maker Martin McDonagh has said he “definitely wasn’t aware” that Australia’s official no campaign was using a scene from his film Seven Psychopaths in the lead-up to the Indigenous voice referendum, alleging it “appears to be deliberate copyright infringement by a bunch of rightwing swine”.

McDonagh told Guardian Australia on Friday he had “contacted my agents and producer to have them desist”.

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