Budweiser seeks removal from ‘Flight’

By Anthony McCartney

Published November 6, 2012 5:00am ET

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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) | Robert Zuckerman

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denzel Washington’s character in “Flight” drinks a lot throughout the film, but his portrayal of a highly functioning alcoholic pilot isn’t going down well with brewing company Anheuser-Busch or the distributor of Stolichnaya vodka.

Anheuser-Busch said Monday that it has asked Paramount Pictures Corp. to obscure or remove the Budweiser logo from the film, which at one point shows Washington’s character drinking the beer while behind the wheel.

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