Two Kentucky theatres ban film starring Jane Fonda

The owner of two Kentucky theatres has refused to show the new Jane Fonda film Monster-in-Law because of the activist role the actress took during the Vietnam War.

Ike Boutwell, who trained pilots during the Vietnam War, displayed pictures of Fonda with a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft crew in 1972 outside the Elizabethtown Movie Palace to show his disapproval.

The marquee outside Showtime Cinemas in nearby Radcliff reads: "No Jane Fonda movie in this theatre."

Both cinemas are just a few kilometres from the Army post of Fort Knox, south of Louisville.

"I think when people do something, they need to be held responsible," Boutwell said. "When you give the enemy aid it makes the war last longer."

Fonda has apologised for being photographed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun, but not for opposing the war.

Monster-in-Law raked in more than US$23 million ($32.2 million) last weekend as the top-grossing movie across the US.