( CNN ) -- `` Pulp Fiction . '' `` Django Unchained . '' `` Gangs of New York . '' `` Kill Bill . '' `` Inglourious Basterds . '' All are celebrated , popular films containing what some saw as excessive , graphic violence that glorified as much as humanized the bloodshed . And all have uber-producer Harvey Weinstein to thank for bringing them to the big screen . No more . Weinstein told CNN 's Piers Morgan on Friday night that he ca n't in good good conscience advocate against on-screen violence while promoting movies that some claim revel in it . He promised to steer clear of such projects in the future . `` I ca n't do it , '' Weinstein said . `` I ca n't make one movie and say this is what I want for my kids , and then just go out and be a hypocrite . '' The co-founder -- with his brother Bob -- of Miramax Films and now the Weinstein Co. spoke days after announcing plans for a movie that will be critical of the National Rifle Association . He stressed Friday that `` the movie will be entertaining , '' and not a documentary , characterizing it in the same vein as the classic `` Mr. Smith Goes to Washington . '' In this case , the Mr. Smith role -- of a U.S. senator who goes toe-to-toe with the NRA -- will be played by Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep . `` I know the power of what a movie can do , '' Weinstein said of his hopes for the project , `` because a movie can galvanize a country . '' There 's been a sharp backlash to this initiative from conservative news outlets to rock star/gun rights advocate Ted Nugent , who has speculated that the movie will backfire and end up bolstering the NRA . But Weinstein -- a well-known Democratic party donor -- says he is n't backing down . He characterized the resistance to gun control in the United States as a byproduct of the big business of the gun industry . The producer said he felt compelled to do more , and change his tack , after the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown , Connecticut -- some 20 minutes from where he and his children live -- left 20 young students and 6 others dead . Weinstein recalled calls to action to address gun violence in the wake of such mass shootings , only to have that momentum seemingly fade after a few days . He says he 'd been among those who spoke out for such measures , even as some of his movies had their share of blood and gore . That wo n't happen any longer , Weinstein said . While he has no problems with real-to-life films like `` Lone Survivor , '' the current hit chronicling a team of Navy SEALs in Afghanistan , the producer vowed , `` I 'm not going to make some crazy action movie just to blow up people and exploit people . '' `` I 've done a good job of feeling sympathetic for it over the years , but I 've done also a good job of ignoring it and saying that 's somebody else 's fight , '' Weinstein said . He added , `` But It 's in my backyard now . And as much as I want to ignore it , as much as I want to go on with my regular life , I ca n't shake it this time . ''
Harvey Weinstein says he ' n't make ` ` crazy ' ( movies ) to blow up ... and explode . '' He says it 's hypocritical to push for gun control while producing some violent films . ` ` Pulp Fiction , '' ` ` Gangs of New York , '' ` ` Django Unchained '' were all produced by Weinstein . Weinstein speaks up after announcing that he 's behind a movie critical of the NRA .