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| - Initially, the Production Code, passed in 1934, controlled what content could be shown on movies. However, the Supreme Court in 1965 ruled that the MPAA had no right to ban a film. At the same time, they had to accept the fact that the films The Pawnbroker, Blow-Up, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? contained large amounts of nudity and profanity. At first, they used a stopgap "Suggested for Mature Audiences" bumper for adult content, but on November 1, 1968, the MPAA introduced its rating system. The ratings were: In 1986, the PG-13 rating was shortened. Now the ratings were:
- The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is an American trade association that represents the six big Hollywood studios. It was founded in 1922 as the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) to advance the business interests of its members. In its formative years it took on the role of devising guidelines for film content which resulted in the creation of the Production Code, and currently administers the MPAA film rating system. Every Nickelodeon Movies film assigned a certain rating, based on their content. Violence, sexual content, substance abuse, and strong language are all things that are taken into consideration when rating a film. There are currently five ratings: G, PG (previously GP), PG-13 (adopted in 1984), R, and NC-17 (previously X). If a film has
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| - The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is an American trade association that represents the six big Hollywood studios. It was founded in 1922 as the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) to advance the business interests of its members. In its formative years it took on the role of devising guidelines for film content which resulted in the creation of the Production Code, and currently administers the MPAA film rating system. Every Nickelodeon Movies film assigned a certain rating, based on their content. Violence, sexual content, substance abuse, and strong language are all things that are taken into consideration when rating a film. There are currently five ratings: G, PG (previously GP), PG-13 (adopted in 1984), R, and NC-17 (previously X). If a film has not yet been assigned a final rating, the label "THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED" is used in TV spots, advertisements, and the official websites of the films. For more information about the MPAA rating system, see below.
- Initially, the Production Code, passed in 1934, controlled what content could be shown on movies. However, the Supreme Court in 1965 ruled that the MPAA had no right to ban a film. At the same time, they had to accept the fact that the films The Pawnbroker, Blow-Up, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? contained large amounts of nudity and profanity. At first, they used a stopgap "Suggested for Mature Audiences" bumper for adult content, but on November 1, 1968, the MPAA introduced its rating system. The ratings were: In 1969, the G rating was changed to read "General Audiences-All Ages Admitted. In 1970, the M rating was changed to GP, over concerns by parents as to whether M-rated films or R-rated films had more intense content. Now the ratings were: In 1971, the ages of viewers admitted to R and X films were changed from 16 to 17. X was later changed from 17 to 18 to stop underage children from seeing pornography. The age varied, however, upon the jurisdiction. In 1972, parents conceived the GP rating as not indicative of a film's true content. Some movies included the text "May not be suitable for pre-teenagers". In 1972, the GP rating was changed to PG. Now the ratings were: In 1978, PG was slightly changed; the word "pre-teenagers" was changed to "children". This came as a result of confusion from parents over whether their children could watch PG films under the age of 13. Now the ratings were: Until 1984, parents complained about the explicit violence and gore found in the films Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, Poltergeist, and Clash of the Titans and their PG ratings. This lead the MPAA to introduce the PG-13 rating that year. Initially a PG-14 was suggested, but it fell into the wayside. Now the ratings were: In 1986, the PG-13 rating was shortened. Now the ratings were: From 1968 until 1990, the MPAA included a non-copyrighted X rating to signify films with adult content. However, as this rating was never copyrighted, anyone could use it. In 1989, two critically aclaimed art films, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer were released, neither was approved for an R rating, restricting their appearance in theaters. In 1990, the MPAA introduced its trademark NC-17 rating, replacing the X rating. Henry and June was the first film to receive it. Now the ratings were: In the mid-1990s, the NC-17 description was modified slightly. Now the ratings are: A more recent feature is "content descriptors", which supply why a particular film was rated as such. The film "Twister" was rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather. This system is also highly controversial, with films earning higher ratings than they deserve.
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