Chad Anthony they could have, but they didn’t want to because they didn’t want to give moviegoers or filmmakers the notion that, by stamping the trademark of the MPAA on an X-rated film, that the MPAA was somehow condoning the more adult material.
The ratings explanation trailer would have been released at some point in 1969 when the MPAA revised the original system. The original system of G, M, R and X was introduced in 1968. GP was changed to PG in 1972. PG-13 debuted Aug. 1, 1985. And the NC-17 rating replaced X in 1989 even though X had been seldom applied to any movie by the MPAA after roughly the start of 1971.
Jamie Woods While the X rating was established by the MPAA, it was not registered as a trademark with them like the other ratings were. The idea behind it was that if you had a movie you knew wouldn't even earn an R rating if you were to submit it for a certificate number and the rating, you would save yourself the time and the hassle and just use the X rating, especially if you had no intention of changing your picture to secure a less restrictive rating. Unfortunately, since not claiming the X rating as their trademark meant they effectively had no control over it, the X rating would begin to assume an obviously undesired notoriety that the MPAA did not want to be associated with. Therefore, the X rating would be replaced with the NC-17 rating, which pretty much meant the same thing as the X rating but is a registered trademark of the MPAA. You cannot legally use it until your film has been submitted for the certificate and has been rated as an NC-17 feature by the classification and rating board. As an aside, the NC-17 rating is kind of a death knell for a mainstream picture since the majority of NATO members (National Association of Theater Owners) won't screen a movie that's been rated that way. At that point, you have to work on the movie to get it to at least an R rating and resubmit it or you'd file for an appeal.
Jamie Woods WHERE do you get your facts from? This video has to be from 1970-1972 because M was changed to GP in 1970, this making it IMPOSSIBLE to come out in 1969 like you said. NC-17 debuted in 1990, NOT 1989. PG-13 was 1984, although you mentioned that you made a mistake with that somewhere else so I will give you that. And your “X after 1971” argument makes no sense, they rated many X films after that, it just became less financially viable. Please, do some actual research there mate.
One of the first times the movie industry began to realize the ratings system had some major flaws came as a result of the runaway success of George Lucas' "Star Wars" in 1977. When his original cut was submitted to the MPAA Classifications and Ratings unit it earned a G rating. No serious violence, no foul language, nothing which would give most people nightmares, etc. Only one problem. By spring 1977 the G rating was seen as the kiss of death for any movie intended for those age 13-plus to see. The G-rating was fine for the material -- live action and animated -- Disney was releasing, but that was about it. Instead of general audiences admitted, it stood for "kids' movie." So George Lucas put the severed arm with two drops of blood short scene in. That was enough to bump "Star Wars" up to a PG.
I can’t find that anywhere, can you link me to where you learned that? I would disagree with you that back in the 1970s G was the “kiss of death,” as several big-budget adult films still got the G rating after Star Wars and did generally alright at the box office (e.g. Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
Within the past year or two I read a comment -- regarding the MPAA rating system, -- from someone in the film industry. I do recall if it was from someone on the production end or on the exhibition end. However, the comment was very appropriate and hit the proverbial nail on the head. The quote said the rating system was introduced at time when most movies were shown in single-screen theaters and in summer at drive-in theaters. Thus it was easy to keep a curious 14-year-old boy from seeing frontal nudity and "adult situations" -- as so many R-rated films are described in cable premium channel guide. The box office clerk, the ticket taker (who also worked as an usher) could easily tell the under age person " sorry, you're too young for this film. Please come back next week when we will show an GP film (or a G-rated spaghetti western)." The rating system was still easy to enforce when the early twin-theaters started opening in the early to mid 70s. The twin theaters -- at least the ones opened here in Wisconsin by Marcus Theaters, had a common box office and a common concession stand serving both theaters. But there was a metal railing or velvet rope separating the lobby down the middle. Each side had its own restroom. Of course this was still the era of blind bidding to book films. So the theater owners and managers had a vested interest in keeping patrons from switching auditoriums and making their movie outing a double feature. In today's world of multiplexes, the distributer takes just about every nickel taken in a the box office the first few weeks a film runs. Thus theater owners and managers could care less if someone turns a single ticket purchase into a double feature.
The GP rating was changed to PG in 1972. No doubt to make the words parental guidance suggested more obvious. The PG-13 rating was introduced August 1, 1985. The first movie wit the PG-13 rating was "Red Dawn." The PG-13 rating was added a behest of parents frustrated with some material they found inappropriate in PG movies. And directors of films like "Saturday Night Fever" were frustrated a few extra "four letter" words or brief suggestive adult intimate activity would be a movie slapped with an R-rating when they intended it for teenage audiences. This mater came to a head when the movie "Gremlins" was released in June 1984. The Hardees fast food chain had cross marketing to promote itself to children and the movie. Many parents thought some of the scenes of gremlins meeting their fate in a blender and the microwave oven were too intense for younger children. The Hardees promotion made it look like the gremlins were cute and cuddly like a teddy bear. Of course that was the Mugnai, the only "good" non-human character in the movie.
Jamie Woods I made a mistake and must apologize. The PG-13 rating débuted Aug. 1, 1984, not a year later as I have written in the past. The first PG-13 movie was the original Patrick Swayze version of "Red Dawn." Earlier that summer the movie "Gremlins" had generated a fair amount of outrage by some parents. These parents objected to the ways in which some of the bad gremlins met their fate in a household kitchen. This was a fantasy forget your disbelief movie. Obviously Steven Spielberg intended it for adults and mature for their age teens. The real problem with "Gremlins" was not the movie or its content. The problem was the cross marketing with the old fast food Hardee's chain. Seems Hardees was putting small plush toys (into kids meals) resembling the cute Mugwai character (the one "good" gremlin) character in the movie. As it was directors, producers, script writers and newspaper film critics had for years wanted a fifth rating for movies a bit too strong for a PG, but not intended for the 17-plus audience of an R-rated film.
Jamie Woods And many a movie critic throughout the 80s called for an "Adults Only" rating that clearly was not porn and was not intended to be considered porn. The first major problem with NC-17 came in spring 1995 with the movie "Show Girls." The move was about exotic dancers. The real problem IMO was by this time the numbers of single-screen, twin-screen and 3-screen theaters were rapidly dwindling. It's easy to keep underage eyes from an R-rated or NC-17 rated film in a single-scree theater. Ditto for a twin-screen operation with common box office and common concession stand. The twin-screes Marcus ran in Wisconsin had an aluminum decorative railing down the middle of the lobby with each side having its own restrooms. This nearly eliminates auditorium swapping. However, the once you go to 3 screens it becomes easier and easier for an underage person to buy a ticket to a PG or PG-13 movie and simply walk into the auditorium where the R-rated or NC-17 film is screening. That is unless the manager wants to pay an extra usher-door person to stand out side said auditorium and check ticket stubs or ID cards. Even at $7.25 an hour, that labor charge adds up fast.
Jamie Woods Don’t forget to mention “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” as a crucial turning point in the creation of the PG-13 rating. Arguably, it had more to do then “Gremlins” (although I agree “Gremlins” was important as well)
Jamie Woods Um, no.... for one thing, film critics have never really given a sh*t about film ratings (more often than not, they criticize the blatant stupidity of the MPAA). And yes, “X” was an adult-only rating that did not necessarily mean porn. In fact, the reason why NC-17 was created was because X was not trademarked by the MPAA, and thus anyone could apply an X rating to a film (this is where the association with porn comes from). Thus, after pressure from FILM STUDIOS (NOT FILM CRITICS), the MPAA introduced NC-17 rating. And your reason for the failure of MPAA is way overreaching. The reason it has never worked is the same reason X never worked: they are less profitable. Teens make up a big percentage of movie profits, and since there is no way a teen can get into a NC-17 film, they will be less profitable, and thus the theaters do not want to show them, and this studios do not want to make them. And you are misleading about the importance of “Showgirls.” The film was not the turning point for NC-17, it was instead the only NC-17 film to get a massive release. And it’s failure convinced theaters and studios to not try it again. To suggest it was a turning point, or the “first problem” would be suggesting NC-17 films before that had been more successful; on the contrary, X/NC-17 hadn’t done well since the 1970s
G: General Audiences GP, later switched to PG: Parental Guidance Suggested R: Reatricted: Under 17 requires adult supervision X, later switched to NC-17: No one under 17 admitted
*I WAS A PRE-ADULT WHEN I MADE THAT COMMENT~ BUT YES SWEETHEART: I LOVE BEING AN ADULT BECAUSE US ADULTS ARE VERY NAUGHTY - US ADULTS GET TO SEE THINGS THAT MINORS CAN'T, NOTHING IS BETTER THAN BEING AN ADULT!*
Josh Bloomer unless you have 400 swear words, too much male nudity, gay sex, too much female enjoyment of sex, or ten thousand other arbitrary things that will get you an NC-17
MrAntiSellOut nowadays it's 17 but for some reason some people tend to think it's 18 for some reason and at 17 years old Myself i am still paranoid that someone will turn me down from a rated R movie cause they think you have to be 18 when really you have to be 17 not even it says under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian even if i was 16,15,14 i would still be able to see a movie like Saving Private Ryan accompanied by mama or papa for god sakes. 85% of people don't even know what rated R means they just assume adults only and get mad at 17 year olds
Sebastian Garrido I started seeing R rated movies in theaters since I was a four year old kid back in 1974. Later in 1984 at age 14, I started seeing them by myself. And I wonder why nobody said nothing about that during those times.
MPAA ratings now: G - General Audiences. All ages admitted. PG - Parental Guidance Suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. PG-13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. R - Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. NC-17 - No one 17 and under admitted. Clearly adult. Children are not admitted.
saw this at the old Valley Drive-In in Owings Mills (where Valley Center is now and had the now defunct Loews/AMC theater) between "Live And Let Die" & "Fuzz"(a Burt Reynolds cop drama based on an Ed McBain book). By the GP had become PG(which both films were rated BTW).
I think I remember seeing footage of this when learning that mind-blowing history lesson during my college education on how the MPAA ratings system actually started while I was at my alma mater that I currently reside 2.5 miles away from, though this was when it was under its last legs as Adirondack Community College. It was during a Mass Communications course I took during the Fall 2009 semester from what I obviously remember. In fact, it was thanks to that experience that I managed to easily analyze this trailer bumper that is still going strong ever since it entered the scene five years ago as of now: ruclips.net/video/Zdha3_xMMeU/видео.html
I think X should return. Here's my idea for how the X rating should return. Have the rating be after NC-17, and raise the age to see X-rated films to age 21.
Neither the X or NC17 works when both have become the kiss of death for marketing purposes, the theater chains that don't (didn't?) show them, the studios who make filmmakers have to appeal- or make cuts, pay cable channels, and, when they existed, the big name video store chains (talking about you, Blockbuster). I swear, when I rented Showgirls, someone joked to me that I was watching porn. If anything, make the R-rating a big tent of sorts. If any studio, marketing group, TV channel/streaming service, or theater chain has a particular issue with a film's content, it can be their choice
Choose your team of movies rated G: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland Barney's Great Adventure The Wiggles Movie Thomas and the Magic Railroad PG: Trolls My Little Pony: The Movie Rocky Poltergeist Despicable Me Tom and Jerry: The Movie R: Misery Sausage Party A Dry White Season Fatal Beauty Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man Diggstown Child's Play NC-17 Showgirls Henry & June Pink Flamingos
Princess Poppy, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and the late Heather O'Rourke = all hot enough to be swimsuit models
I think this was in the 90's?...Movie critics began calling for the ouster of the "X" rating because it had become too closely identified with pornography,and there were several non-porno films that ended up rated that way. Siskel and Ebert devoted an episode of their show to this,proposing the "A" (for adult) rating as a replacement. What the hell does "NC-17" even *mean?* For that matter,by the 1990s...who watched pornography in a *thaeter?*
NC-17 = No children under age 17 admitted. The MPAA rolled this out in summer 1990 to replace the by then seldom-issued X rating.Originally intended to mean adults-only, the X rating in the early 70s -- Deep Throat was released in 1972 -- had become associated with porn. Directors wanting to make adults-only, but non-porn, films had to go through studios and distribution channels not subject to MPAA ratings and release said film NR (not rated).Yes, in the late 60s and early 70s some non-porn X-rated movies were released. Midnight Cowboy received an X rating and also won the Best Picture Academy Award in 1970.The reason the X-rating became associated with porn is because the MPAA never trademarked the X rating as it had with the G, M, GP, PG, PG-13 and R (and later NC-17) ratings.And the makers of hard core porn eventually coined the unofficial XXX rating for their material.True, few porn theaters remained by 1990. But some did. You might recall the media frenzy in summer 1991 or 1992 when Paul Ruebens, the actor who played PeeWee Herman, was arrested self-gratifying himself at a Florida adult movie theater.
Not putting a copyright on the "X" rating- the MPAA's biggest mistake ever, something we can all thank them for.
Christopher C it's now called NC-17
I don't think they could.
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Chad Anthony they could have, but they didn’t want to because they didn’t want to give moviegoers or filmmakers the notion that, by stamping the trademark of the MPAA on an X-rated film, that the MPAA was somehow condoning the more adult material.
@@jeweljardine8163 Christopher C b a
That voiceover is provided by announcer Hank Simms.
So the current movie rating system in the United States is consisted of rated G, PG, PG13, R and NC17.
The ratings explanation trailer would have been released at some point in 1969 when the MPAA revised the original system. The original system of G, M, R and X was introduced in 1968. GP was changed to PG in 1972. PG-13 debuted Aug. 1, 1985. And the NC-17 rating replaced X in 1989 even though X had been seldom applied to any movie by the MPAA after roughly the start of 1971.
Jamie Woods While the X rating was established by the MPAA, it was not registered as a trademark with them like the other ratings were.
The idea behind it was that if you had a movie you knew wouldn't even earn an R rating if you were to submit it for a certificate number and the rating, you would save yourself the time and the hassle and just use the X rating, especially if you had no intention of changing your picture to secure a less restrictive rating.
Unfortunately, since not claiming the X rating as their trademark meant they effectively had no control over it, the X rating would begin to assume an obviously undesired notoriety that the MPAA did not want to be associated with.
Therefore, the X rating would be replaced with the NC-17 rating, which pretty much meant the same thing as the X rating but is a registered trademark of the MPAA. You cannot legally use it until your film has been submitted for the certificate and has been rated as an NC-17 feature by the classification and rating board.
As an aside, the NC-17 rating is kind of a death knell for a mainstream picture since the majority of NATO members (National Association of Theater Owners) won't screen a movie that's been rated that way. At that point, you have to work on the movie to get it to at least an R rating and resubmit it or you'd file for an appeal.
Jamie Woods PG-13 made its debut in 1984
Jamie Woods WHERE do you get your facts from? This video has to be from 1970-1972 because M was changed to GP in 1970, this making it IMPOSSIBLE to come out in 1969 like you said. NC-17 debuted in 1990, NOT 1989. PG-13 was 1984, although you mentioned that you made a mistake with that somewhere else so I will give you that. And your “X after 1971” argument makes no sense, they rated many X films after that, it just became less financially viable. Please, do some actual research there mate.
One of the first times the movie industry began to realize the ratings system had some major flaws came as a result of the runaway success of George Lucas' "Star Wars" in 1977. When his original cut was submitted to the MPAA Classifications and Ratings unit it earned a G rating. No serious violence, no foul language, nothing which would give most people nightmares, etc. Only one problem.
By spring 1977 the G rating was seen as the kiss of death for any movie intended for those age 13-plus to see. The G-rating was fine for the material -- live action and animated -- Disney was releasing, but that was about it. Instead of general audiences admitted, it stood for "kids' movie."
So George Lucas put the severed arm with two drops of blood short scene in. That was enough to bump "Star Wars" up to a PG.
Jamie Woods lllllllllfi
I can’t find that anywhere, can you link me to where you learned that? I would disagree with you that back in the 1970s G was the “kiss of death,” as several big-budget adult films still got the G rating after Star Wars and did generally alright at the box office (e.g. Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
A few years later they completely neutered the PG rating following the Gremlins/Temple of Doom fiasco. Now its extinct.
@@lorddalek lol
Wow
Great video and very educational.
Within the past year or two I read a comment -- regarding the MPAA rating system, -- from someone in the film industry. I do recall if it was from someone on the production end or on the exhibition end. However, the comment was very appropriate and hit the proverbial nail on the head.
The quote said the rating system was introduced at time when most movies were shown in single-screen theaters and in summer at drive-in theaters. Thus it was easy to keep a curious 14-year-old boy from seeing frontal nudity and "adult situations" -- as so many R-rated films are described in cable premium channel guide. The box office clerk, the ticket taker (who also worked as an usher) could easily tell the under age person " sorry, you're too young for this film. Please come back next week when we will show an GP film (or a G-rated spaghetti western)."
The rating system was still easy to enforce when the early twin-theaters started opening in the early to mid 70s. The twin theaters -- at least the ones opened here in Wisconsin by Marcus Theaters, had a common box office and a common concession stand serving both theaters. But there was a metal railing or velvet rope separating the lobby down the middle. Each side had its own restroom.
Of course this was still the era of blind bidding to book films. So the theater owners and managers had a vested interest in keeping patrons from switching auditoriums and making their movie outing a double feature. In today's world of multiplexes, the distributer takes just about every nickel taken in a the box office the first few weeks a film runs. Thus theater owners and managers could care less if someone turns a single ticket purchase into a double feature.
The GP rating was changed to PG in 1972. No doubt to make the words parental guidance suggested more obvious.
The PG-13 rating was introduced August 1, 1985. The first movie wit the PG-13 rating was "Red Dawn." The PG-13 rating was added a behest of parents frustrated with some material they found inappropriate in PG movies. And directors of films like "Saturday Night Fever" were frustrated a few extra "four letter" words or brief suggestive adult intimate activity would be a movie slapped with an R-rating when they intended it for teenage audiences.
This mater came to a head when the movie "Gremlins" was released in June 1984. The Hardees fast food chain had cross marketing to promote itself to children and the movie. Many parents thought some of the scenes of gremlins meeting their fate in a blender and the microwave oven were too intense for younger children. The Hardees promotion made it look like the gremlins were cute and cuddly like a teddy bear. Of course that was the Mugnai, the only "good" non-human character in the movie.
Jamie Woods I made a mistake and must apologize. The PG-13 rating débuted Aug. 1, 1984, not a year later as I have written in the past. The first PG-13 movie was the original Patrick Swayze version of "Red Dawn."
Earlier that summer the movie "Gremlins" had generated a fair amount of outrage by some parents. These parents objected to the ways in which some of the bad gremlins met their fate in a household kitchen. This was a fantasy forget your disbelief movie. Obviously Steven Spielberg intended it for adults and mature for their age teens.
The real problem with "Gremlins" was not the movie or its content. The problem was the cross marketing with the old fast food Hardee's chain. Seems Hardees was putting small plush toys (into kids meals) resembling the cute Mugwai character (the one "good" gremlin) character in the movie.
As it was directors, producers, script writers and newspaper film critics had for years wanted a fifth rating for movies a bit too strong for a PG, but not intended for the 17-plus audience of an R-rated film.
Jamie Woods And many a movie critic throughout the 80s called for an "Adults Only" rating that clearly was not porn and was not intended to be considered porn. The first major problem with NC-17 came in spring 1995 with the movie "Show Girls." The move was about exotic dancers.
The real problem IMO was by this time the numbers of single-screen, twin-screen and 3-screen theaters were rapidly dwindling. It's easy to keep underage eyes from an R-rated or NC-17 rated film in a single-scree theater. Ditto for a twin-screen operation with common box office and common concession stand. The twin-screes Marcus ran in Wisconsin had an aluminum decorative railing down the middle of the lobby with each side having its own restrooms. This nearly eliminates auditorium swapping.
However, the once you go to 3 screens it becomes easier and easier for an underage person to buy a ticket to a PG or PG-13 movie and simply walk into the auditorium where the R-rated or NC-17 film is screening.
That is unless the manager wants to pay an extra usher-door person to stand out side said auditorium and check ticket stubs or ID cards. Even at $7.25 an hour, that labor charge adds up fast.
Gp stands for geneal parental
Jamie Woods Don’t forget to mention “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” as a crucial turning point in the creation of the PG-13 rating. Arguably, it had more to do then “Gremlins” (although I agree “Gremlins” was important as well)
Jamie Woods Um, no.... for one thing, film critics have never really given a sh*t about film ratings (more often than not, they criticize the blatant stupidity of the MPAA). And yes, “X” was an adult-only rating that did not necessarily mean porn. In fact, the reason why NC-17 was created was because X was not trademarked by the MPAA, and thus anyone could apply an X rating to a film (this is where the association with porn comes from). Thus, after pressure from FILM STUDIOS (NOT FILM CRITICS), the MPAA introduced NC-17 rating. And your reason for the failure of MPAA is way overreaching. The reason it has never worked is the same reason X never worked: they are less profitable. Teens make up a big percentage of movie profits, and since there is no way a teen can get into a NC-17 film, they will be less profitable, and thus the theaters do not want to show them, and this studios do not want to make them. And you are misleading about the importance of “Showgirls.” The film was not the turning point for NC-17, it was instead the only NC-17 film to get a massive release. And it’s failure convinced theaters and studios to not try it again. To suggest it was a turning point, or the “first problem” would be suggesting NC-17 films before that had been more successful; on the contrary, X/NC-17 hadn’t done well since the 1970s
G: General Audiences
GP, later switched to PG: Parental Guidance Suggested
R: Reatricted: Under 17 requires adult supervision
X, later switched to NC-17: No one under 17 admitted
PG-13, was added to the MPAA: Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Parents strongly cautioned
GP was changed to PG. Because it sounded weird It's Guidance Parental, not Parental Guidance, X was replaced with NC-17. Due to an Unofficial Rating.
The PG-13 rating didn't exist back then, so they used it for the GP rating
R.I.P. GP And X. It turned to be PG,PG-13(added in 1980~1984),NC17
This looks like a tape
of the film that was telecined, not a film copy
THE LAST TWO ARE MY FAVORITE! CAN YOU ALL GUESS WHY!?
*I WAS A PRE-ADULT WHEN I MADE THAT COMMENT~ BUT YES SWEETHEART: I LOVE BEING AN ADULT BECAUSE US ADULTS ARE VERY NAUGHTY - US ADULTS GET TO SEE THINGS THAT MINORS CAN'T, NOTHING IS BETTER THAN BEING AN ADULT!*
*I LOVE WATCHING NAUGHTY MOVIES!*
@@NECHOII what a madlad. dude waited seven years
@@NECHOII Which means you are not allowed on my channel
*FUCK OFF!*
It seems like the ratings have now shifted. PG is the new G, PG-13 is the new PG, and R you can basically get away with anything.
Josh Bloomer I like the original PG-13 the best
Josh Bloomer unless you have 400 swear words, too much male nudity, gay sex, too much female enjoyment of sex, or ten thousand other arbitrary things that will get you an NC-17
I agree PG nowadays is the new G rating and PG-13 is what PG movies were in the 70s 80s and early 90s
Rated R was 17 for the past 48 years long enough for people to know that it's 17+ not 18+ and that 17 year olds CAN! Watch rated R movies!
Sebastian Garrido From 1968 to 1970, rated R was first under 16
MrAntiSellOut nowadays it's 17 but for some reason some people tend to think it's 18 for some reason and at 17 years old Myself i am still paranoid that someone will turn me down from a rated R movie cause they think you have to be 18 when really you have to be 17 not even it says under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian even if i was 16,15,14 i would still be able to see a movie like Saving Private Ryan accompanied by mama or papa for god sakes. 85% of people don't even know what rated R means they just assume adults only and get mad at 17 year olds
Isn't that why people get trained in theaters to know R is 17 and older? Even when I was 12 I knew R meant 17 and older
Sebastian Garrido I started seeing R rated movies in theaters since I was a four year old kid back in 1974. Later in 1984 at age 14, I started seeing them by myself. And I wonder why nobody said nothing about that during those times.
Sebastian Garrido unless you live in Tennessee. Then it’s 18 for some weird legislative reason.
MPAA ratings now:
G - General Audiences. All ages admitted.
PG - Parental Guidance Suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
PG-13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
R - Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
NC-17 - No one 17 and under admitted. Clearly adult. Children are not admitted.
0:34 It was changed to No One Under 17 Admitted a little while later
From 1973-1976
I sorta wish X was still a rating lol but hey it’s fine it was replaced with NC-17
soon gp will be pg later in the years
X is the same thing as NC-17
No...X is 18 and over.
@@videoholic50s60s70s Incorrect NC-17 replaced X, NC-17 is 18+ as well
This Is The Variant That Tennessee Used
GP became PG
saw this at the old Valley Drive-In in Owings Mills (where Valley Center is now and had the now defunct Loews/AMC theater)
between "Live And Let Die" & "Fuzz"(a Burt Reynolds cop drama based on an Ed McBain book). By the GP had become PG(which both films were rated BTW).
David Wiseman yep
Very informative.
Then gp-13
Currently:
G
PG
PG-13
R
NC-17
I think I remember seeing footage of this when learning that mind-blowing history lesson during my college education on how the MPAA ratings system actually started while I was at my alma mater that I currently reside 2.5 miles away from, though this was when it was under its last legs as Adirondack Community College. It was during a Mass Communications course I took during the Fall 2009 semester from what I obviously remember. In fact, it was thanks to that experience that I managed to easily analyze this trailer bumper that is still going strong ever since it entered the scene five years ago as of now:
ruclips.net/video/Zdha3_xMMeU/видео.html
Isn’t That The Old Fashioned MPAA Ratings?
@briannapilar true, it sure is
@VPA_OSCBut after the M in GMRX got a name change
@VPA_OSCIn now it's GPGPG-13RNC-17
I think X should return. Here's my idea for how the X rating should return. Have the rating be after NC-17, and raise the age to see X-rated films to age 21.
robert skurlock Why? Theaters don’t show NC-17 movies as it is, so a more restrictive rating would be more or less pointless
No!
Neither the X or NC17 works when both have become the kiss of death for marketing purposes, the theater chains that don't (didn't?) show them, the studios who make filmmakers have to appeal- or make cuts, pay cable channels, and, when they existed, the big name video store chains (talking about you, Blockbuster). I swear, when I rented Showgirls, someone joked to me that I was watching porn.
If anything, make the R-rating a big tent of sorts. If any studio, marketing group, TV channel/streaming service, or theater chain has a particular issue with a film's content, it can be their choice
100% agreed
They have v it's usually used as a private use flim like porny flims
G(all audiences)
M(under 12 parental guidance)
X(restricted,adults only)
Old Japanese content warning system
X is replaced by NC17 And I believe that happened in 1990 I believe.
Wait, wasn't GP "General Patronage"?
X-rated and GP are not existing anymore. They’re actually pronounced NC-17 and PG.
X "no one under 18 admitted" it wouldn't be raised there till 1996 at this time the minimum age was about 16 or 17
Hm…not sure who this announcer is actually. But does sound familiar
From 1971
Where the letter, "X" came from to represent... you know...
M is replaced by GP then PG
i used to have movie rating :3
No PG PG-13 and NC-17?
How about rated pp or rated pc?
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0:33 They've lowered it to 17+
Do they do this preview in drive in theaters?
Home Is Found RATED [X]
Choose your team of movies rated
G:
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Barney's Great Adventure
The Wiggles Movie
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
PG:
Trolls
My Little Pony: The Movie
Rocky
Poltergeist
Despicable Me
Tom and Jerry: The Movie
R:
Misery
Sausage Party
A Dry White Season
Fatal Beauty
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Diggstown
Child's Play
NC-17
Showgirls
Henry & June
Pink Flamingos
Princess Poppy, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and the late Heather O'Rourke = all hot enough to be swimsuit models
Im next
If a film had an X rating, they could not advertise on TV or print media.
What ever happened to PG-13?
This is PG (Parental Guidance)
Not GP (It should reversed it)
This is the way it ORIGINALLY was.
late 60s
Upadate rating g gp gp - 13 r x- 17
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I think this was in the 90's?...Movie critics began calling for the ouster of the "X" rating because it had become too closely identified with pornography,and there were several non-porno films that ended up rated that way. Siskel and Ebert devoted an episode of their show to this,proposing the "A" (for adult) rating as a replacement. What the hell does "NC-17" even *mean?*
For that matter,by the 1990s...who watched pornography in a *thaeter?*
NC-17 = No children under age 17 admitted. The MPAA rolled this out in summer 1990 to replace the by then seldom-issued X rating.Originally intended to mean adults-only, the X rating in the early 70s -- Deep Throat was released in 1972 -- had become associated with porn. Directors wanting to make adults-only, but non-porn, films had to go through studios and distribution channels not subject to MPAA ratings and release said film NR (not rated).Yes, in the late 60s and early 70s some non-porn X-rated movies were released. Midnight Cowboy received an X rating and also won the Best Picture Academy Award in 1970.The reason the X-rating became associated with porn is because the MPAA never trademarked the X rating as it had with the G, M, GP, PG, PG-13 and R (and later NC-17) ratings.And the makers of hard core porn eventually coined the unofficial XXX rating for their material.True, few porn theaters remained by 1990. But some did. You might recall the media frenzy in summer 1991 or 1992 when Paul Ruebens, the actor who played PeeWee Herman, was arrested self-gratifying himself at a Florida adult movie theater.
i used to have movie rating :3